Nick Bostrom

Philosopher and Global Authority on the Future of Humanity

Nick Bostrom has been a Professor at Oxford University, where he served as the founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute from 2005 until its closure in 2024. He is currently the founder and Director of Research of the Macrostrategy Research Initiative.

“He has been referred to as one of the most important thinkers of our age”

Topics

Nanotechnology
Biotechnology Breakthroughs
Humanity's Biggest Problems
Technology
The Future of Humanity

Languages

He presents in English.

How he presents

Nick Bostrom is renowned for his clear and fluent speaking style. His talks invite reflection, spark debate, and leave a lasting impression.

Publications

2024
Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World
2014
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
2011
Global Catastrophic Risks
2002
Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy

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In Detail

Nick co-founded the World Transhumanist Association (now Humanity+), a nonprofit organisation advocating for the ethical use of technology to expand human potential. He also helped establish the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies; a virtual think tank focused on the implications of transformative science. His work bridges disciplines—using analytic rigour and probability theory to examine questions of technological risk, simulation theory, and long-term human flourishing. He is recipient of a Eugene R. Gannon Award (one person selected annually worldwide from the fields of philosophy, mathematics, the arts and other humanities, and the natural sciences). He has been on Foreign Policy’s Top 100 Global Thinkers list twice and was included in Prospect’s World Thinkers list, the youngest person in the top 15.

What he offers you

Philosopher Nick Bostrom envisioned a future full of human enhancement, nanotechnology and machine intelligence long before they became mainstream concerns. Nick approaches both the inevitable and the speculative using the tools of philosophy, probability theory, and scientific analysis.