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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(06:48) – Music and life

(46:21) – The number 42

(52:22) – The question about the meaning of life

(55:02) – Are humans unique in the universe?

(1:00:46) – Human civilization

(1:12:52) – Mars

(1:14:45) – Human mind and the abstraction layers of reality

(1:25:38) – Neural networks and intelligence

(1:32:55) – Ideas as organisms

(1:42:19) – Language

(1:53:34) – Legacy

(2:08:25) – Poems

SONGS MENTIONED:

[1] Dwros Gewrgiadis – An imoun plousios

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7akZoEQv6jI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7akZoEQv6jI)

[2] Grigoris Bithikotsis – Ftoxologia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyGR24O0KQ8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyGR24O0KQ8)

[3] Sto perigiali to kryfo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-GBPx_GXQw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-GBPx_GXQw)

[4] Michael Jackson – Man in the Mirror

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqe5NP86OCc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqe5NP86OCc)

[5] George Michael – Careless Whisper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izGwDsrQ1eQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izGwDsrQ1eQ)

[6] Gainsbourg with Isabelle Adjani – Pull Marine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7MwHGHWgLk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7MwHGHWgLk)

[7] Georges Moustaki – Le meteque

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV8fGf-N06A (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV8fGf-N06A)

[8] Jacques Brel – Ne me quitte pas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_bq5mStroM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_bq5mStroM)

[9] Sting – Englishman In New York

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d27gTrPPAyk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d27gTrPPAyk)

[10] Sting – Fragile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB6a-iD6ZOY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB6a-iD6ZOY)

[11] Pink Floyd – The Wall (When the Tigers Broke Free)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9b9UhFe6Eg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9b9UhFe6Eg)

[12] Pink Floyd – The Wall (One Of My Turns)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOay-7aqLks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOay-7aqLks)

[13] Sting – Russians

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHylQRVN2Qs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHylQRVN2Qs)

[14] Joni Mitchell – Both sides now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCnf46boC3I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCnf46boC3I)

[15] Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOnXe8ttmjY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOnXe8ttmjY)

[16] Alison Krauss & Union Station – The Lucky One

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcRZ_J_VgNc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcRZ_J_VgNc)