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Examining Risks to Civilization
05:30 - 13:58 (08:28)
In this podcast, philosopher and neuroscientist Sam Harris speaks with Toby Ord about his book "The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity," discussing the risks facing civilization from asteroids and supervolcanoes to engineered pathogens and pandemics.
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Will McCaskill, a philosopher, social entrepreneur, and co-founder of nonprofits Giving What We Can, the Center for Effective Altruism, and 80,000 Hours, talks about his work in effective altruism and the importance of mitigating existential risks, including those posed by pandemics.
05:30 - 07:23 (01:52)
Summary
Will McCaskill, a philosopher, social entrepreneur, and co-founder of nonprofits Giving What We Can, the Center for Effective Altruism, and 80,000 Hours, talks about his work in effective altruism and the importance of mitigating existential risks, including those posed by pandemics.
ChapterExamining Risks to Civilization
Episode#612: Will MacAskill of Effective Altruism Fame — The Value of Longtermism, Tools for Beating Stress and Overwhelm, AI Scenarios, High-Impact Books, and How to Save the World and Be an Agent of Change
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
In this podcast, host Tim Ferriss speaks with philosopher and neuroscientist Sam Harris about his most recent book "What We Are the Future," where they detail the risks that we face as a civilization, such as asteroids, supervolcanoes, artificial intelligence, engineered pathogens, and engineered pandemics.
07:23 - 11:00 (03:37)
Summary
In this podcast, host Tim Ferriss speaks with philosopher and neuroscientist Sam Harris about his most recent book "What We Are the Future," where they detail the risks that we face as a civilization, such as asteroids, supervolcanoes, artificial intelligence, engineered pathogens, and engineered pandemics.
ChapterExamining Risks to Civilization
Episode#612: Will MacAskill of Effective Altruism Fame — The Value of Longtermism, Tools for Beating Stress and Overwhelm, AI Scenarios, High-Impact Books, and How to Save the World and Be an Agent of Change
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The psychology of weird people, Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic, which is the subject of almost all psychology experiments, is very different from most cultures.
11:00 - 12:39 (01:38)
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The psychology of weird people, Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic, which is the subject of almost all psychology experiments, is very different from most cultures. They are much more individualistic and willing to challenge authority.
ChapterExamining Risks to Civilization
Episode#612: Will MacAskill of Effective Altruism Fame — The Value of Longtermism, Tools for Beating Stress and Overwhelm, AI Scenarios, High-Impact Books, and How to Save the World and Be an Agent of Change
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Joe Henrich applies the same formal methods used by evolutionary biologists to study the evolution of genetics to the evolution of cultures.
12:39 - 13:58 (01:19)
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Joe Henrich applies the same formal methods used by evolutionary biologists to study the evolution of genetics to the evolution of cultures. He discusses the idea of cultural fitness and the study of meme evolution.