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Adam Brown, Robin Hanson, Chris Kemp, Gaia Dempsey, Christine Peterson | The Far Future & Space

The Foresight Institute Podcast

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The Great Filter: The Future of Aliens in Space Time

An economics professor has developed a model for the distribution of aliens in space time. He says it predicts that we will eventually be able to expand out at a substantial fraction of the speed of light. The biggest obstacle would be if people here decide they don't want to risk division and competition, he says.

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