David Eagleman

The thing that starts in this computer world says, whoa, I was just sitting in the living room with David and now I'm here in this computer world. Okay, and it feels like you've transferred it. The question is, the you sitting here right now

Do you feel like you have transferred or do you feel like you just got killed and then this other creature came up that happened to have all of your memories, but the question is, is it you? And it might not be. It might not be you.

Do you feel like you have transferred or do you feel like you just got killed and then this other creature came up that happened to have all of your memories, but the question is, is it you? And it might not be. It might not be you.

Do you feel like you have transferred or do you feel like you just got killed and then this other creature came up that happened to have all of your memories, but the question is, is it you? And it might not be. It might not be you.

He's miserable. What's weird is that if I kill you 100 milliseconds after the upload, then that's murder. Yeah, you're just murdering.

He's miserable. What's weird is that if I kill you 100 milliseconds after the upload, then that's murder. Yeah, you're just murdering.

He's miserable. What's weird is that if I kill you 100 milliseconds after the upload, then that's murder. Yeah, you're just murdering.

Exactly right. I find this really interesting. Look, here's the thing. If we do upload ourselves at some point in the distant future, let's say a thousand years from now, there's a couple of things that we have to really watch for. One is, who are the programmers? Who watches the Watchmen? Like, you are completely at the mercy of whoever is running the simulation.

Exactly right. I find this really interesting. Look, here's the thing. If we do upload ourselves at some point in the distant future, let's say a thousand years from now, there's a couple of things that we have to really watch for. One is, who are the programmers? Who watches the Watchmen? Like, you are completely at the mercy of whoever is running the simulation.

Exactly right. I find this really interesting. Look, here's the thing. If we do upload ourselves at some point in the distant future, let's say a thousand years from now, there's a couple of things that we have to really watch for. One is, who are the programmers? Who watches the Watchmen? Like, you are completely at the mercy of whoever is running the simulation.

Yeah, they're God, essentially. They're God. Exactly right. It's scary because, in fact, it's just some 21-year-old guy with a goatee. Who's like playing Warcraft at the same time on another screen. Exactly. So that's a really weird thing. There's presumably going to be whole bodies of legislation around this and what the rules are around this.

Yeah, they're God, essentially. They're God. Exactly right. It's scary because, in fact, it's just some 21-year-old guy with a goatee. Who's like playing Warcraft at the same time on another screen. Exactly. So that's a really weird thing. There's presumably going to be whole bodies of legislation around this and what the rules are around this.

Yeah, they're God, essentially. They're God. Exactly right. It's scary because, in fact, it's just some 21-year-old guy with a goatee. Who's like playing Warcraft at the same time on another screen. Exactly. So that's a really weird thing. There's presumably going to be whole bodies of legislation around this and what the rules are around this.

But yes, one of the things I mentioned is that let's imagine we realized, oh God, the universe is collapsing and the universe is only going to last five more minutes. The programmer couldn't speed it up so that you live a thousand years in those last five minutes and you didn't know it.

But yes, one of the things I mentioned is that let's imagine we realized, oh God, the universe is collapsing and the universe is only going to last five more minutes. The programmer couldn't speed it up so that you live a thousand years in those last five minutes and you didn't know it.

But yes, one of the things I mentioned is that let's imagine we realized, oh God, the universe is collapsing and the universe is only going to last five more minutes. The programmer couldn't speed it up so that you live a thousand years in those last five minutes and you didn't know it.

It might work. You certainly could freeze a body that long. We have not perfected cryogenics yet, but in theory, it's not so hard. And we know that it works in the sense that sometimes people will fall through the ice on a lake and they will try to get out and they can't get out and they drown and they die.

It might work. You certainly could freeze a body that long. We have not perfected cryogenics yet, but in theory, it's not so hard. And we know that it works in the sense that sometimes people will fall through the ice on a lake and they will try to get out and they can't get out and they drown and they die.

It might work. You certainly could freeze a body that long. We have not perfected cryogenics yet, but in theory, it's not so hard. And we know that it works in the sense that sometimes people will fall through the ice on a lake and they will try to get out and they can't get out and they drown and they die.

And then their body is rescued and they're brought to the hospital and there's this whole thing where you extract the blood and warm the blood in a machine and you're passing it back in. And people end up freezing.