#90 – Ajeya Cotra on worldview diversification and how big the future could be

You wake up in a mysterious box, and hear the booming voice of God:<p> “I just flipped a coin. If it came up heads, I made ten boxes, labeled 1 through 10 — each of which has a human in it.</p><p> If it came up tails, I made ten billion boxes, labeled 1 through 10 billion — also with one human in each box.</p><p> To get into heaven, you have to answer this correctly: Which way did the coin land?”</p><p> You think briefly, and decide you should bet your eternal soul on tails. The fact that you woke up at all s...