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Robin Hanson is a professor at George Mason University and researcher at Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  EPISODE LINKS:
  Robin’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/robinhanson
  Robin’s Website: https://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson
  Grabby Aliens (paper): https://grabbyaliens.com/paper
  The Elephant in the Brain (book): https://amazon.com/dp/0197551955/ref=nosim?tag=turingmachi08-20
  The Age of Em (book): https://amazon.com/dp/0198817827/ref=nosim?tag=turingmachi08-20
  
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  OUTLINE:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (06:49) - Grabby aliens
  (44:33) - War and competition
  (50:07) - Global government
  (1:02:58) - Humanity’s future
  (1:13:00) - Hello aliens
  (1:40:03) - UFO sightings
  (2:04:40) - Conspiracy theories
  (2:12:58) - Elephant in the brain
  (2:26:29) - Medicine
  (2:38:58) - Institutions
  (3:05:52) - Physics
  (3:10:43) - Artificial intelligence
  (3:28:32) - Economics
  (3:31:53) - Political science
  (3:37:42) - Advice for young people
  (3:46:33) - Darkest moments
  (3:49:34) - Love and loss
  (3:58:57) - Immortality
  (4:02:53) - Simulation hypothesis
  (4:13:10) - Meaning of life

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