Embracing Catastrophe
11/28/18 • 46 min
We humans are our own worst enemies when it comes to what it will take to deal with existential risks. We are loaded with cognitive biases, can’t coordinate on a global scale, and see future generations as freeloaders. Seriously, are we going to survive? (Original score by Point Lobo.)
Interviewees: Nick Bostrom, Oxford University philosopher and founder of the Future of Humanity Institute; Toby Ord, Oxford University philosopher; Anders Sandberg, Oxford University philosopher; Sebastian Farquahar, Oxford University philosopher; Eric Johnson, University of Oklahoma professor of law
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We humans are our own worst enemies when it comes to what it will take to deal with existential risks. We are loaded with cognitive biases, can’t coordinate on a global scale, and see future generations as freeloaders. Seriously, are we going to survive? (Original score by Point Lobo.)
Interviewees: Nick Bostrom, Oxford University philosopher and founder of the Future of Humanity Institute; Toby Ord, Oxford University philosopher; Anders Sandberg, Oxford University philosopher; Sebastian Farquahar, Oxford University philosopher; Eric Johnson, University of Oklahoma professor of law
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Josh explains that to survive the next century or two – to navigate our existential threats – all of us will have to become informed and involved. It will take a movement that gets behind science done right to make it through the Great Filter. (Original score by Point Lobo.)
Interviewees: Toby Ord, Oxford University philosopher; Sebastian Farquahar, Oxford University philosopher
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The End Of The World with Josh Clark - Embracing Catastrophe
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Ill conceived physics experiments, reckless experiments with viruses, unfriendly superintelligent AI. Dealing with each one of these will be a quagmire onto itself. But remember, existential risks are like nothing we've ever encountered before. We humans haven't been prepared by millennia of evolution like we have for other disasters. We're not equipped out of the box to deal with the existential risks that loom ahead in our near future. In fact,
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