LINK #151 - Will We Destroy the Future?
In this episode of the Making Sense podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Nick Bostrom about the problem of existential risk. They discuss public goods, moral illusions, the asymmetry between happiness and suffering, utilitarianism, “the vulnerable world hypothesis,” the history of nuclear deterrence, the possible need for “turnkey totalitarianism,” whether we’re living in a computer simulation, the Doomsday Argument, the implications of extraterrestrial life, and other topics.
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Wow! That is a lot to put in the brain and think on!!! And a bit unsettling!
Freedompath
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Mar 20, 2019
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Destroying the future no, destroying our future we're giving it our best shot. But Earth abides.
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I have a question mark, now!
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