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#191 – Daniel Schmachtenberger: Steering Civilization Away from Self-Destruction

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Optimism and Pessimism

I think that if we don't understand why all the previous ones failed, we can't ensure that. So there's some sense in which there's a human ingenuity is a source for optimism about the future of this particular system. Of course, there are problems, but human ingenuity rises to it. Supply and demand will solve the problems, whatever. We're just kind of starting here.

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