Chris Mason is a professor of genomics, physiology, and biophysics at Cornell, doing research on the long-term effects of space on the human body. He is the author of The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off - Grammarly: https://grammarly.com/lex to get 20% off premium - Magic Spoon: https://magicspoon.com/lex and use code LEX to get $5 off - Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex and use code LEX to get 25% off premium - Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex and use code LEX to get special savings EPISODE LINKS: Chris's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mason_lab Chris's Website: http://masonlab.net/ Chris's Company: https://onegevity.com/ The Next 500 Years (book): https://amzn.to/3k9ab4S Reasons and Persons (book): https://amzn.to/3Lrm6a5 PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 01:04 - Human extinction awareness 09:49 - Heat death of the universe 15:25 - Alone in the universe 19:01 - Aliens 27:11 - Entropy goggles 41:25 - Genetics 49:34 - Scott Kelly 55:32 - Adapting to space 1:05:34 - Sex in space 1:08:06 - Colonizing planets 1:14:45 - Culture on Mars 1:19:11 - Commercial space flights 1:26:29 - Podcast in space 1:34:03 - Axiom Space 1:36:20 - Designing space experiments 1:43:09 - Robots in space 1:45:50 - Space exploration 1:49:48 - War in space 1:53:25 - Launch toward the Second Sun 1:59:35 - Chlorohumans 2:05:10 - Extreme microbiome project 2:11:37 - Space travel breakthroughs 2:23:36 - Clones 2:29:28 - AI age prediction 2:34:59 - Advice for young people 2:41:16 - Dark times 2:45:39 - Mortality 2:49:57 - Visiting ISS and deep space 2:51:07 - Meaning of life SOCIAL: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman