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Jaron Lanier: Virtual Reality, Social Media & the Future of Humans and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #218

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Jaron Lanier is a computer scientist, composer, artist, author, and founder of the field of virtual reality. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Skiff: https://skiff.org/lex to get early access - Novo: https://banknovo.com/lex - Onnit: https://lexfridman.com/onnit to get up to 10% off - Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex to get $75 credit - Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex and use code LEX to get special savings EPISODE LINKS: Jaron's Website: http://www.jaronlanier.com/ Jaron's Books: https://amzn.to/3tlhl9T PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:39 - What is reality? 5:52 - Turing machines 7:10 - Simulating our universe 13:25 - Video games and other immersive experiences 17:12 - Death and consciousness 25:43 - Designing human-centric AI 27:17 - Empathy with robots 31:09 - Social media incentives 43:29 - Data dignity 51:01 - Jack Dorsey and Twitter 1:02:46 - Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies 1:07:26 - Government overreach and freedom 1:17:41 - GitHub and TikTok 1:19:51 - The Autodidactic Universe 1:24:42 - Humans and the mystery of music 1:30:53 - Defining moments 1:41:39 - Mortality 1:43:31 - The meaning of life SOCIAL: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman

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I mean, it's a computer of some kind.", 'start': 708.862, 'duration': 3.241}, {'end': 713.404, 'text': "We don't know exactly what kind.", 'start': 712.143, 'duration': 1.261}, {'end': 714.725, 'text': 'We might not know how to think about it.', 'start': 713.424, 'duration': 1.301}, {'end': 715.545, 'text': "We're working on it.", 'start': 714.785, 'duration': 0.76}, {'end': 719.228, 'text': "Sorry to interrupt, but you're absolutely right.", 'start': 716.406, 'duration': 2.822}, {'end': 721.95, 'text': "That's my fascination with the AI as well.", 'start': 719.248, 'duration': 2.702}, {'end': 723.732, 'text': 'is it helps?', 'start': 721.95, 'duration': 1.782}], 'summary': 'Reality can be seen as a computer due to programmability, technology, and adherence to physical laws.', 'duration': 24.935, 'max_score': 698.797, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM698797.jpg'}, {'end': 1123.765, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 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which might be the sort of hardcore no, the brain's a computer, and that's it in a sense.", 'start': 1163.53, 'duration': 10.183}, {'end': 1183.937, 'text': "we're motivated in the same way with a remarkably similar chain of arguments, which is no, the brain's a computer,", 'start': 1173.713, 'duration': 10.224}, {'end': 1187.818, 'text': "and I'm going to figure it out in my lifetime and upload myself, and I'll live forever.", 'start': 1183.937, 'duration': 3.881}, {'end': 1190.2, 'text': "That's interesting.", 'start': 1189.659, 'duration': 0.541}], 'summary': 'People are motivated by the idea of uploading themselves to live forever as a computer, based on similar arguments.', 'duration': 26.67, 'max_score': 1163.53, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM1163530.jpg'}, {'end': 1277.427, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1243.082, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 1248.643, 'text': "This is the Ernest Becker's idea that the fear of death is the warm at the core.", 'start': 1243.082, 'duration': 5.561}, {'end': 1256.125, 'text': "That's the core motivator of everything we see humans have created.", 'start': 1248.663, 'duration': 7.462}, {'end': 1261.947, 'text': 'The question is if that fear of mortality is somehow core, is like a prerequisite.', 'start': 1257.166, 'duration': 4.781}, {'end': 1277.427, 'text': "So you just moved across this vast cultural chasm that separates me from most of my colleagues in a way and I can't answer what you just said on the level without this huge deconstruction.", 'start': 1263.388, 'duration': 14.039}], 'summary': "Ernest becker's idea posits fear of death as core motivator of human creations.", 'duration': 34.345, 'max_score': 1243.082, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM1243082.jpg'}, {'end': 1390.324, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1360.58, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 1366.682, 'text': 'And I was in Boston and I was going to the old house in Brookline, his amazing house.', 'start': 1360.58, 'duration': 6.102}, {'end': 1371.604, 'text': "And one of our mutual friends said, hey, listen, Marvin's so frail.", 'start': 1367.542, 'duration': 4.062}, {'end': 1373.365, 'text': "Don't do the argument with him.", 'start': 1372.124, 'duration': 1.241}, {'end': 1376.166, 'text': "Don't argue about AI.", 'start': 1373.385, 'duration': 2.781}, {'end': 1378.567, 'text': 'And so I said, but Marvin loves that.', 'start': 1376.566, 'duration': 2.001}, {'end': 1381.588, 'text': "And so I showed up and he's like, he was frail.", 'start': 1378.987, 'duration': 2.601}, {'end': 1384.149, 'text': 'He looked up and he said are you ready to argue??', 'start': 1381.608, 'duration': 2.541}, {'end': 1390.324, 'text': "he's such an amazing person.", 'start': 1387.803, 'duration': 2.521}], 'summary': "Visited marvin's house in brookline, despite warnings about his frailty, to discuss ai.", 'duration': 29.744, 'max_score': 1360.58, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM1360580.jpg'}], 'start': 556.699, 'title': 'Evolution of perception in media and the role of technology and virtual reality', 'summary': 'Discusses the evolution of perception in different media, highlighting the impact of photography and audio recording on our ability to perceive reality, and the limitations faced in representing subjects in early media. it also explores the impact of technology and virtual reality on human perception, emphasizing the importance of appreciating the physical world and the potential dangers of overestimating the capabilities of technology, as well as delving into the fear of mortality and its influence on philosophical and scientific perspectives.', 'chapters': [{'end': 593.196, 'start': 556.699, 'title': 'Evolution of perception in media', 'summary': 'Discusses the evolution of perception in different media, highlighting the 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perspectives, challenging the notion of ai and emphasizing the cultural implications of computationalist ideas.', 'duration': 796.528, 'highlights': ["The chapter emphasizes the importance of appreciating the physical world and the potential dangers of overestimating the capabilities of technology. The speaker hopes that the experience of virtual worlds helps people appreciate the physical world and prevent it from getting 'too messed up.' He also cautions against overestimating the potential of technology, stating that it may lead people to pretend they know more than they do.", 'Challenges the notion of AI and emphasizes the cultural implications of computationalist ideas. The speaker expresses skepticism towards the concept of AI, stating that there is no actual AI, only algorithms created and controlled by humans. Additionally, he highlights the cultural implications of computationalist ideas, drawing parallels between the fear of mortality and the motivations behind different philosophical approaches to consciousness.', 'Discusses the fear of mortality and its influence on philosophical and scientific perspectives. The chapter delves into the fear of mortality and its role in shaping human thought and civilization. It explores how the fear of death has motivated different philosophical approaches to consciousness, ranging from sentimental dualism to hardcore computationalism, and draws connections to cultural and historical contexts.']}], 'duration': 833.625, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM556699.jpg', 'highlights': ["Photography's greatest gift is enabling us to see the flaws in a photograph and appreciate reality more.", 'The evolution of perception in different media is showcased through examples of early limitations in representing subjects.', "Audio recording's greatest gift is our ability to distinguish live performances from recordings, such as distinguishing an opera singer from a wire recording.", 'The chapter emphasizes the importance of appreciating the physical world and the potential dangers of overestimating the capabilities of technology.', 'Challenges the notion of AI and emphasizes the cultural implications of computationalist ideas.', 'Discusses the fear of mortality and its influence on philosophical and scientific perspectives.']}, {'end': 2163.059, 'segs': [{'end': 1640.223, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1618.273, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1631.962, 'text': "this identification with a frame that's quite remote cannot be separated from a feeling of wanting to feel sort of separate from and superior to other people,", 'start': 1618.273, 'duration': 13.689}, {'end': 1632.842, 'text': 'or something like that.', 'start': 1631.962, 'duration': 0.88}, {'end': 1635.463, 'text': "There's an impulse behind it that I really have to reject.", 'start': 1632.902, 'duration': 2.561}, {'end': 1640.223, 'text': "And we're just not competent yet to talk about these kinds of absolutes.", 'start': 1636.263, 'duration': 3.96}], 'summary': 'Struggling with feeling superior, rejecting impulse, incompetency in addressing absolutes.', 'duration': 21.95, 'max_score': 1618.273, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM1618273.jpg'}, {'end': 1776.65, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1754.745, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 1763.167, 'text': 'People who really, really, really want to believe in the invisible hand as infinitely smart screw up their economies terribly.', 'start': 1754.745, 'duration': 8.422}, {'end': 1766.928, 'text': 'You have to recognize the economy as a subservient tool.', 'start': 1763.347, 'duration': 3.581}, {'end': 1769.728, 'text': "Everybody does when it's to their advantage.", 'start': 1767.588, 'duration': 2.14}, {'end': 1771.709, 'text': "They might not when it's not to their advantage.", 'start': 1770.008, 'duration': 1.701}, {'end': 1773.529, 'text': "That's kind of an interesting game that happens.", 'start': 1771.749, 'duration': 1.78}, {'end': 1776.65, 'text': "But the thing is, it's just like that with our algorithms.", 'start': 1774.309, 'duration': 2.341}], 'summary': 'Belief in the invisible hand can harm economies; recognize economy as a tool, similar to algorithms.', 'duration': 21.905, 'max_score': 1754.745, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM1754745.jpg'}, {'end': 2026.139, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 1956.819, 'weight': 0.86, 'content': [{'end': 1961.501, 'text': "And there's this idea that I think is kind of a fiction,", 'start': 1956.819, 'duration': 4.682}, {'end': 1969.525, 'text': "and maybe it's even been recognized as that by everybody that the algorithm will get really good at getting people to buy something.", 'start': 1961.501, 'duration': 8.024}, {'end': 1975.688, 'text': "Because I think people have looked at their returns and looked at what happens, and everybody recognizes that's not exactly right.", 'start': 1969.665, 'duration': 6.023}, {'end': 1977.108, 'text': "It's more..", 'start': 1976.428, 'duration': 0.68}, {'end': 1982.549, 'text': 'like a cognitive access blackmail payment at this point.', 'start': 1978.846, 'duration': 3.703}, {'end': 1985.972, 'text': "Just to be connected, you're paying the money.", 'start': 1983.95, 'duration': 2.022}, {'end': 1987.953, 'text': "It's not so much with the persuasion algorithms.", 'start': 1986.032, 'duration': 1.921}, {'end': 1991.976, 'text': 'So Stanford renamed its program, but it used to be called Engage-Persuade.', 'start': 1988.634, 'duration': 3.342}, {'end': 1993.478, 'text': 'The Engage part works.', 'start': 1992.337, 'duration': 1.141}, {'end': 1995.419, 'text': 'The Persuade part is iffy.', 'start': 1993.518, 'duration': 1.901}, {'end': 2001.944, 'text': 'But the thing is that once people are engaged, in order for you to exist as a business, in order for you to be known at all,', 'start': 1995.819, 'duration': 6.125}, {'end': 2003.285, 'text': 'you have to put money into the-.', 'start': 2001.944, 'duration': 1.341}, {'end': 2003.706, 'text': "Oh, that's dark.", 'start': 2003.285, 'duration': 0.421}, {'end': 2008.368, 'text': "It doesn't work, but they have to.", 'start': 2004.946, 'duration': 3.422}, {'end': 2011.991, 'text': "It's a giant cognitive access blackmail scheme at this point.", 'start': 2008.729, 'duration': 3.262}, {'end': 2019.575, 'text': "Because the science behind the persuade part, it's not entirely a failure.", 'start': 2013.351, 'duration': 6.224}, {'end': 2026.139, 'text': 'We play make-believe that it works more than it does.', 'start': 2020.936, 'duration': 5.203}], 'summary': 'Algorithm persuasion for buying is not effective; stanford renamed program to engage-persuade, but persuasion part is iffy.', 'duration': 69.32, 'max_score': 1956.819, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM1956819.jpg'}, {'end': 2121.637, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2093.967, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 2098.57, 'text': 'Now, where the damage comes is a different thing, though.', 'start': 2093.967, 'duration': 4.603}, {'end': 2099.911, 'text': 'Social media..', 'start': 2099.13, 'duration': 0.781}, {'end': 2108.687, 'text': 'Algorithms and social media have to work on feedback loops where they present you with stimulus and they have to see if you respond to the stimulus.', 'start': 2102.102, 'duration': 6.585}, {'end': 2117.614, 'text': 'Now, the problem is that the measurement mechanism for telling if you respond in the engagement feedback loop is very, very crude.', 'start': 2109.067, 'duration': 8.547}, {'end': 2121.637, 'text': "It's things like whether you click more or occasionally, if you're staring at the screen more.", 'start': 2117.714, 'duration': 3.923}], 'summary': 'Social media algorithms rely on crude engagement metrics for feedback loops.', 'duration': 27.67, 'max_score': 2093.967, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM2093967.jpg'}], 'start': 1390.324, 'title': 'Consciousness and compassion, and ethical ai and social media', 'summary': "Discusses consciousness, faith, empathy circles, and the invention of 'together mode.' it also highlights the ethical implications of ai and social media, emphasizing the need for ai to promote deeper human connections and addressing the negative impact of algorithms and crude measurement mechanisms on human behavior.", 'chapters': [{'end': 1713.454, 'start': 1390.324, 'title': 'Consciousness and compassion', 'summary': "Discusses the concept of consciousness, faith, and pragmatic decision-making in defining empathy circles, while also emphasizing the need to design compassionate and respectful technologies, exemplified by the invention of 'together mode' during the pandemic.", 'duration': 323.13, 'highlights': ['The concept of empathy circles is based on faith and pragmatic decision-making, where drawing the line between what is considered conscious and deserving of empathy is crucial, highlighting the complexity in defining empathy circles. Empathy circles are based on faith and pragmatic decision-making, which determines what is considered conscious and deserving of empathy.', 'The discussion delves into the pragmatic considerations of defining empathy circles, illustrating the challenges of making the circle too big, leading to incompetence, or too small, resulting in cruelty. Defining empathy circles involves pragmatic considerations, with the challenges of making the circle too big leading to incompetence or too small resulting in cruelty.', 'The chapter explores the ethical dilemmas surrounding the inclusion of AI in empathy circles, emphasizing the need for skepticism and subordination of algorithms to prevent incompetence. The ethical dilemmas surrounding the inclusion of AI in empathy circles are discussed, with an emphasis on the need for skepticism and subordination of algorithms.', "The need to design compassionate and respectful technologies is highlighted, with the example of 'together mode' as a technology that facilitates human connection and empathy during the pandemic. The importance of designing compassionate and respectful technologies is emphasized, with the example of 'together mode' as a technology that facilitates human connection and empathy during the pandemic."]}, {'end': 2163.059, 'start': 1714.135, 'title': 'Ethical ai and social media', 'summary': 'Discusses the ethical implications of ai and social media, highlighting the need for ai to act as a companion promoting deeper human connections, the negative impact of algorithms and social media on human behavior, and the crude measurement mechanisms used in engagement feedback loops.', 'duration': 448.924, 'highlights': ['AI as a companion promoting deeper human connections AI should act as a companion to facilitate deeper connections between humans and help individuals become better human beings.', 'Negative impact of algorithms and social media on human behavior Algorithms and social media manipulate human behavior, altering human nature to serve the interests of advertisers, leading to a giant cognitive access blackmail scheme.', 'Crude measurement mechanisms used in engagement feedback loops The measurement mechanisms used in engagement feedback loops are crude, capturing only dramatic responses like fear, anger, and arousal, rather than promoting positive interactions.']}], 'duration': 772.735, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM1390324.jpg', 'highlights': ["The importance of designing compassionate and respectful technologies is emphasized, with the example of 'together mode' as a technology that facilitates human connection and empathy during the pandemic.", 'AI as a companion promoting deeper human connections AI should act as a companion to facilitate deeper connections between humans and help individuals become better human beings.', 'The ethical dilemmas surrounding the inclusion of AI in empathy circles are discussed, with an emphasis on the need for skepticism and subordination of algorithms.', 'Negative impact of algorithms and social media on human behavior Algorithms and social media manipulate human behavior, altering human nature to serve the interests of advertisers, leading to a giant cognitive access blackmail scheme.']}, {'end': 3904.423, 'segs': [{'end': 2336.425, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2307.741, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 2310.243, 'text': 'People have to be responsible.', 'start': 2307.741, 'duration': 2.502}, {'end': 2311.604, 'text': "Algorithms shouldn't be recommending.", 'start': 2310.283, 'duration': 1.321}, {'end': 2313.426, 'text': "Algorithms don't understand enough to recommend.", 'start': 2311.724, 'duration': 1.702}, {'end': 2314.947, 'text': 'Algorithms are crap in this era.', 'start': 2313.546, 'duration': 1.401}, {'end': 2316.188, 'text': "I mean, I'm sorry, they are.", 'start': 2315.347, 'duration': 0.841}, {'end': 2319.37, 'text': "And I'm not saying this as somebody as a critic from the outside.", 'start': 2317.089, 'duration': 2.281}, {'end': 2320.171, 'text': "I'm in the middle of it.", 'start': 2319.411, 'duration': 0.76}, {'end': 2321.112, 'text': 'I know what they can do.', 'start': 2320.251, 'duration': 0.861}, {'end': 2321.852, 'text': 'I know the math.', 'start': 2321.192, 'duration': 0.66}, {'end': 2323.214, 'text': 'I know what the corpora are.', 'start': 2321.973, 'duration': 1.241}, {'end': 2326.396, 'text': 'I know the best ones.', 'start': 2325.115, 'duration': 1.281}, {'end': 2333.322, 'text': "Our office is funding GPT-3 and all these things that are at the edge of what's possible.", 'start': 2327.037, 'duration': 6.285}, {'end': 2336.425, 'text': 'And they do not have Yet.', 'start': 2333.582, 'duration': 2.843}], 'summary': 'Algorithms are not yet capable and should not be relied on for recommendations.', 'duration': 28.684, 'max_score': 2307.741, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM2307741.jpg'}, {'end': 2775.53, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2745.63, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 2749.451, 'text': "that thing gets seized by people because it's too centralized and it gets seized.", 'start': 2745.63, 'duration': 3.821}, {'end': 2751.832, 'text': 'This happened to every communist experiment I can find.', 'start': 2749.551, 'duration': 2.281}, {'end': 2757.375, 'text': 'So I think that turns into a poor future that will be unstable.', 'start': 2753.293, 'duration': 4.082}, {'end': 2759.136, 'text': "I don't think people will feel good in it.", 'start': 2757.755, 'duration': 1.381}, {'end': 2765.821, 'text': "I think it'll be a political disaster with a sequence of people seizing this central source of the basic income.", 'start': 2759.276, 'duration': 6.545}, {'end': 2768.362, 'text': "And you'll say, oh, no, an algorithm can do it.", 'start': 2766.841, 'duration': 1.521}, {'end': 2769.663, 'text': 'Then people will seize the algorithm.', 'start': 2768.382, 'duration': 1.281}, {'end': 2770.904, 'text': "They'll seize control.", 'start': 2769.703, 'duration': 1.201}, {'end': 2775.53, 'text': "Unless the algorithm is decentralized and it's impossible to seize the control.", 'start': 2771.229, 'duration': 4.301}], 'summary': 'Centralized systems get seized, leading to political instability and a poor future. decentralized algorithms are necessary to prevent control seizure.', 'duration': 29.9, 'max_score': 2745.63, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM2745630.jpg'}, {'end': 2835.364, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 2766.841, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 2768.362, 'text': "And you'll say, oh, no, an algorithm can do it.", 'start': 2766.841, 'duration': 1.521}, {'end': 2769.663, 'text': 'Then people will seize the algorithm.', 'start': 2768.382, 'duration': 1.281}, {'end': 2770.904, 'text': "They'll seize control.", 'start': 2769.703, 'duration': 1.201}, {'end': 2775.53, 'text': "Unless the algorithm is decentralized and it's impossible to seize the control.", 'start': 2771.229, 'duration': 4.301}, {'end': 2782.092, 'text': 'Yeah, but 60-something people own a quarter of all the Bitcoin.', 'start': 2775.61, 'duration': 6.482}, {'end': 2785.033, 'text': 'The things that we think are decentralized are not decentralized.', 'start': 2782.652, 'duration': 2.381}, {'end': 2787.293, 'text': "So let's go to future two.", 'start': 2786.013, 'duration': 1.28}, {'end': 2797.476, 'text': 'Future two, the gardeners see that van with all the cameras and the kindergarten paint job, the groundskeepers, and they say, The robots are coming.', 'start': 2787.874, 'duration': 9.602}, {'end': 2798.797, 'text': "We're going to form a data union.", 'start': 2797.636, 'duration': 1.161}, {'end': 2804.039, 'text': 'And amazingly, California has a little baby data union law emerging in the books.', 'start': 2798.977, 'duration': 5.062}, {'end': 2807.48, 'text': "And they say, we're going to form a data union, and we're going to..", 'start': 2804.059, 'duration': 3.421}, {'end': 2816.306, 'text': 'not only are we going to sell our data to this place,', 'start': 2813.983, 'duration': 2.323}, {'end': 2819.79, 'text': "but we're going to make it better than it would have been if they were just grabbing it without our cooperation.", 'start': 2816.306, 'duration': 3.484}, {'end': 2821.772, 'text': "And we're going to improve it.", 'start': 2820.29, 'duration': 1.482}, {'end': 2823.354, 'text': "We're going to make the robots more effective.", 'start': 2821.792, 'duration': 1.562}, {'end': 2825.296, 'text': "We're going to make them better and we're going to be proud of it.", 'start': 2823.374, 'duration': 1.922}, {'end': 2829.421, 'text': "We're going to become a new class of experts that are respected.", 'start': 2825.316, 'duration': 4.105}, {'end': 2831.842, 'text': "and And then here's the interesting.", 'start': 2829.421, 'duration': 2.421}, {'end': 2835.364, 'text': "there's two things that are different about that world from future one.", 'start': 2831.842, 'duration': 3.522}], 'summary': 'Decentralized algorithms, data unions, and robot advancement lead to a new class of respected experts.', 'duration': 68.523, 'max_score': 2766.841, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM2766841.jpg'}, {'end': 2889.234, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2856.552, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 2859.253, 'text': 'well, how can we make these robots better so we can keep on earning money?', 'start': 2856.552, 'duration': 2.701}, {'end': 2867.778, 'text': "There'll be waves of creative grounds keeping with spiral pumping, pumpkin patches and waves of cultural things.", 'start': 2859.753, 'duration': 8.025}, {'end': 2874.484, 'text': "There'll be new ideas like, wow, I wonder if we could do something about climate change mitigation with how we do this.", 'start': 2868.038, 'duration': 6.446}, {'end': 2875.524, 'text': 'What about?', 'start': 2874.524, 'duration': 1}, {'end': 2876.465, 'text': 'what about fresh water??', 'start': 2875.524, 'duration': 0.941}, {'end': 2877.846, 'text': 'Can we what about?', 'start': 2876.525, 'duration': 1.321}, {'end': 2879.047, 'text': 'can we make the food healthier??', 'start': 2877.846, 'duration': 1.201}, {'end': 2882.55, 'text': "What about what about all of a sudden there'll be this whole creative community on the case?", 'start': 2879.308, 'duration': 3.242}, {'end': 2889.234, 'text': "And isn't it nicer to have a high-tech future with more creative classes than one with more dependent classes??", 'start': 2883.431, 'duration': 5.803}], 'summary': 'Exploring ways to improve robots for more profits and creative solutions, including climate change and food health.', 'duration': 32.682, 'max_score': 2856.552, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM2856552.jpg'}, {'end': 3375.375, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 3297.028, 'weight': 0.928, 'content': [{'end': 3309.213, 'text': "They'll find their way to the right GitHub-like community in which they find their value in the context of supplying inputs and data and taste and correctives,", 'start': 3297.028, 'duration': 12.185}, {'end': 3312.374, 'text': 'and all of this into the algorithms and the robots of the future.', 'start': 3309.213, 'duration': 3.161}, {'end': 3322.885, 'text': 'And that is a way to resist the lizard-brain-based funding mechanisms.', 'start': 3314.798, 'duration': 8.087}, {'end': 3330.371, 'text': "It's an alternate economic system that rewards productivity, creativity, value as perceived by others.", 'start': 3323.025, 'duration': 7.346}, {'end': 3331.452, 'text': "It's a genuine market.", 'start': 3330.431, 'duration': 1.021}, {'end': 3333.073, 'text': "It's not doled out from a center.", 'start': 3331.552, 'duration': 1.521}, {'end': 3336.315, 'text': "There's not some communist person deciding who's valuable.", 'start': 3333.093, 'duration': 3.222}, {'end': 3337.276, 'text': "It's an actual market.", 'start': 3336.355, 'duration': 0.921}, {'end': 3347.687, 'text': "And the money is made by supporting that, instead of just grabbing people's attention in the cheapest possible way,", 'start': 3338.898, 'duration': 8.789}, {'end': 3349.469, 'text': 'which is definitely how you get the lizard brain.', 'start': 3347.687, 'duration': 1.782}, {'end': 3351.13, 'text': 'Yeah Okay.', 'start': 3349.869, 'duration': 1.261}, {'end': 3352.932, 'text': "So we're finally at the agreement.", 'start': 3351.19, 'duration': 1.742}, {'end': 3357.357, 'text': 'But I just think that..', 'start': 3355.756, 'duration': 1.601}, {'end': 3363.423, 'text': "So yeah, I'll tell you how I think to fake social media.", 'start': 3359.319, 'duration': 4.104}, {'end': 3365.045, 'text': "There's a few things.", 'start': 3364.224, 'duration': 0.821}, {'end': 3365.946, 'text': 'So one.', 'start': 3365.525, 'duration': 0.421}, {'end': 3374.314, 'text': "I think people should have complete control over their data and transparency of what that data is and how it's being used if they do hand over the control.", 'start': 3365.946, 'duration': 8.368}, {'end': 3375.375, 'text': 'Another thing.', 'start': 3374.834, 'duration': 0.541}], 'summary': 'An alternate economic system rewards productivity, creativity, and value, resisting lizard-brain-based funding mechanisms.', 'duration': 78.347, 'max_score': 3297.028, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM3297028.jpg'}, {'end': 3496.966, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3468.637, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 3475.167, 'text': 'which is Making a future that benefits programmers versus like this idea that people are in control of their data.', 'start': 3468.637, 'duration': 6.53}, {'end': 3482.114, 'text': 'So years ago, I co-founded an advisory board for the EU with a guy named Giovanni Buttarelli who passed away.', 'start': 3475.367, 'duration': 6.747}, {'end': 3483.495, 'text': "It's one of the reasons I wanted to mention it.", 'start': 3482.134, 'duration': 1.361}, {'end': 3489.981, 'text': "A remarkable guy who'd been, he was originally a prosecutor who was throwing mafioso in jail.", 'start': 3483.555, 'duration': 6.426}, {'end': 3492.023, 'text': 'in Sicily.', 'start': 3491.342, 'duration': 0.681}, {'end': 3496.966, 'text': "So he's like this intense guy who is like, I've dealt with death threats.", 'start': 3492.103, 'duration': 4.863}], 'summary': 'Co-founded eu advisory board, focused on data control, in memory of giovanni buttarelli.', 'duration': 28.329, 'max_score': 3468.637, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM3468637.jpg'}, {'end': 3637.259, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3595.689, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 3599.912, 'text': "There's a bunch of legal speak, just in general, the whole legal profession.", 'start': 3595.689, 'duration': 4.223}, {'end': 3603.994, 'text': "It's nice when it can be simplified in a way that you can truly simply understand.", 'start': 3600.392, 'duration': 3.602}, {'end': 3607.837, 'text': 'Everybody can simply understand the basics.', 'start': 3604.054, 'duration': 3.783}, {'end': 3617.603, 'text': 'In the same way, it should be very simple to understand how the data is being used and what data is being used for people,', 'start': 3607.857, 'duration': 9.746}, {'end': 3622.527, 'text': "but then you're arguing that in order for that to happen, you have to have the incentives alike.", 'start': 3617.603, 'duration': 4.924}, {'end': 3630.333, 'text': 'i mean a lot of the reason that money works is actually information hiding and information loss.', 'start': 3622.527, 'duration': 7.806}, {'end': 3637.259, 'text': "like one of the things about money is a particular dollar you get might have passed through your enemy's hands and you don't know it.", 'start': 3630.333, 'duration': 6.926}], 'summary': 'Legal speak and data usage should be simplified for better understanding and transparency.', 'duration': 41.57, 'max_score': 3595.689, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM3595689.jpg'}], 'start': 2163.479, 'title': 'Impact of social media, citizen science, and data unions', 'summary': 'Discusses the negative impact of social media on behavior, emphasizing increased paranoia, aggression, and selfishness, as well as the importance of healthy conversations on platforms like twitter. it also explores the potential of decentralized data unions in creating a future with more creative classes and economic potential for a large part of society, and advocates for reformed social media that empowers users through data control and transparency.', 'chapters': [{'end': 2462.157, 'start': 2163.479, 'title': 'Impact of social media on behavior', 'summary': 'Discusses the negative impact of social media on behavior, suggesting that it can lead to increased paranoia, aggression, and selfishness, as well as hinder self-reflection and personal growth, with anecdotal evidence and experimental insights into algorithmic recommendations.', 'duration': 298.678, 'highlights': ['The majority of times after about 17 or 18 hops in YouTube recommendations, it leads to paranoid, bizarre territory, promoting negativity and separation between people.', 'Taking a break from social media has led people to report doing much better and feeling less negative, as indicated by a significant influx of positive feedback.', 'Designing social media systems that prioritize longer-term metrics of personal growth and happiness, rather than engineering them directly, is suggested as a better approach, emphasizing the importance of respectful, people-centric design over algorithmic recommendations.', 'Algorithms are criticized for their current limitations and negative impact, with a call for responsible curation by people and a shift from algorithm-driven recommendations to a more respectful, people-centric approach.', 'Experimental insights into YouTube recommendations reveal that after a certain number of hops, the algorithm tends to promote negative emotions such as paranoia, fear, and anger, highlighting the detrimental impact of algorithmic recommendations on user behavior.']}, {'end': 2727.726, 'start': 2462.197, 'title': 'Citizen science and healthy conversations', 'summary': 'Discusses the importance of healthy conversations on social platforms like twitter and github, the potential impact of citizen science experiments, and the concept of data dignity in shaping future digital landscapes.', 'duration': 265.529, 'highlights': ['The importance of healthy conversations on social platforms like Twitter and GitHub. The discussion highlights the significance of healthy conversations within social platforms like Twitter and GitHub, emphasizing the potential impact of citizen science experiments and the concept of data dignity in shaping future digital landscapes.', 'The potential impact of citizen science experiments on social platforms. The chapter explores the potential impact of citizen science experiments on social platforms like Twitter and GitHub, emphasizing the importance of incentivizing healthy conversations and the role of real-world stakes in fostering positive interactions.', 'The concept of data dignity in shaping future digital landscapes. The concept of data dignity is introduced, discussing its potential role in shaping future digital landscapes and its relevance in preserving individual and community interests, highlighting the importance of understanding and addressing the potential manipulation of stakeholders by social media platforms.']}, {'end': 3347.687, 'start': 2728.186, 'title': 'Decentralized data unions for a creative future', 'summary': 'Explores the potential of decentralized data unions in creating a future where individuals have more pride, ownership, and agency, leading to a high-tech future with more creative classes and economic potential for a large part of society, while highlighting the flaws of centralized systems and the need for a genuine market.', 'duration': 619.501, 'highlights': ["Decentralized data unions empower individuals to form a new class of experts, leading to a future with more pride, ownership, and agency. Individuals forming data unions can sell their data, improve the robots' effectiveness, and become respected experts, leading to a future with more pride, ownership, and agency.", 'Centralized systems lead to a poor future that will be unstable, creating a political disaster with a sequence of people seizing the central source of basic income. Centralized systems for doling out benefits have historically led to instability and political disaster, with people seizing control, highlighting the flaws of centralized systems.', 'The economy should support creativity and expertise, resulting in an expanding economy that lifts all boats, rather than relying on universal basic income. An expanding economy reflecting creativity and expertise flowing through the network can lift all boats, supporting the lower wing of the bell curve without relying on universal basic income.']}, {'end': 3904.423, 'start': 3347.687, 'title': 'Reforming social media for user empowerment', 'summary': 'Presents a vision for reformed social media, advocating for user empowerment through control of data, transparency, and individualized algorithms, and challenges the notion that the only way to make money is by operating like facebook. it also discusses the impact of gdpr in europe and the need for incentives and simplicity in data usage, while also exploring the potential of cryptocurrency and bitcoin.', 'duration': 556.736, 'highlights': ['The chapter presents a vision for reformed social media, advocating for user empowerment through control of data, transparency, and individualized algorithms. user empowerment, control of data, transparency, individualized algorithms', 'Challenges the notion that the only way to make money is by operating like Facebook, suggesting that user control can lead to increased revenue. alternative revenue model, user control, increased revenue', 'Discusses the impact of GDPR in Europe and the need for incentives and simplicity in data usage. impact of GDPR, need for incentives, data usage simplicity', 'Explores the potential of cryptocurrency and Bitcoin, discussing the benefits and drawbacks of digital currency. potential of cryptocurrency, benefits and drawbacks of digital currency']}], 'duration': 1740.944, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM2163479.jpg', 'highlights': ['Algorithms promoting negative emotions after a certain number of hops in YouTube recommendations.', 'Taking a break from social media leads to significant positive feedback and feeling less negative.', 'Designing social media systems prioritizing longer-term metrics of personal growth and happiness.', 'Importance of healthy conversations on social platforms like Twitter and GitHub.', 'Potential impact of citizen science experiments on social platforms.', 'Decentralized data unions empower individuals to form a new class of experts.', 'Centralized systems for doling out benefits have historically led to instability and political disaster.', 'Reformed social media advocating for user empowerment through data control and transparency.']}, {'end': 4773.43, 'segs': [{'end': 4288.947, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4261.348, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 4271.845, 'text': 'so let me ask you, on balance today in the real world, in terms of actual facts, Do you think cryptocurrencies are doing more to prop up corrupt,', 'start': 4261.348, 'duration': 10.497}, {'end': 4275.648, 'text': 'murderous, horrible regimes or to resist those regimes?', 'start': 4271.845, 'duration': 3.803}, {'end': 4277.289, 'text': 'Where do you think the balance is right now?', 'start': 4275.808, 'duration': 1.481}, {'end': 4282.313, 'text': 'I know exactly, having talked to a lot of cryptocurrency folks, what they would tell me.', 'start': 4277.849, 'duration': 4.464}, {'end': 4284.614, 'text': "right?. It's hard.", 'start': 4282.313, 'duration': 2.301}, {'end': 4288.947, 'text': "It's.. 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'text': "I'm going to be the one who gets the viral benefit.", 'start': 4457.332, 'duration': 2.322}, {'end': 4464.818, 'text': 'You know, way back when all this stuff was starting, I remember it would have been in the 80s.', 'start': 4460.054, 'duration': 4.764}], 'summary': 'Many are responsible for poor cryptocurrency designs, driven by the desire for viral benefit.', 'duration': 30.4, 'max_score': 4434.418, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM4434418.jpg'}, {'end': 4605.089, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4579.835, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 4585.517, 'text': "It's that, no, what they're doing is they're getting a chance to experience hope, and a lot of people don't get that chance,", 'start': 4579.835, 'duration': 5.682}, {'end': 4587.558, 'text': "and so that's really worth it, even if they're going to lose.", 'start': 4585.517, 'duration': 2.041}, {'end': 4590.639, 'text': 'They have that moment of hope, and they need to be able to experience that.', 'start': 4587.578, 'duration': 3.061}, {'end': 4593.7, 'text': "And there's a very interesting argument.", 'start': 4591.319, 'duration': 2.381}, {'end': 4598.083, 'text': "That's so heartbreaking.", 'start': 4594.88, 'duration': 3.203}, {'end': 4599.985, 'text': "But I've seen that.", 'start': 4598.163, 'duration': 1.822}, {'end': 4601.666, 'text': 'I have a little bit of a sense.', 'start': 4600.185, 'duration': 1.481}, {'end': 4605.089, 'text': "I've talked to some young people who invest in cryptocurrency.", 'start': 4601.786, 'duration': 3.303}], 'summary': 'People find hope in investing in cryptocurrency despite potential losses.', 'duration': 25.254, 'max_score': 4579.835, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM4579835.jpg'}, {'end': 4681.267, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4627.938, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 4631.399, 'text': "It's good to have enough money, but it 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'text': 'I think what Microsoft did with GitHub was brilliant.', 'start': 4663.947, 'duration': 2.121}, {'end': 4667.449, 'text': 'I was very happy.', 'start': 4666.408, 'duration': 1.041}, {'end': 4678.955, 'text': 'Okay, if I can give a, not a critical, but on Microsoft, because they recently purchased Bethesda, so Elder Scrolls is in their hands.', 'start': 4667.749, 'duration': 11.206}, {'end': 4681.267, 'text': "I'm watching you, Microsoft.", 'start': 4679.946, 'duration': 1.321}], 'summary': "The speaker discusses the limitations of money as a source of hope and praises microsoft's acquisition of github, while expressing caution about their purchase of bethesda.", 'duration': 53.329, 'max_score': 4627.938, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM4627938.jpg'}], 'start': 3904.463, 'title': "Bitcoin's impact on government, politics, economy, and psychology", 'summary': 'Explores the complexities of government, the impact of bitcoin on criminality and productivity, the imbalance in legitimate transactions and economic growth, and the psychological aspects related to cryptocurrency. it emphasizes the potential of cryptocurrencies to resist corrupt regimes, the need for perpetual annoyance in dealing with others, and the softening of network effect peaks.', 'chapters': [{'end': 4341.812, 'start': 3904.463, 'title': 'The role of government and politics', 'summary': 'Discusses the complexities of government, the necessity of politics, and the potential of cryptocurrencies to resist corrupt regimes and central bank control, emphasizing the need for perpetual annoyance in dealing with others and the illusory nature of avoiding such interactions.', 'duration': 437.349, 'highlights': ['The only authentic form of freedom is perpetual annoyance, which signifies dealing with people and politics, and the absence of annoyance indicates a lack of freedom. Emphasizes the concept of perpetual annoyance as the essence of freedom and politics.', 'The resistance to government is essentially resistance to politics and is a means of avoiding obligations to others, which is a suspect motivation. Highlights the resistance to government as a way of avoiding political interactions and obligations.', 'Cryptocurrencies are seen as a means to resist the centralized control of money by governments, particularly central banks, but there are concerns about potential support for corrupt individuals or regimes. Discusses the potential of cryptocurrencies to resist government control of money and the associated risks of supporting corrupt entities.']}, {'end': 4773.43, 'start': 4341.832, 'title': "Bitcoin's impact on economy and psychology", 'summary': 'Discusses how bitcoin transactions have supported criminality more than productivity, the imbalance between legitimate transactions and economic growth, the potential manipulation of digital currencies, and the psychology of hope and virality linked to cryptocurrency, emphasizing the need to soften network effect peaks.', 'duration': 431.598, 'highlights': ['The early days of Bitcoin transactions have tended to support criminality more than productivity, but now more Bitcoin is being used for legitimate transactions.', "People are using Bitcoin a little bit for buying, investing in a startup is hard, and it's not an engine of productivity, creativity, and economic growth.", 'The chapter highlights the potential manipulation of digital 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'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 5401.518, 'weight': 0.966, 'content': [{'end': 5411.363, 'text': "I still think there's this pragmatic imperative to treat people as special, so I will proudly be a dualist.", 'start': 5401.518, 'duration': 9.845}, {'end': 5413.964, 'text': 'Sure People and cats.', 'start': 5412.043, 'duration': 1.921}, {'end': 5414.884, 'text': 'People and cats.', 'start': 5414.324, 'duration': 0.56}, {'end': 5420.947, 'text': "Yeah I'm not quite sure where to draw the line or why the line's there or anything like that.", 'start': 5414.945, 'duration': 6.002}, {'end': 5423.089, 'text': "But I don't think I should be required to.", 'start': 5421.328, 'duration': 1.761}, {'end': 5425.91, 'text': 'All the same questions are equally mysterious for no line.', 'start': 5423.169, 'duration': 2.741}, {'end': 5428.551, 'text': "So I don't feel disadvantaged by that.", 'start': 5426.03, 'duration': 2.521}, {'end': 5430.412, 'text': 'So I shall remain a dualist.', 'start': 5428.591, 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Triple correspondence as the technical core, understanding theories of physics as matrix models and machine learning systems, providing new tools and options in theoretical physics.', "The paper explores pushing the storytelling about the universe's origin further back, starting with simple principles evolving to explain the universe's current state. Exploration of pushing the storytelling about the universe's origin further back, starting with simple principles evolving to explain the universe's current state.", 'The speaker and Lee Smolin aim to turn observations about the universe as a big neural network and its similarities to machine learning into an actionable framework for new theories and landscapes in physics. 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The speaker reflects on how the defining moments in their life were often difficult and emphasizes the importance of experiencing and intuition, suggesting that individuals should pay attention to their fundamental feelings and intuition, anchoring themselves in their personal experiences."]}], 'duration': 884.331, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM4773430.jpg', 'highlights': ['The Autodidactic Universe paper reflects on the universe learning its own physical laws through a triple correspondence, offering new tools and storytelling to open up new paths in theoretical physics.', 'The potential truth of panpsychism, believing that everything in the universe might be conscious, and emphasizes the profound impact of music in connecting people to something beyond language and understanding.', 'The speaker reflects on how the defining moments in their life were often difficult and emphasizes the importance of experiencing and intuition, suggesting that individuals should pay attention to their fundamental feelings and intuition, anchoring themselves in their personal experiences.']}, {'end': 6740.27, 'segs': [{'end': 6085.992, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 6058.121, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 6060.542, 'text': "yeah, it's kind of really, and he talks, he'll.", 'start': 6058.121, 'duration': 2.421}, {'end': 6061.322, 'text': 'well, he was sight reading.', 'start': 6060.542, 'duration': 0.78}, {'end': 6063.922, 'text': "he talks like beethoven's, talking to him like he's like.", 'start': 6061.322, 'duration': 2.6}, {'end': 6065.463, 'text': "oh yeah, here he's doing this, he's.", 'start': 6063.922, 'duration': 1.541}, {'end': 6067.483, 'text': "i can't do, john, but you know it's like.", 'start': 6065.463, 'duration': 2.02}, {'end': 6068.163, 'text': "it's really.", 'start': 6067.483, 'duration': 0.68}, {'end': 6070.584, 'text': "it's really interesting, like it's very different, like for me.", 'start': 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'embed', 'start': 6228.523, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 6234.487, 'text': 'I think it ultimately connects to that sense of experience that dualists tend to believe in.', 'start': 6228.523, 'duration': 5.964}, {'end': 6247.242, 'text': "Because if you look up to the stars and you experience that awe-inspiring joy whatever, When you look up to the stars, I don't know why.", 'start': 6236.348, 'duration': 10.894}, {'end': 6254.048, 'text': "for me that's kind of makes me feel joyful, maybe a little bit melancholy, just some weird soup of feelings.", 'start': 6247.242, 'duration': 6.806}], 'summary': 'Dualists believe in connecting to the awe of the stars, evoking joyful and melancholic feelings.', 'duration': 25.525, 'max_score': 6228.523, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM6228523.jpg'}, {'end': 6455.04, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 6426.531, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 6434.714, 'text': "early humans weren't able to see the stars, like if Earth's atmosphere was such that it was cloudy, that we would not develop human civilization.", 'start': 6426.531, 'duration': 8.183}, {'end': 6443.137, 'text': "There's something about being able to look up and see a vast universe that's fundamental to the development of human civilization.", 'start': 6434.914, 'duration': 8.223}, {'end': 6445.817, 'text': 'I thought that was a curious kind of thought.', 'start': 6444.037, 'duration': 1.78}, {'end': 6455.04, 'text': "That reminds me of that old Isaac Asimov story where there's this planet, where they finally get to see what's in the sky once in a while,", 'start': 6446.777, 'duration': 8.263}], 'summary': 'Clear skies are fundamental for human civilization development.', 'duration': 28.509, 'max_score': 6426.531, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Fx0G6DHMfXM/pics/Fx0G6DHMfXM6426531.jpg'}, {'end': 6504.66, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 6468.044, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 6471.426, 'text': "I'm just thinking of all the civilizations that grew up under clouds.", 'start': 6468.044, 'duration': 3.382}, {'end': 6479.911, 'text': 'I mean, the Vikings needed a special diffracting piece of mica to navigate because they could never see the sun.', 'start': 6471.486, 'duration': 8.425}, {'end': 6482.872, 'text': 'They had this thing called a sunstone that they found from this one cave.', 'start': 6480.091, 'duration': 2.781}, {'end': 6485.194, 'text': 'Do you know about that? 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The chapter discusses the emotional connection to music, contrasting Beethoven's classical precision with the blues, and the perception that great piano players should convey emotional pain and messiness in their music.", 'Insights on mortality and the pursuit of meaning in life are shared, emphasizing the importance of optimism and humility. The chapter delves into mortality, discussing how familiarity with death can lessen fear and the belief in the future, requiring optimism and humility. It explores the idea that meaning in life is a mystical concept connected to the experience of awe and joy.', "Reflections on the question of 'why are we here in this vast universe?' are shared, with the acknowledgment that it may not be the right question to ask. The chapter reflects on the question of the purpose of existence in the vast universe, considering it may not be the right question to ask and expressing reluctance to delve into the matter at the moment."]}, {'end': 6740.27, 'start': 6294.099, 'title': 'Wonder of the stars', 'summary': 'Explores the profound impact of stargazing on human civilization, the significance of experiencing the universe, and the limitations of defining ultimate meaning, while delving into the influence of notable individuals and civilizations, and the potential role of music and poetry.', 'duration': 446.171, 'highlights': ["Stargazing fundamental to human civilization The discussion highlights the fundamental role of stargazing in the development of human civilization, suggesting that the ability to see a vast universe is crucial to human civilization's development.", 'Influence of stargazing on personal perspective The speaker reflects on the personal impact of stargazing, expressing feelings of awe and insignificance when observing the stars, leading to contemplation of human significance within the vast universe.', 'Limitations of defining ultimate meaning The chapter explores the limitations of defining ultimate meaning, asserting that attempting to analyze ultimate meaning analytically is not sensible and may be better conveyed through experiential or aesthetic means such as music and poetry.', "Influence of stargazing on civilizations The speaker mentions the influence of stargazing on notable civilizations, citing examples such as the Vikings' use of a sunstone for navigation in the North Atlantic, indicating the significance of stargazing in historical contexts.", 'Influence of stargazing on individual experiences The speaker shares personal experiences related to stargazing, reflecting on the influence of stargazing on his own upbringing, such as learning to make telescopes and the impact of viewing celestial objects with awe.']}], 'duration': 1082.029, 'thumbnail': 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universe.', 'The chapter explores the limitations of defining ultimate meaning, asserting that attempting to analyze ultimate meaning analytically is not sensible and may be better conveyed through experiential or aesthetic means such as music and poetry.', "The speaker mentions the influence of stargazing on notable civilizations, citing examples such as the Vikings' use of a sunstone for navigation in the North Atlantic, indicating the significance of stargazing in historical contexts."]}], 'highlights': ['Jaron Lanier, a computer scientist, visual artist, philosopher, writer, futurist musician, and the founder of virtual reality, shares his critical view of social media platforms.', 'The importance of preparing well for conversations and striving to show respect and love for the other person is emphasized by the speaker.', 'The Autodidactic Universe paper reflects on the universe learning its own physical laws through a triple correspondence, offering new tools and storytelling to open up new paths in theoretical physics.', 'The potential truth of panpsychism, believing that everything in the universe might be conscious, and emphasizes the profound impact of music in connecting people to something beyond language and understanding.', 'Kindness requires genius and skill, and while it may be hard and one may never be perfect at it, it is the most rewarding thing ever to achieve some degree of effectiveness in practicing kindness.', "The emotional connection to music and the contrast between Beethoven's classical precision and the blues is explored.", 'The chapter delves into mortality, discussing how familiarity with death can lessen fear and the belief in the future, requiring optimism and humility.', "The discussion highlights the fundamental role of stargazing in the development of human civilization, suggesting that the ability to see a vast universe is crucial to human civilization's development.", 'The speaker reflects on the personal impact of stargazing, expressing feelings of awe and insignificance when observing the stars, leading to contemplation of human significance within the vast universe.', 'The chapter explores the limitations of defining ultimate meaning, asserting that attempting to analyze ultimate meaning analytically is not sensible and may be better conveyed through experiential or aesthetic means such as music and poetry.', "The speaker mentions the influence of stargazing on notable civilizations, citing examples such as the Vikings' use of a sunstone for navigation in the North Atlantic, indicating the significance of stargazing in historical contexts.", 'The Autodidactic Universe paper reflects on the universe learning its own physical laws through a triple correspondence, offering new tools and storytelling to open up new paths in theoretical physics.', 'The potential truth of panpsychism, believing that everything in the universe might be conscious, and emphasizes the profound impact of music in connecting people to something beyond language and understanding.', 'Kindness requires genius and skill, and while it may be hard and one may never be perfect at it, it is the most rewarding thing ever to achieve some degree of effectiveness in practicing kindness.', "The emotional connection to music and the contrast between Beethoven's classical precision and the blues is explored.", 'The chapter delves into mortality, discussing how familiarity with death can lessen fear and the belief in the future, requiring optimism and humility.', "The discussion highlights the fundamental role of stargazing in the development of human civilization, suggesting that the ability to see a vast universe is crucial to human civilization's development.", 'The speaker reflects on the personal impact of stargazing, expressing feelings of awe and insignificance when observing the stars, leading to contemplation of human significance within the vast universe.', 'The chapter explores the limitations of defining ultimate meaning, asserting that attempting to analyze ultimate meaning analytically is not sensible and may be better conveyed through experiential or aesthetic means such as music and poetry.', "The speaker mentions the influence of stargazing on notable civilizations, citing examples such as the Vikings' use of a sunstone for navigation in the North Atlantic, indicating the significance of stargazing in historical contexts."]}