# Open future

_Mykyta Zagamula; edited with AI assistance · updated 2026-09-13_

_Concept · https://synchronism.top/en/glossary/open-future/_

**The value of a future in which many possible ways of living remain available, and the space of choice for later generations is not narrowed by the decisions of earlier ones.**

From this value follows an asymmetry in how risks are weighed: irreversible decisions demand a higher standard of justification than reversible ones, even at equal expected benefit.

It also explains why synchronism offers no final model of society: such a model would itself narrow the space we think worth keeping open.

## What is missing here

- **Objection** (Philosopher) — Give one case where keeping options open was itself the costly choice, and what that implies for the value as stated.

## Next

- Idea: What closing gaps is for — https://synchronism.top/en/frame/values/
- Question: What makes a life good? — https://synchronism.top/en/questions/good-life/
- Concept: Epistemic humility — https://synchronism.top/en/glossary/humility/

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