#360 – Tim Urban: Tribalism, Marxism, Liberalism, Social Justice, and Politics | Lex Fridman Podcast

Another mindblowing conversation with my good friend .@EMostaque... Enjoy!! 00:00 - Introduction 00:22 - AI: The Biggest Shift in Human History 00:42 - AI’s Impact on Society and the Economy 01:03 - Conversation with Emad Mostaque Begins 01:50 - The Acceleration of AI and Economic Takeoff 03:07 - AI Intelligence: Beyond Human IQ 04:08 - The Rise ... See more

But the ancient questions are reemerging due to the unsettling nature of technological change. We are being forced to confront these timeless, existential questions by developments that cause conflict between the three cities: like the possibilities of artificial intelligence, or the moral questions raised by genomics, or the tension between freedo... See more

 “Why do we believe what we believe?”

The Battle Over Our Beliefs

Perhaps this is why our society has been so stagnant and uncreative in some ways for the past 50 years. We chose the path of comfort, certainty, measurable progress, and indeterminate hedging of bets. In our cowardice, we turned away from the uncertain leaps of faith of collective struggle after fatal ends that would have demanded us to truly live.