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#323 - Science & Survival

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Inevitabilities of the Future

If I could drop you back on Earth 10,000 years from now, what would you expect with respect to our descendants provided we don't destroy the possibility of survival in this century? Well, I'd expect significant differences, but let me put this in the cosmic context. We are maybe not even a half way stage in the emergence of progressively greater complexity. And I think this century is going to be crucially in that context too because it may be the stage when indeed genetic modification can redesign humans and maybe cyborgs who are part of the electronic will develop.

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