Daniel Schmachtenberger: Steering Civilization Away from Self-Destruction | Lex Fridman Podcast #191

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