Steve Hsu - Intelligence, Embryo Selection, & The Future of Humanity

Steve Hsu is a Professor of Theoretical Physics at Michigan State University and cofounder of the company <a target="_blank" href="https://www.lifeview.com/">Genomic Prediction</a>.<br/><br/>We go deep into the weeds on how embryo selection can make babies healthier and smarter. <br/><br/>Watch on <a target="_blank" href="https://youtu.be/80BhjRh-Q-s">YouTube</a>. Listen on <a target="_blank" href="https://apple.co/3wob9AK">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5RUU4dwbgn02WuAuqoLhWL?si=TFkt0ZL-QRa7fYGMGQRumA">Spotify</a>, or any other podcast platform.<br/><br/>Subscribe to find out about future episodes!<br/><br/>Read the full transcript <a target="_blank" href="https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/steve-hsu">here</a>.<br/><br/>Follow <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hsu_steve">Steve on Twitter</a>. Follow <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp">me on Twitter</a> for updates on future episodes.<br/><br/>Please share if you enjoyed this episode! Helps out a ton!<br/><br/>Timestamps<br/><br/>(0:00:14) - Feynman’s advice on picking up women<br/><br/>(0:11:46) - Embryo selection<br/><br/>(0:24:19) - Why hasn't natural selection already optimized humans?<br/><br/>(0:34:13) - Aging<br/><br/>(0:43:18) - First Mover Advantage<br/><br/>(0:53:49) - Genomics in dating<br/><br/>(1:00:31) - Ancestral populations<br/><br/>(1:07:58) - Is this eugenics?<br/><br/>(1:15:59) - Tradeoffs to intelligence<br/><br/>(1:25:01) - Consumer preferences<br/><br/>(1:30:14) - Gwern<br/><br/>(1:34:35) - Will parents matter?<br/><br/>(1:45:25) - Wordcels and shape rotators<br/><br/>(1:57:29) - Bezos and brilliant physicists<br/><br/>(2:10:23) - Elite education<br/><br/>Transcript<br/><br/><strong>Dwarkesh Patel</strong>  0:00  <br/><br/>Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Steve Hsu. Steve, thanks for coming on the podcast. I'm excited about this.<br/><br/><strong>Steve Hsu</strong>  0:04  <br/><br/>Hey, it's my pleasure! I'm excited too and I just want to say I've listened