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

2022-06-09 · 259 min · 30 entities

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Link in episode "#292 – Robin Hanson: Alien Civilizations, UFOs, and the Future of Humanity": https://youtube.com/lexfridman
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Link in episode "#292 – Robin Hanson: Alien Civilizations, UFOs, and the Future of Humanity": https://youtube.com/lexclips
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Link in episode "#292 – Robin Hanson: Alien Civilizations, UFOs, and the Future of Humanity": https://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson
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Link in episode "#292 – Robin Hanson: Alien Civilizations, UFOs, and the Future of Humanity": https://grabbyaliens.com/paper
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Link in episode "#292 – Robin Hanson: Alien Civilizations, UFOs, and the Future of Humanity": https://youtube.com/lexclips
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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: – Lambda : https://lambdalabs.com/lex – Audible : https://audible.com/lex – BiOptimizers : http://www.magbreakthrough.com/lex to get 10% off – BetterHelp : https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off – ExpressVPN : https://expressvpn.com/lexpod and use code LexPod to get 3 months free 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 PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) – Introduction (06:49) – Grabby aliens (44:33) – War and competition (50:07) – Global government (1:02:58) – Humanity’s future (1:13:00) – Hello aliens (1:40:03) – UFO sightings (2:04:40) – Conspiracy theories (2:12:58) – Elephant in the brain (2:26:29) – Medicine (2:38:58) – Institutions (3:05:52) – Physics (3:10:43) – Artificial intelligence (3:28:32) – Economics (3:31:53) – Political science (3:37:42) – Advice for young people (3:46:33) – Darkest moments (3:49:34) – Love and loss (3:58:57) – Immortality (4:02:53) – Simulation hypothesis (4:13:10) – Meaning of life