Why Discovering Advanced Alien Life Would be Bad for Humanity | Robin Hanson

Robin Hanson is a professor at George Mason University and researcher at Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford. He has a doctorate in social science from California Institute of Technology, master's degrees in physics and philosophy from the University of Chicago, and nine years experience as a research programmer, at Lockheed and NASA. Robin's Links: Robin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/robinhanson Robin's Website: https://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson Grabby Aliens: https://grabbyaliens.com/paper The Elephant in the Brain: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0197551955 The Age of Em: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0198817827 Sponsors: VERSO - Go to https://ver.so/koncrete to save 15% on your order. listen on Apple - https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1441238966 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4VTLG0HiIZaCjH9gE6NFPq JOIN OUR KULT: https://bit.ly/koncretepatreon Danny https://www.instagram.com/jonesdanny https://twitter.com/jonesdanny Outline 0:00 - Introduction 5:04 - When will machines rule the world? 14:03 - Brain emulations & Westworld 32:40 - Are we in a simulation? 45:24 - The Great Filter 50:48 - Grabby Aliens 1:17:53 - Panspermia 1:23:20 - UFO's 1:49:50 - Rot of world government 2:02:09 - Cryonics 2:16:24 - Individualism & the future of human civilization 2:32:00 - Wealth VS fertility & raising children Koncrete http://twitter.com/koncrete http://instagram.com/koncrete http://facebook.com/koncreteinc