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#193 – Rob Reid: The Existential Threat of Engineered Viruses and Lab Leaks
Lex Fridman Podcast
Are We Really Designed for Maximum Entertainment?
I'm not sure if we're necessarily designed for maximum entertainment. But if we are, that will mean that 2020 is just a prequel for even more bizarre years ahead. I don't know what it is about the human mind that soaks up on mass, funny things, much more sort of aggressively. It's more viral in the full sense of that word. We are definitely great at creating atomized units of funny.
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