Project Flourishing
Solving the world's biggest problems
The work
Six problems, and what it would take to fix them
Each page collects the strongest available solutions, the numbers behind them, and the drafts and research an office could act on this session.
Stopping AI Extinction Risk
Advanced models get tested for catastrophic capability before release. Enforced through cryptographic licensing. Workable as a statute, an executive order, a US-China treaty, or a private agreement between labs.
Pandemics & Global Health
Far-UV light in shared indoor air, rapid diagnostics at ports and clinics, and surveillance that reports outbreaks before they become borders. Most of this is procurement, not invention.
Ending Factory Farming
Cultivated meat, precision fermentation, and plant proteins, paired with subsidy reform that pays farmers for humane systems instead of volume. The technology is ahead of the policy.
Ending Global Poverty
Community hubs in every urban area of the developing world: internet, job training, clean water, basic medicine, and affordable food. Fundable in three to five years.
Cybersecurity for Everyone
Network defense that flags novel attacks as they happen, plus international rules for protecting hospitals, grids, and water systems. The weakest link is usually a small vendor.
Making Governments Work
An app where any resident can send an idea to the office that handles it, with staff seeing the best submissions first. Democracy's oldest promise, finally cheap to deliver.
In progress: climate change, nuclear diplomacy, wild animal suffering.
See every idea in one place