Robin Hanson is a professor of economics at George Mason University. He is the author of The Elephant in the Brain and The Age of Em.

00:05 The long view

15:07 Subconscious vs conscious intelligence

20:28 Meditators

26:50 Signaling, norms, and motives

36:50 Conversation

42:54 2020 election nominees

49:25 Nerds in startups and social science

54:50 Academia and Robin

1:09:32 Remote work

1:28:05 Idea futures

1:32:13 Reforming institutions

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Robin Hanson - The Long View

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