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#321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality

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Do You Think Humans Might Destroy Ourself in the 21st Century?

I'd love to hear your opinion about the 21st century and whether you think we might destroy ourselves. And maybe your opinion if it has changed by looking at what's going on in Ukraine that we could have a hot war with nuclear powers involved. I don't actually see a lot of people worrying that that's going to happen. We had two nuclear bombs go off in 45. So now we're 77 years later. We're doing pretty good. We've never had another one go off through anger. People forget the lessons of history. Well, yeah. I mean I am worried about it. I mean that is definitely a challenge.

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