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Recommended readings
Worldbuilding doesn’t end with a scenario draft. Here are ideas for what you can do next—turn it into a policy brief, a short story, a workshop, or a public conversation. Includes suggestions for formats, collaborators, and next steps.
Module 1
Exclusive Course Guest Lecture
Video
- Allison Duettmann, Foresight | On Existential Hope & Existential Risk | Xhope Worldbuilding Course
- Robert Lempert, RAND | On the How & Why of Worldbuilding | Xhope Worldbuilding Course
- Anthony Aguirre, FLI | Why Worldbuilding? | Xhope Worldbuilding Course
- Ross Gruetzemachter | The Transformative Potential of Generative AI | Xhope Worldbuilding Course
Reading
- Benefits & Risks Of Artificial Intelligence - Jaan Tallinn
- Technology and Work Worth Doing (Not Jobs) Post-AlphaGo: A World-Building Workshop on the Future of Artificial Intelligence | RAND - Ann Pendleton-Jullian, Robert Lempert
- Story Of Us - Wait But Why
- How sci-fi can have drama without dystopia or doomerism - Jason Crawford
- A brief guide to futures thinking and foresight - GOV.UK
Module 2
Exclusive Course Guest Lecture
- Christine Peterson – Why AI Needs Radical Optimists — Co-founder, Foresight Institute
- Anders Sandberg – The Future of AI and Neurotechnology: Merging Minds and Machines — Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford
- Hannah Ritchie – A Data-Driven Case for Climate Optimism — Lead Researcher, Our World in Data; Author, Not the End of the World
- Anousheh Ansari – Why Space and AI Matter for Humanity’s Future — CEO, XPRIZE; First Private Female Astronaut
- Glen Weyl – Can AI Make Democracy Stronger? — Microsoft Research; Founder, RadicalxChange
Video
Reading
- My Techno-Optimism - Vitalik Buterin
- Benefits & Risks Of AI - Future of Life Institute
- Intelligence Explosion: Evidence & Import - Luke Muehlhauser and Anna Salamon
- Benefits & Risks Of Biotechnology - Future of Life Institute
- Whole Brain Emulation - LessWrong
- A Tour Of Recent Cryptographic Technologies - Ben Garfinkel
- Longevity FAQ - Nintil
- Bottleneck Analysis: Positional Chemistry - Adam Marblestone
- BCI 101 - NeurotechEdu
- Commercial Space - NASA
- Private Actors In Space - Christopher D. Johnson, Secure World Foundation
- Global Exploration Roadmap - NASA
- Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities: A Collection Of Space Futures - Ed Finn, Joey Eschrich
- Energy & Civilization - Vaclav Smil
- Differential Technology Development - AJ Kourabi
- Opportunity spaces - ARIA
Module 3
Exclusive Course Guest Lecture
Video
- Zarinah Agnew | Future Crafting - Xhope Worldbuilding Course
- Liv Boeree | XHope Worldbuilding Course - Q&A on How to Create Win-Win Futures
- Jason Crawford, Roots of Progress | Sustainable Technological Futures | Xhope Worldbuilding Course
- Anna Yelizarova | FAQ on Worldbuilding for Transformative Futures - YouTube
- Alex Tabarrok | XHope Worldbuilding Course - Q&A on Economics & Institutions
- Darwinian Traps and Opportunities for Global Governance | Kristian Rönn | EAGxNordics 2024
- The AI Dilemma: Navigating the road ahead with Tristan Harris
- Emilia Javorsky on how AI Concentrates Power
- The War on Sensemaking, Daniel Schmachtenberger
- Value Lock-In: How Values and Ideologies Persist | Will MacAskill | The Tim Ferriss Show
- Moloch - The Deadly Force Driving Humanity To The Brink?
Reading
- Reflective Equilibrium - John Rawls
- Meta-Ethics Sequence - Eliezer Yudkowsky
- Understanding & Avoiding Value Drift - TurnTrout
- The Use Of Knowledge in Society - Friedrich A. Hayek
- How Ideas Trump Crisis - Alex Tabarrok
- International AI Institutions - Matthijs Maas, José Jaime Villalobos
- We Can Prevent AI Disaster Like We Prevented Nuclear Catastrophe - Andrea Miotti