The following is a conversation with Robin Hansen, an economist at George Mason University

and one of the most fascinating, wild, fearless and fun minds of ever gotten a chance to accompany

for a time in exploring questions of human nature, human civilization, and alien life out there

in our impossibly big universe. He is the co-author of a book titled The Elephant in the Brain,

Hidden Motives in Everyday Life, the Age of M, Work, Love, and Life on Robots Rule the Earth,

and a fascinating recent paper I recommend on, quote, grabby aliens.

Titled, If Loud Aliens Explain Human Earliness, Quiet Aliens Are Also Rare.

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