#292 – Robin Hanson: Alien Civilizations, UFOs, and the Future of Humanity

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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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