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Understanding Agora and Humanity's Future with Byron Reese and Brett Hurt
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In this thought-provoking episode, we are joined by Byron Reese, author of 'We are Agora,' and Brett Hurt, serial entrepreneur, to explore the intersections of superorganisms, technology, and human potential. The ideas presented in Byron's book, serve as a springboard to discuss how evolving technologies shape our future and the unfolding narrative of humanity.
Episode Highlights
- Byron new book "We are Agora" explores superorganisms, drawing parallels between natural examples like beehives and emergent entities from human activity.
- The concept of Agora is debated in relation to Adam Smith's invisible hand, free will, and human evolution, highlighting both the areas of convergence and divergence.
- Human knowledge progression is traced from DNA to language to writing to the printing press to the internet, and now AI, each phase enhancing our ability to build upon previous knowledge.
- The role of individual kindness and positive human actions is emphasized as crucial in sustaining and advancing the societal superorganism.
- What’s Next?
- Byron: “We will spread to a billion planets, and we'll populate each of them with a billion people. and each of those billion people will be empowered to live their best possible life… Every Da Vinci will paint their Mona Lisa. Every Marie Curie would make her discoveries. Everybody would be empowered to achieve the most that they could they could”
- Brett: “Along the way of shooting high like, whether it's colonizing other planets, where it's inventing AGI, whether it's merging with the machines, whatever it is, we will invent so many things that are so bewilderingly great and make humanity better than ever before. That's our natural destiny”
The 4 Billion-Year History of AI’s Large Language Models by Byron Reese & Brett Hurt
We are Agora by Byron Reese
Byron Reese: Website, LinkedIn, X/Twitter
Brett Hurt: Website, LinkedIn, X/Twitter, data.world
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