LaBossiere Podcast #47 - Robin Hanson
Nov 30, 2023
Economist Robin Hanson discusses aliens potentially domesticating humans, the argument against intelligent life in the universe, analyzing UFO sightings, signaling and hidden motives, surprising perspective on medicine, realness of taste, game theoretic equilibria and hyper-rationality, predicting the future, the concept of the sacred, and the importance of institutional innovation.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
The Argument Against Intelligent Life in the Universe
02:03 • 20min
Analyzing Hypotheses of UFO Sightings
22:11 • 16min
Signaling and Hidden Motives
38:08 • 12min
The Surprising Perspective on Medicine
49:54 • 7min
The Realness of Taste and its Social Conditionality
57:01 • 3min
Game Theoretic Equilibria and Hyper Rationality
01:00:17 • 7min
Predicting the Future
01:07:09 • 35min
The Concept of the Sacred
01:42:10 • 18min
The Importance of Institutional Innovation
02:00:05 • 2min