Why Discovering Advanced Alien Life Would Be Bad For Humanity

Oxford University’s Future of Humanity Institute has a researcher named Robin Hanson, who holds a doctorate in social science and a variety of other scientific and philosophical degrees. He worked as a research programmer at NASA and Lockheed.

0:00 – Introduction

5:04 – When will machines rule the world?

14:03 – Brain emulations & Westworld

32:40 – Are we in a simulation?

45:24 – The Great Filter

50:48 – Grabby Aliens

1:17:53 – Panspermia

1:23:20 – UFO’s

1:49:50 – Rot of world government

2:02:09 – Cryonics

2:16:24 – Individualism & the future of human civilization

2:32:00 – Wealth VS fertility & raising children

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