“A personal take on why you should work at Forethought (maybe)” by Lizka
Description
idenBasic facts:
- Forethought is hiring; apply for a research role by 1 November.
- The two open positions are for (i) “Senior Research Fellows” — people who can lead their own research directions, and (ii) “Research Fellows” — people who aren’t ready to lead an agenda yet, but who could work with others and develop their worldviews and research taste. Forethought is also open to hiring “visiting fellows” who would join for a 3-12-month stint.
- And you can refer people to get a bounty of up to £10,000.
In the rest of this post, I sketch out more of my personal take on this area, how Forethought fits in, and why you might or might not want to do this kind of work at Forethought.
Others at Forethought might disagree with various parts of what I say (and might fight me or add other info in the comments). Max reviewed a first [...]
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Outline:
(01:21 ) A background worldview
(03:39 ) Why do this kind of work at Forethought? (Why not?)
(11:07 ) Who do I think would/wouldn't be a good fit for this?
(12:48 ) More basic info
(13:31 ) A final note
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First published:
October 14th, 2025
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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