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#191 – Daniel Schmachtenberger: Steering Civilization Away from Self-Destruction

#191 – Daniel Schmachtenberger: Steering Civilization Away from Self-Destruction

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Daniel Schmachtenberger is a philosopher interested understanding the rise and fall of societies and individuals. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Ground News: https://ground.news/lex - NetSuite: http://netsuite.

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Daniel Schmachtenberger is a philosopher interested understanding
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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(08:05) – Aliens and UFOs

(26:50) – Collective intelligence of human civilization

(34:46) – Consciousness

(46:08) – How much computation does the human brain
perform?

(49:47) – Humans vs ants

(57:04) – Humans are apex predators

(1:04:08) – Girard’s Mimetic Theory of Desire

(1:24:05) – We can never completely understand reality

(1:27:29) – Self-terminating systems

(1:37:52) – Catastrophic risk

(2:08:04) – Adding more love to the world

(2:35:29) – How to build a better world

(2:52:41) – Meaning of life

(3:00:23) – Death

(3:06:04) – The role of government in society

(3:23:29) – Exponential growth of technology

(4:09:10) – Lessons from my father

(4:14:46) – Even suffering is filled with beauty