Episode #561
Bruce Damer
Books mentioned
Lucifer's Hammer
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Psychedelia
Mentioned by Bruce Damer · at 00:44:49 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Avatars
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Snow Crash
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Neuromancer
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I Ching
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 01:59:24 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Bruce Damer is a scientist, designer, author, and space-mission simulator who has worked with NASA and researched biochemical models of life’s origins. He and Joe Rogan discuss catastrophic risks, lost knowledge, ancient civilizations, psychedelics, consciousness, personal computing, asteroid and comet capture, spaceflight economics, and the potential of combining computing with natural systems.
What they talked about
- Burning Man during Hurricane Katrina
- MRI experiences and psilocybin
- Ancient Egyptian pyramid construction techniques
- Incan stonework and earthquake resilience
- The Eleusinian Mysteries and initiation
- Evolution of primate vision and screen mesmerization
- Panspermia and life's spread across planets
- Asteroid deflection and space exploration economics
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