Re-release: The Psychology of the End
Episode first aired in Feb 2018 which deals with cognitive biases surrounding how we conceive of the end-times. Sadly relevant today. Why are we so fascinated with the end of the world? How do we thi...
1 Kesä 202038min
Phil Torres (@xriskology) I: Existential Risks in the time of COVID-19
Well, the manifestation of a global catastrophic risk means that it's time for us to bring back the very first guest on this show, from back in 2017. Phil Torres is a scholar of existential risks - yo...
28 Touko 20201h 32min
Kit Yates on the Maths of Life and Death
This week, we have a guest on the show - Kit Yates, who is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mathematical Sciences and co-director of the Centre for Mathematical Biology at the University of Bath...
21 Touko 20201h
Smoke and Mirrors: How Hype Obscures the Future, and How to See Past It - with Gemma Milne
I'm excited today to say that we have a guest on the show - Gemma Milne, who has written a book, Smoke and Mirrors, about how technological hype distorts the future. I really enjoyed the book, which d...
15 Touko 20201h 3min
Coronavirus Updates (May, part I): Interview with a vaccine trial participant, risk factors, "herd immunity" thresholds and serology.
For the masochists who apparently can't get enough content about the coronavirus: => An interview with my friend who participated in the vaccine trials => Some discussion of the risk factors that are...
9 Touko 202058min
Technology, Inequality, and Catastrophic Risks: Solutions?
N/B: This series of episodes was written before the coronavirus pandemic. I've decided the best thing to do is to present them as was and maybe have another episode reflecting on what the pandemic mea...
30 Huhti 202032min
BONUS: Walter Schiedel's Coronavirus Op-Ed
Given that we are in the midst of a series on technology, inequality, and global catastrophic risks inspired by Walter Scheidel's book on these subjects, and he's just written an op-ed on the topic, I...
26 Huhti 20208min
Coronavirus Updates - The Vaccine
In this, the last of our short series of coronavirus updates, I will be telling you everything I've found out about the hunt for a coronavirus vaccine - when we can expect it to be ready, the testing ...
23 Huhti 202043min
