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The Moral Arc of the Universe
civilization and the act of civilizing has dramatically reduced violence, he says. The flip side is that this hardware also allows us to develop weapons and methods of destroying ourselves,. "I want to go back to Pinker and the better angels of our nature"
Manolis Kellis is a computational biologist at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:48) – Music and life
(46:21) – The number 42
(52:22) – The question about the meaning of life
(55:02) – Are humans unique in the universe?
(1:00:46) – Human civilization
(1:12:52) – Mars
(1:14:45) – Human mind and the abstraction layers of reality
(1:25:38) – Neural networks and intelligence
(1:32:55) – Ideas as organisms
(1:42:19) – Language
(1:53:34) – Legacy
(2:08:25) – Poems
SONGS MENTIONED:
[1] Dwros Gewrgiadis – An imoun plousios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7akZoEQv6jI
[2] Grigoris Bithikotsis – Ftoxologia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyGR24O0KQ8
[3] Sto perigiali to kryfo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-GBPx_GXQw
[4] Michael Jackson – Man in the Mirror
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqe5NP86OCc
[5] George Michael – Careless Whisper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izGwDsrQ1eQ
[6] Gainsbourg with Isabelle Adjani – Pull Marine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7MwHGHWgLk
[7] Georges Moustaki – Le meteque
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV8fGf-N06A
[8] Jacques Brel – Ne me quitte pas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_bq5mStroM
[9] Sting – Englishman In New York
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d27gTrPPAyk
[10] Sting – Fragile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB6a-iD6ZOY
[11] Pink Floyd – The Wall (When the Tigers Broke Free)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9b9UhFe6Eg
[12] Pink Floyd – The Wall (One Of My Turns)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOay-7aqLks
[13] Sting – Russians
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHylQRVN2Qs
[14] Joni Mitchell – Both sides now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCnf46boC3I
[15] Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOnXe8ttmjY
[16] Alison Krauss & Union Station – The Lucky One
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcRZ_J_VgNc
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