
EP2 Robin Hanson – Decision Making and “The Age of Em”
The Jim Rutt Show
Population Growth, Per Capita Wealth, and the Fermi Paradox
This chapter explores the historical relationship between population growth and per capita wealth, highlighting the recent increase in per capita wealth due to faster economic growth. It also introduces the Fermi Paradox and discusses various theories surrounding the absence of confirmed signals from other intelligent races in the universe.
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