18 – Robin Hanson Interview

We speak with GMU economist Robin Hanson. (note that the audio improves significantly when we switch mics at ~20min) Robin blogs at Overcoming Bias We discuss his recent book, The Age of Em Robin Hanson discusses prediction markets in greater length at Sintetia Nate Silver & co. predict elections (among other things) at FiveThirtyEight Wikipedia’s summary of The Malthusian Trap Scott Alexander’s review of The Age of Em You can (maybe) help science by doing protein folding as a game What If cows were green? Soylent – when you don’t have time to food The Repugnant Conclusion – Julia Galef’s quick explanatory video, and the Standford.edu article