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Why Earth Is a Prison and How to Escape It
Episode number: 1
Overview: We are trapped on Earth. Controlled by an ancient debt to the universe...
Do Robots Deserve Rights? What If Machines Become Conscious?
Episode number: 2
Overview: What shall we do once machines become conscious? Do we need to grant them rights?
Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food
Episode number: 3
Overview: Are GMOs bad for your health? Or is this fear unfounded?
Is the European Union Worth It or Should We End It?
Episode number: 4
Overview: Should we double down or give up and go our separate ways?
The Last Light Before Eternal Darkness — White Dwarfs & Black Dwarfs
Episode number: 5
Overview: Everything will end. Even the universe. But in a future so far away that it defies description, there will still be light and therefore a chance for life. It will be around white dwarfs, the corpses of stars. But even they will fade one day...
The Rise of the Machines — Why Automation Is Different This Time
Episode number: 6
Overview: Automation in the Information Age is different.
Optimistic Nihilism
Episode number: 7
What Happens If We Throw an Elephant From a Skyscraper? (The Size of Life #1)
Episode number: 8
Overview: Size is the most under appreciated regulator of living things. Let us demonstrate that by throwing animals from buildings.
Why Black Holes Could Delete the Universe — The Information Paradox
Episode number: 9
Overview: Black holes are scary things. But they also might reveal the true nature of the universe to us.
What Happens If We Bring the Sun to Earth?
Episode number: 10
Overview: What happens if we bring the sun to earth? No, seriously.
Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument
Episode number: 11
How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body — The Microbiome
Episode number: 12
Overview: What happens when microbes talk to your brain?
Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?
Episode number: 13
Overview: If you could decide today... how long do you want to live?
How to Cure Aging — During Your Lifetime?
Episode number: 14
Overview: What if we could stop aging forever?
Emergence — How Stupid Things Become Smart Together
Episode number: 15
Overview: How can many stupid things combine to form smart things? How can proteins become living cells? How become lots of ants a colony? What is emergence?
Universal Basic Income Explained — Free Money for Everybody?
Episode number: 16
Overview: What is UBI? How would free money change our lives.
