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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:31 - Aliens and UFOs
20:15 - Collective intelligence of human civilization
28:12 - Consciousness
39:33 - How much computation does the human brain perform?
43:12 - Humans vs ants
50:30 - Humans are apex predators
57:34 - Girard's Mimetic Theory of Desire
1:17:31 - We can never completely understand reality
1:20:54 - Self-terminating systems
1:31:18 - Catastrophic risk
2:01:30 - Adding more love to the world
2:28:55 - How to build a better world
2:46:07 - Meaning of life
2:53:49 - Death
2:59:29 - The role of government in society
3:16:54 - Exponential growth of technology
4:02:35 - Lessons from my father
4:08:11 - Even suffering is filled with beauty

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