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Highlights: #168 – Ian Morris on whether deep history says we’re heading for an intelligence explosion
Nov 8, 2023
Ian Morris talks about the potential for an intelligence explosion, exploring the three scenarios for humanity, astonishing burials in Sungir, hunter-gatherer societies, the future of hybrid intelligence, and cycles of history and civilization development.
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- Human extinction is highly probable, and the question is under what circumstances it will occur.
- The speaker explores the potential for humans to become more complex and advanced in the future, drawing examples from ancient burials and questioning the emergence of complex societies.
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Likelihood of Extinction
The podcast discusses the high probability of human extinction, as most species have gone extinct throughout history. The speaker emphasizes that it takes superhuman levels of delusion to think that humans won't go extinct. However, the more interesting question is under what circumstances we will go extinct.
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