Robin Hanson (Part 1): Why Unchallenged Values Become Existential Threats

In this conversation, we chat with Robin Hanson about his thesis on cultural drift, exploring the implications of the global monoculture and reduced selection pressures on the long-term future of humanity. We think through the mechanisms for and potential solutions to cultural drift, such as deep multiculturalism, human-level AI, adaptive transcendent narratives, prediction markets (futarchy) and more.

Links to Hanson's posts on Cultural Drift:

Rational Culture:
https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/rational-...

When Lawyers Sing:
https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/when-lawy...

Floppy vs Stiff Concepts:
https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/floppy-vs...

Culture Drift Predicts Decadence:
https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/culture-d...

Betrayed by Culture:
https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/betrayed-...

Links to other work by Hanson's that you might find interesting:

Hanson's Book on Signaling Theory - Elephant in the Brain (we highly recommend this book!):
https://www.amazon.com/Elephant-Brain-Hidd...

Hanson's Book on Brain Emulation - The Age of Em:
https://www.amazon.com/Age-Em-Work-Robots-...

Overcoming Bias - Hanson's Blog:
https://www.overcomingbias.com/

Hanson's Paper on Futarchy:
https://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson/futarchy.html