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Unusually in-depth conversations about the world's most pressing problems and what you can do to sol

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This is the second part of our marathon interview with Carl Shulman. The first episode is on the eco

This is the first part of our marathon interview with Carl Shulman. The second episode is on governm

"One of the most amazing things about planet Earth is that there are complex bags of mostly water —

"You can’t charge what something is worth during a pandemic. So we estimated that the value of one c

"Suppose we make these grants, we do some of those experiments I talk about. We discover, for exampl

"Earth economists, when they measure how bad the potential for exploitation is, they look at things

"I work in a place called Uttar Pradesh, which is a state in India with 240 million people. One in e

"The constraint right now on factory farming is how far can you push the biology of these animals? B

Many of you will have heard of Zvi Mowshowitz as a superhuman information-absorbing-and-processing m

Today’s release is a reading of our career review of AI governance and policy, written and narrated

"When a friend comes to me with a decision, and they want my thoughts on it, very rarely am I trying

"[One] thing is just to spend time thinking about the kinds of things animals can do and what their

"The question I care about is: What do I want to do? Like, when I'm 80, how strong do I want to be?

The World Economic Forum’s global risks survey of 1,400 experts, policymakers, and industry leaders

Mental health problems like depression and anxiety affect enormous numbers of people and severely in

"I think at various times — before you have the kid, after you have the kid — it's useful to sit dow

Back in December we spoke with Nathan Labenz — AI entrepreneur and host of The Cognitive Revolution

Rebroadcast: this episode was originally released in January 2021.You wake up in a mysterious box, a

Rebroadcast: this episode was originally released in October 2021.Preventing the apocalypse may soun

Rebroadcast: this episode was originally released in September 2021.If you’re living in the Niger De