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#45 - Tyler Cowen's case for maximising econ growth, stabilising civilization & thinking long-term

80,000 Hours Podcast

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Are We Overly Invested in Narratives?

I would assume that aliens have some kind of decentralized society, and a lot of different kinds of messages are being sent out. If we received a message from aliens, what do you think of the chances that it would be designed to kind of disable us as a competitove civilizationand in the race to colonize the universe? Andlika r refuse to do it. I don't believe the story thati'm going to tell them is that, like, as as important a post to you as as it was to me,. We're overly invested in narratives. That's the theme of our mited talk. But narratives are allso impossible to avoid, so we're always living with

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