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The Science of Silo with Hugh Howey

Inquiring Minds

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The Paradox of Intelligent Life

The author was inspired by Fermi's paradox, which is that whatever gets you technology also results in your extinction. He says a population decline could start a downward spiral where we go back to where we came from and become very dependent on other people for their lives. "I don't think it's as easy to imagine as the plethora of post-apocalyptic stories," he says.

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