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#192 – Annie Jacobsen on what would happen if North Korea launched a nuclear weapon at the US
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2024-07-12
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#191 (Part 2) – Carl Shulman on government and society after AGI
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2024-07-05
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#191 (Part 1) – Carl Shulman on the economy and national security after AGI
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2024-06-27
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#190 – Eric Schwitzgebel on whether the US is conscious
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2024-06-07
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#189 – Rachel Glennerster on why we still don’t have vaccines that could save millions
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2024-05-29
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#188 – Matt Clancy on whether science is good
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2024-05-23
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#187 – Zach Weinersmith on how researching his book turned him from a space optimist into a "space bastard"
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2024-05-14
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#186 – Dean Spears on why babies are born small in Uttar Pradesh, and how to save their lives
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2024-05-01
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#185 – Lewis Bollard on the 7 most promising ways to end factory farming, and whether AI is going to be good or bad for animals
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2024-04-18
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#184 – Zvi Mowshowitz on sleeping on sleeper agents, and the biggest AI updates since ChatGPT
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2024-04-11
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AI governance and policy (Article)
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2024-03-28
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#183 – Spencer Greenberg on causation without correlation, money and happiness, lightgassing, hype vs value, and more
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2024-03-14
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#182 – Bob Fischer on comparing the welfare of humans, chickens, pigs, octopuses, bees, and more
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2024-03-08
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#181 – Laura Deming on the science that could keep us healthy in our 80s and beyond
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2024-03-01
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#180 – Hugo Mercier on why gullibility and misinformation are overrated
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2024-02-21
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#179 – Randy Nesse on why evolution left us so vulnerable to depression and anxiety
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2024-02-12
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#178 – Emily Oster on what the evidence actually says about pregnancy and parenting
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2024-02-01
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#177 – Nathan Labenz on recent AI breakthroughs and navigating the growing rift between AI safety and accelerationist camps
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2024-01-24
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#90 Classic episode – Ajeya Cotra on worldview diversification and how big the future could be
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2024-01-12
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#112 Classic episode – Carl Shulman on the common-sense case for existential risk work and its practical implications
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2024-01-08
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