This episode is with Martin Rees. Prof. Rees is a cosmologist and astrophysicist at Cambridge University and co-founder of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. He was President of the Royal Society. His latest book is 'On the future: Prospects for humanity'. In this conversation we talk about the evidence for big bang, aliens, threats to humanity, space travel and how to envision the future of humanity?

More about Martin's work: https://www.martinrees.uk/

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:00:55 Progress of humanity so far!

00:01:53 Contribution of science and technology to the future of humanity

00:04:40 What is science and technology?

00:06:16 Debates on science and religion

00:07:20 Copernican revolution

00:08:55 Our place in the universe

00:12:26 How complexity arises from matter?

00:13:23 Is everything deterministic?

00:14:28 Predicting effectively

00:15:46 How will we go extinct?

00:18:09 Issues with globalization

00:20:03 Why can't we resolve the issues of climate change?

00:22:50 Should we be alarmed about genetic engineering?

00:27:21 Artificial intelligence and it's future impacts

00:29:29 Silicon-based future of humanity

00:31:26 Humanity beyond earth

00:33:25 Humans exploring the universe

00:37:13 Space exploration advantages

00:39:30 Other species for humans survival
00:41:25 Message to humanity
00:44:22 Thank you!

The future of humanity with Martin Rees