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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
0:38 – The big and the small
8:28 – Aliens
16:42 – The pencil problem
23:27 – Food abundance
25:31 – Extinction of human civilization
30:49 – Future politics of Mars
37:49 – SpaceX
43:49 – Elon Musk
1:09:17 – Nuclear power
1:13:43 – The higher mind
1:18:27 – Echo chambers and idea labs
1:21:39 – How our brain processes film and music
1:24:53 – Neuralink
1:33:07 – Future of physical interactions
1:37:18 – AI
1:44:38 – Free speech
1:48:41 – How to read more
1:55:23 – Spaced repetition
1:59:26 – Procrastination
2:26:18 – Goals for the future
2:31:36 – Meaning of life
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