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#168 – Ian Morris on whether deep history says we're heading for an intelligence explosion

80,000 Hours Podcast

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Envisaging the Future: Looking Back and Ahead

Thinking back to the 16th and 15th centuries, it's fascinating to see how people couldn't have predicted our current world. Looking at futurist literature from that time, it's entertaining to see how they couldn't even imagine the questions we ask today. It's the same when trying to envision the world in 5000 years - it will be so different that we can't even grasp what to ask. The very essence of what it means to be human will undergo a profound transformation in the next century, marking the end of our current boundaries.

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