Robin Hanson is a professor at George Mason University and researcher at Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
1:52 – Grabby aliens
39:36 – War and competition
45:10 – Global government
58:01 – Humanity’s future
1:08:02 – Hello aliens
1:35:06 – UFO sightings
1:59:43 – Conspiracy theories
2:08:01 – Elephant in the brain
2:21:32 – Medicine
2:34:01 – Institutions
3:00:54 – Physics
3:05:46 – Artificial intelligence
3:23:35 – Economics
3:26:56 – Political science
3:32:45 – Advice for young people
3:41:36 – Darkest moments
3:44:37 – Love and loss
3:53:59 – Immortality
3:57:56 – Simulation hypothesis
4:08:13 – Meaning of life
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