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72: A Self-Help Book for Societies, with Tim Urban

Feb 21, 2023

57:16

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Are You Looking for Super Intelligence?

02:12

Twitter - The Ultimate Golem

05:05

Is There a Limitation to Mass Destruction?

01:38

Introduction

3min

What's Our Problem?

3min

Book Review - The First Principles of Human Society

5min

Is There a Limitation to Mass Destruction?

2min

Why Is It Important to Go to Mars?

5min

I Don't Want 21st Century Bad Times to Happen

1min

Modern Humans Are Like Modern Moths

3min

What's the Outcome of Software?

4min

The Human Organism

6min

10.

Are You Looking for Super Intelligence?

2min

11.

Are Golems a Good Idea?

2min

12.

What's the Goal of a Good Society?

5min

13.

Is There a Problem of Leadership in Our Society?

4min

14.

The Ultimate Golem Poison

2min

15.

Twitter - The Ultimate Golem

5min

16.

The Dark Side of Our Society

3min

17.

What's Our Problem?

2min

Tim Urban is the writer, illustrator and co-founder of Wait But Why, a long-form, stick-figure-illustrated website about almost everything with over 600,000 subscribers. Tim's 2016 TED talk is the third most-watched of all time at 66 million views. His book, What's Our Problem?: A Self Help Book for Societies - an exploration of political polarization - is out now.

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