Summary: Robin Hanson (<a href="https://twitter.com/robinhanson">@robinhanson</a>)is associate professor of economics at George Mason University, and research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University with a doctorate in social science from CalTech, master’s degrees in physics and philosophy from the University of Chicago. He has spent nine years as a research programmer, at Lockheed and NASA, has 3500 citations, 60 publications, 700 media mentions, and he blogs at <a href="http://overcomingbias.com/">OvercomingBias</a>.<br> Robin is also the author of <a href="https://amzn.to/2kMoZaY">The Elephant in the Brain – Hidden Motives in Everyday Life</a> and co-authored <a href="https://amzn.to/2xEQ1Kz">The Age of Em – Work, Love and Life when Robots Own the World</a>.<br> Hanson is credited with originating the concept of the Policy Analysis Market, a DARPA project to implement a market for betting on future developments in the Middle East. Hanson also created and supports a proposed system of government called futarchy, where policies would be determined by prediction markets.<br> Hanson is a man willing to challenge conventional wisdom/norms and has lately drawn criticism for his unconventional economics positions on sex, gender dynamics and problems with today’s society.<br> <br> <br> In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:<br> <br> * The reasons our culture values and norms are quickly changing<br> * Why physics forced Robins to become an atheist<br> * How Robin sees artificial intelligence progressing<br> * The power of prediction markets and why we haven’t seen more uptick<br> * Why brain emulation may be the most likely future scenario<br> * The reason Robin prefers to be more like a historian than a futurist<br> * Why we’ll never answer the hard problem of consciousness<br> * Why economics is a great way to forecast the future<br> * The problem with academia and education<br> * Why Robin isn’t worried about breakout AI<br> * Why Robin is sceptical of blockchains<br> * The reason Robin signed up for cryonics<br> * What folks should know about AI boom and bust cycles<br> <br> Like this? Be sure to jump over to <a href="http://fringe.fm">FringeFM</a> or subscribe via <a href="http://fringe.fm/itunes">iTunes</a> or <a href="http://fringe.fm/stitcher">Stitcher</a><br> <a href="http://fringe.fm/itunes"></a><br> <a href="http://fringe.fm/stitcher"></a>Robin Hanson (<a href="https://twitter.com/robinhanson">@robinhanson</a>)is associate professor of economics at George Mason University, and research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University with a doctorate in social science from CalTech, master’s degrees in physics and philosophy from the University of Chicago. He has spent nine years as a research programmer, at Lockheed and NASA, has 3500 citations, 60 publications, 700 media mentions, and he blogs at <a href="http://overcomingbias.com/">OvercomingBias</a>.<br> Robin is also the author of <a href="https://amzn.to/2kMoZaY">The Elephant in the Brain – Hidden Motives in Everyday Life</a> and co-authored <a href="https://amzn.to/2xEQ1Kz">The Age of Em – Work, Love and Life when Robots Own the World</a>.<br> Hanson is credited with originating the concept of the Policy Analysis Market, a DARPA project to implement a market for betting on future developments in the Middle East. Hanson also created and supports a proposed system of government called futarchy, where policies would be determined by prediction markets.<br> Hanson is a man willing to challenge conventional wisdom/norms and has lately drawn criticism for his unconventional economics positions on sex, gender dynamics and problems with today’s society.<br> <br> <br> In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:<br> <br>
