The End Of The World with Josh Clark
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Simulation Argument (Epilogue)
05 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 h...
End
30 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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....
Embracing Catastrophe
28 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 co...
Physics Experiments
23 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Surprisingly the field of particle physics poses a handful of existential threats, not just for us humans, but for everything alive on Earth – and i...
Biotechnology
21 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 i...
Artificial Intelligence
16 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
An artificial intelligence capable of improving itself runs the risk of growing intelligent beyond any human capacity and outside of our control. Josh...
Natural Risks
14 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
X Risks
07 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 ahea...
Great Filter
07 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Great Filter hypothesis says we’re alone in the universe because the process of evolution contains some filter that prevents life from spreading...
Fermi Paradox
07 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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. I...
Trailer 2: Bill, Elon and Stephen
24 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Why are smart people warning us about artificial intelligence? As machines grow smarter and able to improve themselves, we run the risk of them develo...
Trailer
17 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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...