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1. Why Earth Is a Prison and How to Escape It
We are trapped on Earth. Controlled by an ancient debt to the universe...
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7min
February 1, 2017
2. Do Robots Deserve Rights? What If Machines Become Conscious?
What shall we do once machines become conscious? Do we need to grant them rights?
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7min
February 23, 2017
3. Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food
Are GMOs bad for your health? Or is this fear unfounded?
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9min
March 30, 2017
4. Is the European Union Worth It or Should We End It?
Should we double down or give up and go our separate ways?
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8min
April 13, 2017
5. The Last Light Before Eternal Darkness — White Dwarfs & Black Dwarfs
Everything will end. Even the universe. But in a future so far away that it defies description, there will still be light and therefore a chance for life. It will be around white dwarfs, the corpses of stars. But even they will fade one day...
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7min
May 4, 2017
6. The Rise of the Machines — Why Automation Is Different This Time
Automation in the Information Age is different.
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12min
June 8, 2017
7. Optimistic Nihilism
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6min
July 26, 2017
8. What Happens If We Throw an Elephant From a Skyscraper? (The Size of Life #1)
Size is the most under appreciated regulator of living things. Let us demonstrate that by throwing animals from buildings.
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7min
August 10, 2017
9. Why Black Holes Could Delete the Universe — The Information Paradox
Black holes are scary things. But they also might reveal the true nature of the universe to us.
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10min
August 24, 2017
10. What Happens If We Bring the Sun to Earth?
What happens if we bring the sun to earth? No, seriously.
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6min
September 7, 2017
11. Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument
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9min
September 21, 2017
12. How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body — The Microbiome
What happens when microbes talk to your brain?
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8min
October 5, 2017
13. Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?
If you could decide today... how long do you want to live?
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7min
October 20, 2017
14. How to Cure Aging — During Your Lifetime?
What if we could stop aging forever?
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7min
November 3, 2017
15. Emergence — How Stupid Things Become Smart Together
How can many stupid things combine to form smart things? How can proteins become living cells? How become lots of ants a colony? What is emergence?
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8min
November 16, 2017
16. Universal Basic Income Explained — Free Money for Everybody?
What is UBI? How would free money change our lives.
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10min
December 7, 2017
17. How to Make an Elephant Explode (The Size of Life #2)
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7min
December 21, 2017