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Engineering the Atmosphere - Dr. David Keith, Harvard
Season 1 Episode 21
What if the day comes that humans need to make massive, intentional changes to the earth in order to ensure the survival of the species? Perhaps the …
5 years, 5 months ago
The Art of Opposition - Mick West
Season 1 Episode 20
A conspiracy is defined by shadowy actors acting in secret to do bad things, and is an unfortunate consequence of geopolitics. Conspiracy theories, o…
5 years, 5 months ago
Making Decisions in Times of Great Uncertainty - L. A. Paul, Yale
Season 1 Episode 19
When the world seems like it’s moving too fast for comfort, how do you make decisions? Is it a random walk towards an uncertain future? Is it fear ba…
5 years, 5 months ago
Future Perfect: Civilizations of Tomorrow - Isaac Arthur
Season 1 Episode 18
The future does not happen on it’s own - it is born of the narrative that humans create for themselves. Historically, this has been the domain of sci…
5 years, 6 months ago
Freedom & Privacy in the Crypto Future - David Robison
Season 1 Episode 17
Is blockchain going to be the technology that changes everything? Will it help us trust again? Will it revolutionize the relationship of people to th…
5 years, 6 months ago
Universal Basic Income - Dr. Jim Pugh
Season 1 Episode 16
The hallmark of a strong stable civilization is the extirpation of extreme poverty. Many countries have realized this and implemented small-scale uni…
5 years, 6 months ago
Becoming an Interplanetary Species - Dr. Jean Masterson
Season 1 Episode 15
From Dr. Jean Masterson's perspective, establishing humans as an off-world species makes a lot of sense. During these tumultuous times, it seems like…
5 years, 6 months ago
Virtues & Vices of Misanthropy - Dr. Ian James Kidd
Season 1 Episode 14
Dr. Kidd is a philosopher at the University of Nottingham, concerned with epistemological vices: fractures in the way that humans come to understand …
5 years, 7 months ago
Is the State a Compulsory Religion? - Shamus Mac
Season 1 Episode 13
Self-proclaimed conspiratorial thinker Shamus Mac claims that the modern state is a direct descendent of rule by divine mandate. To that end, he argu…
5 years, 7 months ago
Closed Loop Systems & Deep Sea Mining - Erika Ilves
Season 1 Episode 12
What does it look like if we reuse every atom of metal that we take out of the ground? Erika Ilves is a thinker and industrial strategist who believe…
5 years, 7 months ago