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#191 – Daniel Schmachtenberger: Steering Civilization Away from Self-Destruction
4 hour 21 minutes Posted Jun 14, 2021 at 7:03 am.
) – Introduction
) – Aliens and UFOs
) – Collective intelligence of human civilization
) – Consciousness
) – How much computation does the human brain perform?
) – Humans vs ants
) – Humans are apex predators
) – Girard’s Mimetic Theory of Desire
) – We can never completely understand reality
) – Self-terminating systems
) – Catastrophic risk
) – Adding more love to the world
) – How to build a better world
) – Meaning of life
) – Death
) – The role of government in society
) – Exponential growth of technology
) – Lessons from my father
) – Even suffering is filled with beauty
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