Who Speaks for Earth?
The Focus2 Sep 2025

Who Speaks for Earth?

What if the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS wasn’t natural — but alien technology?

In this special episode of The Focus, Dr. John Bruni speaks with Harvard astrophysicist Prof. Avi Loeb about the James Webb Space Telescope’s new images and asks the ultimate question:

Who speaks for Earth if the universe makes contact? What are the geopolitical implications?

Show Notes:

Contact Avi:

Medium - https://medium.com/me/following-feed/writers/adb0e108a94b

X - @GalileoProject1

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thegalileoproject/?hl=en

The Galileo Project website - https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/galileo/home

Best-selling Books by Avi

Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars (2023) – His follow-up, expanding the discussion beyond ʻOumuamua to humanity’s role in the cosmos, the search for alien civilisations, and the implications for our future.

Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth (2021) – His breakthrough popular science book, where he argued that the interstellar object ʻOumuamua could be a form of alien technology. It became a New York Times bestseller and put him at the centre of global debates about extraterrestrial life.

Relevant Articles by Avi:

Should We Be Happier if 3I/ATLAS is a Comet?

https://avi-loeb.medium.com/should-we-be-happier-if-3i-atlas-is-a-comet-91b3f8e74f98

The Adaptive Communication Framework (ACF) for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Discovery

https://avi-loeb.medium.com/the-adaptive-communication-framework-acf-for-extraterrestrial-intelligence-discovery-c1cc91fd0e7e

What Should Humanity Do on the Day After an Interstellar Object is Recognised as Technological? (The article that made us reach out to Avi)

https://avi-loeb.medium.com/what-should-humanity-do-on-the-day-after-an-interstellar-object-is-recognized-as-technological-ff26c6fec04d

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