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The Benefits of Software Upgrades for Human Progress
1:02:11 - 1:11:16 (09:05)
Advances in technology have led to an explosion of knowledge, allowing for civilization to evolve and decrease violence, death, poverty, and war.
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The fact that human life and its communication systems are relatively new makes it ridiculous to assume that some alien civilization was paying attention to our planet.
1:02:11 - 1:03:53 (01:42)
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The fact that human life and its communication systems are relatively new makes it ridiculous to assume that some alien civilization was paying attention to our planet. The concept of evolution and civilization is so recent in Earth's history.
ChapterThe Benefits of Software Upgrades for Human Progress
Episode#142 – Manolis Kellis: Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Central governance and organization have led to less violence, death, suffering, poverty, and war.
1:03:53 - 1:06:41 (02:48)
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Central governance and organization have led to less violence, death, suffering, poverty, and war. As the state owns the right to violence, the evolution of cognition has triumphed on our planet.
ChapterThe Benefits of Software Upgrades for Human Progress
Episode#142 – Manolis Kellis: Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
This podcast episode explores how software upgrades for human language, culture, environment, and education have led to an explosion of knowledge, and also discusses the concept of hardware upgrades with a focus on the neocortex and the expansion of the brain's layers and folds.
1:06:41 - 1:11:16 (04:34)
Summary
This podcast episode explores how software upgrades for human language, culture, environment, and education have led to an explosion of knowledge, and also discusses the concept of hardware upgrades with a focus on the neocortex and the expansion of the brain's layers and folds.