The Future of Humanity

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I don't want humanity to become extinguished. I think eventually it will happen, right? We're not going to be immortal. Tens of years is a very long time on human evolutionary timescales. It's much easier to solve the problem of longevity than it is the problem of FTL travel. You know, give us a few million years. There's no reason at all that we shouldn't be able to fulfill the galaxy. That's an optimistic place to end. Talk to you next week.

Welcome to the August 2023 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number -- based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good -- and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!

Blog post with questions and transcript: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023/08/07/ama-august-2023/

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