The Grabby Aliens Model Explains Why Humanity Appeared Early
Rational Animations · Explainer · 13 min · 2021 · YouTube title: Humanity was born way ahead of its time. The reason is grabby aliens.
Why it's here
Recommended as a short explanation of a non-intuitive anthropic reasoning argument.
What it covers
Rational Animations explains Robin Hanson's grabby aliens model, which argues that humanity looks suspiciously early in cosmic history. Expanding civilizations set a deadline that explains our timing and bears on the Fermi paradox.