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Highlights: #168 – Ian Morris on whether deep history says we’re heading for an intelligence explosion

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Cycles of History and Civilization Development

Exploring the cyclical view of history, this chapter discusses collapses and rebounds of civilizations, the shift from localized experiments to a global experiment, and the importance of getting the first attempt at a global experiment right to prevent a profound crash.

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