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The Importance of Exponential Growth in Technology and Unlearning Our Ideas about Aliens
1:41:45 - 1:49:49 (08:04)
Astrobiologist David Grinspoon discusses the need for exponential growth in technology and the importance of unlearning what we think we know about aliens in order to explore the possibilities of life beyond Earth.
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The current way governments view and handle potential extraterrestrial discoveries may be hindering our ability to understand and find alien life.
1:41:45 - 1:45:13 (03:28)
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The current way governments view and handle potential extraterrestrial discoveries may be hindering our ability to understand and find alien life. Collaboration and transparency may be a better approach for the future.
ChapterThe Importance of Exponential Growth in Technology and Unlearning Our Ideas about Aliens
Episode#198 – Sara Walker: The Origin of Life on Earth and Alien Worlds
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Physics perspective suggests that no living system can survive unless it expands exponentially.
1:45:13 - 1:48:56 (03:42)
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Physics perspective suggests that no living system can survive unless it expands exponentially. Becoming a multiplanetary species may be crucial for human survival given the technology that can scale in an exponential way.
ChapterThe Importance of Exponential Growth in Technology and Unlearning Our Ideas about Aliens
Episode#198 – Sara Walker: The Origin of Life on Earth and Alien Worlds
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Copying information is essential to keep creativity flowing and to persist ideas into the future.
1:48:56 - 1:49:49 (00:53)
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Copying information is essential to keep creativity flowing and to persist ideas into the future. Survival and persistence are just byproducts of maximizing creativity.