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The Future Will Be Weirder Than We Think
Developments in the next few decades could change humanity for the next few millennia.
Weirder, the future is, than you can imagine.
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How weird is the future going to be? Just a little bit — or plain flat-out radically unthinkably weird? And is this future 1,000 years from now — or 100?
The notion that the future will be weirder than we think, and come sooner, is a possibility raised by Holden Karnofsky, the co-chief executive officer of Open Philanthropy. It’s an intriguing and provocative idea.