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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
0:38 - The big and the small
8:28 - Aliens
16:42 - The pencil problem
23:27 - Food abundance
25:31 - Extinction of human civilization
30:49 - Future politics of Mars
37:49 - SpaceX
43:49 - Elon Musk
1:09:17 - Nuclear power
1:13:43 - The higher mind
1:18:27 - Echo chambers and idea labs
1:21:39 - How our brain processes film and music
1:24:53 - Neuralink
1:33:07 - Future of physical interactions
1:37:18 - AI
1:44:38 - Free speech
1:48:41 - How to read more
1:55:23 - Spaced repetition
1:59:26 - Procrastination
2:26:18 - Goals for the future
2:31:36 - Meaning of life

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