The Future Will Be Better Than You Think ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Book Review of "We Are As Gods"
Perhaps the popular pessimism about progress is dead wrong. As a pragmatic realist who leans optimistic when I can, I wanted a dose of optimism about the future, so I cracked open We Are As Gods: A Survival Guide for the Age of Abundance, by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler.
I got the dose of optimism I wanted, and I'll second-hand deal it to you here. But I got more: inspiration to endure and aspire because--spoiler alert--the age of abundance is not for all, but for the avaricious.
Video Chapters
- 0:00 A dystopian-feeling present and the promise of abundance
- 4:53 Godlike powers and the abundance paradox
- 9:13 AI’s rapid advance, risks, and responsibility
- 20:18 Automation, job disruption, and human work
- 36:13 Cognitive offloading and protecting your own thinking
- 40:08 Fertility decline, robots, and demographic change
- 46:21 Evidence for abundance: energy, food, and space
- 54:09 Progress in health, democracy, conflict, and safety
- 58:03 Robots, drudgery, and the purpose of human evolution
- 1:03:24 Science fiction as a guide to possible futures
- 1:08:16 Biohacking and the five mindsets for abundance
- 1:17:57 Five-star verdict: abundance, agency, and meaning
- 1:19:23 Children, purpose, and staying human
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