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The End Of The World with Josh Clark

We humans could have a bright future ahead of us that lasts billions of years. But we have to survive the next 200 years first. Join Josh Clark of Stuff You Should Know for a 10-episode deep dive that explores the future of humanity and finds dangers we have never encountered before lurking just ahead. And if we humans are alone in the universe, if we don't survive intelligent life dies out with us too.

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The End Of The World with Josh Clark
Simulation Argument (Epilogue) from 2018-12-05T05:01

There’s one last thing. Maybe the reason why we don’t see other intelligent life, maybe the reason we are in the astoundingly unique position of having to save the future of the human race, is b...

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The End Of The World with Josh Clark
EP09: End from 2018-11-30T05:01

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 d...

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The End Of The World with Josh Clark
End from 2018-11-30T05:01

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 scienc...

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The End Of The World with Josh Clark
EP08: Embracing Catastrophe from 2018-11-28T05:01

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 genera...

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The End Of The World with Josh Clark
Embracing Catastrophe from 2018-11-28T05:01

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 gen...

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The End Of The World with Josh Clark
EP07: Physics Experiments from 2018-11-23T05:01

Surprisingly the field of particle physics poses a handful of existential threats, not just for us humans, but for everything alive on Earth – and in some cases, the entire universe. Poking around ...

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The End Of The World with Josh Clark
Physics Experiments from 2018-11-23T05:01

Surprisingly the field of particle physics poses a handful of existential threats, not just for us humans, but for everything alive on Earth – and in some cases, the entire universe. Poking arou...

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The End Of The World with Josh Clark
EP06: Biotechnology from 2018-11-21T05:01

Natural viruses and bacteria can be deadly enough; the 1918 Spanish Flu killed 50 million people in four months. But risky new research, carried out in an unknown number of labs around the world, a...

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The End Of The World with Josh Clark
Biotechnology from 2018-11-21T05:01

Natural viruses and bacteria can be deadly enough; the 1918 Spanish Flu killed 50 million people in four months. But risky new research, carried out in an unknown number of labs around the world...

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EP05: Artificial Intelligence from 2018-11-16T05:01

An artificial intelligence capable of improving itself runs the risk of growing intelligent beyond any human capacity and outside of our control. Josh explains why a superintelligent AI that we hav...

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The End Of The World with Josh Clark
Artificial Intelligence from 2018-11-16T05:01

An artificial intelligence capable of improving itself runs the risk of growing intelligent beyond any human capacity and outside of our control. Josh explains why a superintelligent AI that we ...

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The End Of The World with Josh Clark
EP04: Natural Risks from 2018-11-14T05:01

Humans have faced existential risks since our species was born. Because we are Earthbound, what happens to Earth happens to us. Josh points out that there’s a lot that can happen to Earth - like ga...

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The End Of The World with Josh Clark
Natural Risks from 2018-11-14T05:01

Humans have faced existential risks since our species was born. Because we are Earthbound, what happens to Earth happens to us. Josh points out that there’s a lot that can happen to Earth - like...

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The End Of The World with Josh Clark
EP03: X Risks from 2018-11-07T05:03

Humanity could have a future billions of years long – or we might not make it past the next century. If we have a trip through the Great Filter ahead of us, then we appear to be entering it now. It...

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The End Of The World with Josh Clark
X Risks from 2018-11-07T05:03

Humanity could have a future billions of years long – or we might not make it past the next century. If we have a trip through the Great Filter ahead of us, then we appear to be entering it now....

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The End Of The World with Josh Clark
EP02: Great Filter from 2018-11-07T05:02

The Great Filter hypothesis says we’re alone in the universe because the process of evolution contains some filter that prevents life from spreading into the universe. Have we passed it or is it in...

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The End Of The World with Josh Clark
Great Filter from 2018-11-07T05:02

The Great Filter hypothesis says we’re alone in the universe because the process of evolution contains some filter that prevents life from spreading into the universe. Have we passed it or is it...

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Fermi Paradox from 2018-11-07T05:01

Ever wondered where all the aliens are? It’s actually very weird that, as big and old as the universe is, we seem to be the only intelligent life. In this episode, Josh examines the Fermi parado...

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Trailer 2: Bill, Elon and Stephen from 2018-10-24T04:01

Why are smart people warning us about artificial intelligence? As machines grow smarter and able to improve themselves, we run the risk of them developing beyond our control. But AI is just one of ...

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Trailer: The End Of The World with Josh Clark from 2018-10-17T07:00

We humans could have a bright future ahead of us that lasts billions of years. But we have to survive the next 200 years first. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork...

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The End Of The World with Josh Clark
Trailer: The End Of The World with Josh Clark from 2018-10-17T07:00

We humans could have a bright future ahead of us that lasts billions of years. But we have to survive the next 200 years first. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork...

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The End Of The World with Josh Clark
Trailer: The End Of The World with Josh Clark from 2018-10-17T07:00

We humans could have a bright future ahead of us that lasts billions of years. But we have to survive the next 200 years first. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork...

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