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Into the Anthropocosmos (book): https://amzn.to/3CUIchM
Seveneves (book): https://amzn.to/36ipd4O
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:51) – Space exploration
(15:58) – Swarm robotics and self-assembling space habitats
(33:39) – Microgravity
(37:56) – Deep duration space missions
(43:06) – Extraterrestrial life
(49:29) – Music and sports in space
(56:08) – Colonizing space
(1:03:28) – War in space
(1:08:02) – Robots in space
(1:22:43) – Commercial space exploration
(1:26:21) – Future of space exploration
(1:34:07) – Beauty of the universe
(1:39:03) – Space cities
(1:44:44) – Advice for young people
(1:48:04) – Consciousness
(1:49:50) – Meaning of life
#202 – Rick Doblin: Psychedelics
#201 – Konstantin Batygin: Planet 9 and the Edge of Our Solar System
#200 – Michael Malice: Totalitarianism and Anarchy
#199 – Roger Reaves: Smuggling Drugs for Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Cartel
#198 – Sara Walker: The Origin of Life on Earth and Alien Worlds
#197 – Jocko Willink: War, Leadership, and Discipline
#196 – Yeonmi Park: North Korea
#195 – Clara Sousa-Silva: Searching for Signs of Life on Venus and Other Planets
#194 – Bret Weinstein: Truth, Science, and Censorship in the Time of a Pandemic
#193 – Rob Reid: The Existential Threat of Engineered Viruses and Lab Leaks
#192 – Charles Hoskinson: Cardano
#191 – Daniel Schmachtenberger: Steering Civilization Away from Self-Destruction
#190 – Jordan Ellenberg: Mathematics of High-Dimensional Shapes and Geometries
#189 – David Sinclair: Extending the Human Lifespan Beyond 100 Years
#188 – Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum 2.0
#187 – Frank Wilczek: Physics of Quarks, Dark Matter, Complexity, Life & Aliens
#186 – Bryan Johnson: Kernel Brain-Computer Interfaces
#185 – Sam Harris: Consciousness, Free Will, Psychedelics, AI, UFOs, and Meaning
#184 – Katherine de Kleer: Planets, Moons, and Asteroids in Our Solar System
#183 – Po-Shen Loh: Mathematics, Math Olympiad, Combinatorics & Contact Tracing
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