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#305 – Martin Rees: Black Holes, Alien Life, Dark Matter, and the Big Bang

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Is There a Time to Slow Down Human Evolution?

There is some significant chance that the human species is coming to an end in a pure biological form. There's going to be greater and greater integration through genetic modification than cyborg type of creatures. And so if the thing, all right, well, we're going to have to get from here to there. But I agree, we don't want drastic changes probably in our lifestyle. That indeed is a worry because some things are changing so fast. If you think of the way progress in one technology goes, it goes in a sort of spirit. It goes up very fast, and then it levels off.

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