Tim Urban
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first heard Feb 2023
last heard Feb 2023
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As our technology grows, it's going to be easier for the worst bad guys
to do tremendous damage.
And it's easier to destroy than to build.
So it takes a tiny, tiny number of these people with enough power to do bad.
So that, to me, I'm like, the stakes are going up, because what we have to lose is this incredible utopia.
But also, like, dystopia is real.
It happens.
The Romans ended up in a dystopia.
They probably earlier thought that was never possible.
Like, we should not get cocky.
And so to me, that trend...
is the exponential tech is a double-edged sword.
It's so exciting.
I'm happy to be alive now overall because I'm an optimist and I find it exciting, but it's really scary.
And the dumbest thing we can do is not be scared.
Dumbest thing we can do is get cocky and think, well, my life is always, the last couple of generations, everything's been fine.
Stop that.
It's really hard to know.
I mean, one of the things we can do is look at history.
And...
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