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David Deutsch offers a speculative long-term picture of humanity spreading through the galaxy.
- 1A conditional futureDeutsch conditions his scenario on humanity surviving without becoming a static society.
- 2Galactic scaleHe predicts settlement through the galaxy but not the galactic cluster over a million years.
- 3Biological and artificial intelligenceHe imagines future intelligence combining biological and artificial forms.
Takeaways
- Deutsch conditions his scenario on humanity surviving without becoming a static society.
- He predicts settlement through the galaxy but not the galactic cluster over a million years.
- He imagines future intelligence combining biological and artificial forms.
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David Deutsch Imagines Humanity a Million Years From Now
David Deutsch offers a speculative long-term picture of humanity spreading through the galaxy.
Deutsch conditions his scenario on humanity surviving without becoming a static society.
He predicts settlement through the galaxy but not the galactic cluster over a million years.
He imagines future intelligence combining biological and artificial forms.
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