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#193 – Rob Reid: The Existential Threat of Engineered Viruses and Lab Leaks

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Fermi's Paradox - Is There a Predator-Prey Formula?

My hope is that actually there is a lot of alien civilizations out there. And what they figure out in order to avoid the self-destruction, they need to turn off the thing that was useful that used to be a feature and not became a bug. They're just like chilling, like on the beach with whatever your favorite alcohol beverage but without sort of trying to conquer everything. Almost like appreciating existence for its own sake versus life as a progression of conquering other life.

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