David Deutsch: The Era of Man, Popper, and Western Civilization

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I had the pleasure of sitting down with David Deutsch in his lovely garden in Oxford a few months ago. Here’s our conversation. Support this podcast: http://buymeacoffee.com/arjunkhemani Timestamps: 1:01 - A tragic view of human history 7:04 - Why did it take so long for civilization to arise? 13:31 - Fallibilism 21:32 - Cultural relativism denies improvement 24:03 - Richard Dawkins and indigenous ways of knowing 26:49 - Chemical scum that dream of distant quasars 31:38 - The era of man 37:55 - People are unlike any other force of nature 42:51 - The dangers of regulating AI 48:09 - Are we running out of resources? 54:21 - Everything in existing educational theory is wrong 1:11:30 - When David met Richard Feynman 1:17:33 - Everyone is a Popperian 1:20:16 - Only progress is sustainable 1:26:00 - The biggest threat to Western civilization Follow me on X: http://x.com/arjunkhemani Follow David on X: http://x.com/daviddeutschoxf