February 15th 2021: Godzilla, Risk, and Value Alignment

February 15, 2021 Weekly Public Problems with Justin Bullock Episode #6 Script Welcome! Welcome back to another episode of Public Problems! I’m your host Justin Bullock Today is Monday, Feb 15 2021 and I’m doing the weekly podcast live again on FB live. Thanks to those of you joining us live, watching this video, and listening to this audio. Updates Patreon Supporter Events for February Live Recording on Zoom 2/15 Ask Me Anything 2/25 Last Week’s Segment The Last Chapter of Odd John This Week’s Segments Public Problem: The Value Alignment Problem (An ongoing series) Today, I want you to think about 3 concepts Existential Risk Top 5 Existential Risks: Value Alignment Pandemics (human engineered) Nuclear Weapons Climate Change Environmental Degradation Risk Factors (Make things worse) Security Factors (Make things better) Godzilla (1954) Human Made H-Bomb Bombing of Tokyo (Apr 18, 1942 – Mar 10, 1945) The Bombing of Tokyo was a series of firebombing air raids by the United States Army Air Forces during the Pacific campaigns of World War II. Operation Meetinghouse, which was conducted on the night of 9–10 March 1945, is the single most destructive bombing raid in human history. Flashing lights and shooting things (risk) Oxygen destroyer (security) Next Week’s Segment: Lo Wainwright: Homo Superior February 22.