2017
Episodes
1. Why Earth Is a Prison and How to Escape It
2017-02-01
We are trapped on Earth. Controlled by an ancient debt to the universe...
2. Do Robots Deserve Rights? What If Machines Become Conscious?
2017-02-23
What shall we do once machines become conscious? Do we need to grant them rights?
3. Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food
2017-03-30
Are GMOs bad for your health? Or is this fear unfounded?
4. Is the European Union Worth It or Should We End It?
2017-04-13
Should we double down or give up and go our separate ways?
5. The Last Light Before Eternal Darkness — White Dwarfs & Black Dwarfs
2017-05-04
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...
6. The Rise of the Machines — Why Automation Is Different This Time
2017-06-08
Automation in the Information Age is different.
7. Optimistic Nihilism
2017-07-26
No overview available.
8. What Happens If We Throw an Elephant From a Skyscraper? (The Size of Life #1)
2017-08-10
Size is the most under appreciated regulator of living things. Let us demonstrate that by throwing animals from buildings.
9. Why Black Holes Could Delete the Universe — The Information Paradox
2017-08-24
Black holes are scary things. But they also might reveal the true nature of the universe to us.
10. What Happens If We Bring the Sun to Earth?
2017-09-07
What happens if we bring the sun to earth? No, seriously.
11. Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument
2017-09-21
No overview available.
12. How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body — The Microbiome
2017-10-05
What happens when microbes talk to your brain?
13. Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?
2017-10-20
If you could decide today... how long do you want to live?
14. How to Cure Aging — During Your Lifetime?
2017-11-03
What if we could stop aging forever?
15. Emergence — How Stupid Things Become Smart Together
2017-11-16
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?
16. Universal Basic Income Explained — Free Money for Everybody?
2017-12-07
What is UBI? How would free money change our lives.
17. How to Make an Elephant Explode (The Size of Life #2)
2017-12-21
No overview available.