The Future of Learning in an Augmented World

As humans become a digital species, the very nature of information itself is changing. What was once expensive is now free; what was once abundant is now scarce. This wide-ranging talk includes octopuses, naval testing, the civilization stack, AI-generated adventures, bad jokes, narrative disorder, and climbing the local maximum. Join bestselling author and technologist Alistair Croll as he builds up from the fundamentals of matter, energy, life, and technology to ask: Why do we learn? How will algorithms change education? And most importantly, how can learning tackle the most serious existential risks our species has ever faced?