#292 – Robin Hanson: Alien Civilizations, UFOs, and the Future of Humanity
By Lex Fridman on Spotify June 9th, 2022
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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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EPISODE LINKS:
Robin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/robinhanson
Robin's Website: https://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson
Grabby Aliens (paper): https://grabbyaliens.com/paper
The Elephant in the Brain (book): https://amazon.com/dp/0197551955/ref=nosim?tag=turingmachi08-20
The Age of Em (book): https://amazon.com/dp/0198817827/ref=nosim?tag=turingmachi08-20
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) - Introduction
(00:53) - Grabby aliens
(38:37) - War and competition
(44:11) - Global government
(57:02) - Humanity's future
(1:07:04) - Hello aliens
(1:34:07) - UFO sightings
(1:58:44) - Conspiracy theories
(2:07:02) - Elephant in the brain
(2:20:33) - Medicine
(2:33:02) - Institutions
(2:59:55) - Physics
(3:04:47) - Artificial intelligence
(3:22:36) - Economics
(3:25:57) - Political science
(3:31:46) - Advice for young people
(3:40:37) - Darkest moments
(3:43:38) - Love and loss
(3:53:00) - Immortality
(3:56:57) - Simulation hypothesis
(4:07:14) - Meaning of life
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