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Existential Hope Podcast: Robin Hanson | On Futurism and his Best Career Advice

The Foresight Institute Podcast

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The Importance of Size in the Future

"I honestly think I am just excited by size so there's a trope in science fiction called the big dumb object and there are a number of science fiction stories and even movies where in fact much of the emotional energy comes from a big dumb object," says Anne. "That gave me hope that the world would be full of little people with little lives in their vast world of work but I can't tell you why that's good per se that's just more of an accent for me", she adds. 'It's like the groundness I think a lot of people can connect to at least I feel excited'

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