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#1075 Dwarkesh Patel On Why The Future Will Be Wild

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Are You So Fascinated With Long Termism?

Long-termism is the idea that civilization could last for thousands of years, or even billions. In a country where there's no economic growth, point one % has so many resources to play with. If people are worth roughly equally in the future, most of the value will be created through human enhancement and waste reduction. How do you make sure society doesn't go exxtinct? We'll talk about it on next week's show.

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