• Robin Hanson (Part 1): Why Unchallenged Values Become Existential Threats?

  • Oct 26 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
  • Podcast

Robin Hanson (Part 1): Why Unchallenged Values Become Existential Threats?

  • Summary

  • In this conversation, we chat with Robin Hanson about his thesis on cultural drift, exploring the implications of the global monoculture and reduced selection pressures on the long-term future of humanity. We think through the mechanisms for and potential solutions to cultural drift, such as deep multiculturalism, human-level AI, adaptive transcendent narratives, prediction markets (futarchy) and more.

    Links to Hanson's posts on Cultural Drift:

    Rational Culture

    When Lawyers Sing

    Floppy vs Stiff Concepts

    Culture Drift Predicts Decadence

    Betrayed by Culture

    Links to other work by Hanson's that you might find interesting :

    Hanson's Book on Signaling Theory - Elephant in the Brain (we highly recommend this book!)

    Hanson's Book on Brain Emulation - The Age of Em

    Overcoming Bias - Hanson's Blog

    Hanson's Paper on Futarchy



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