Optimizing for Intelligence vs Optimizing for Physical Appearance and Popularity

Steve and I talk about gene editing, polygenic scores, and human flourishing.

Transcript

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Timestamps

(0:00:00) Intro

(0:00:33) Genomic Prediction

(0:05:54) IVF

(0:12:34) Phenotypic data

(0:15:42) Predicting height

(0:28:27) Pleiotropy

(0:39:14) Optimism

(0:45:03) Gene editing

(0:48:27) Super intelligent humans

(1:01:27) Regulation

(1:06:36) Human values

(1:17:38) Should you do IVF?

(1:26:06) 23andMe

(1:29:03) Jeff Bezos

(1:34:29) Richard Feynman

(1:43:43) Where are the superstar physicists?

(1:45:37) Is physics a good field to get into?

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