About this episode
Steve Hsu is a Professor of Theoretical Physics at Michigan State University and cofounder of the company Genomic Prediction . We go deep into the weeds on how embryo selection can make babies healthier and smarter. Watch on YouTube . Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or any other podcast platform. Read the full transcript here . Follow Steve on Twitter . Follow me on Twitter for updates on future episodes. Timestamps (0:00:14) - Feynman’s advice on picking up women (0:11:46) - Embryo selection (0:24:19) - Why hasn't natural selection already optimized humans? (0:34:13) - Aging (0:43:18) - First Mover Advantage (0:53:38) - Genomics in dating (0:59:20) - Ancestral populations (1:07:07) - Is this eugenics? (1:15:08) - Tradeoffs to intelligence (1:24:25) - Consumer preferences (1:29:34) - Gwern (1:33:55) - Will parents matter? (1:44:45) - Wordcels and shape rotators (1:56:45) - Bezos and brilliant physicists (2:09:35) - Elite education Get full access to Dwarkesh Podcast at www.dwarkesh.com/subscribe