Steve Hsu - Intelligence, Embryo Selection, & The Future of Humanity
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Steve Hsu - Intelligence, Embryo Selection, & The Future of Humanity includes mentions of The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins and When Genius Failed, with indexed source context and timestamps where available.
Indexed context: The host invoked The Selfish Gene to discuss classic evolutionary explanations for aging based on antagonistic pleiotropy and trade-offs between earl…
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- A second recurring theme is physicists into finance.
- Referenced books include The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins and When Genius Failed.
- Related interests include listeners interested in evolutionary biology and genomics, especially those curious about aging and polygenic explanations and People interested in the history of quantitative finance and how academic mathematicians/physicists apply theory to markets.
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Speaker references reading 'the selfish gene' when discussing hypotheses about aging and antagonistic pleiotropy.
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Mentioned as one of the books about the fall of Long-Term Capital Management; cited as a cautionary tale.
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