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On What Matters
by Coleman Snell
What are the greatest forces, risks, and ideas that define the 21st Century? Each week existential risk researcher Coleman Snell speaks with academics, thinkers, and artists whose work speaks to life in the 21st Century for the modern individual. We talk about the biggest risks/challenges facing our species, solutions, unique aspects of 21st Century Life, and how we can find meaning in this strange century. Learn more about the field of global catastrophic & existential risk and about the podcast at https://xriskpodcast.com/Thanks for supporting the Podcast! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/onwhatmatters/support
Episodes
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#25 - TTotal Part 2, Biorisk and AI Risk
In part 2 of Coleman's discussion with TTotal, the pair discuss biorisk, ai risk, and various other components of the current existential risk landscape--focusing in on their points of disagreement and agreement.
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#24 - Critqiues of X-Risk, AI, and EA with TTotal
Become a Patron on Patreon and support the show! Check out Titotal's Articles if you enjoyed the conversation! In this conversation, Coleman and TiTotal discuss critiques surrounding Effective Altruism and the rationality community. They emphasize the complexities of computational physics and the...
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#23 - National Security and Surviving Disinformation with Ryan McBeth
Become a Patron on Patreon and support the show! Check out Ryan McBeth's channel if you enjoyed the conversation! Ryan McBeth, a software engineer and cybersecurity expert, discusses his work in combating disinformation and misinformation online. He explains his methodology of using Occam's razor...
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#22 - Superintelligence, AI, and Extinction with Darren McKee
On this episode of the podcast, Coleman sits down with Darren McKee to discuss his book Uncontrollable: The Threat of Artificial Superintelligence and the Race to Save the World. The two discuss the central case for concern surrounding AI risk, deep fakes, and Darren’s approach to understanding…
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#20 - Animal Ethics and the Moral Weight Project with Bob Fischer
Support 21st Talks on Our Patreon! Coleman spoke with Bob Fischer, a researcher at Rethink Priorities who recently worked on the Moral Weights project. In the discussion, Dr. Fischer and Coleman discussed a range of topics relating to animal ethics, including the research methodology of the team...
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#19 - Tobias Baumann on S-Risks and Avoiding the Worst for Humanity
To stay up to date with all things 21st Talks, follow Coleman's Twitter & Instagram. Remember to rate this episode and, if you have the means, become a member on our Patreon! This week Coleman sat down with Tobias Baumann and discussed his recent book on the topic of suffering risks (s-risks)!…
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#18 - Anders Sandberg: Longtermism, Transhumanism, and Making Sense of the Existential Risk
In this episode, Coleman interviews Anders Sandberg, a senior research fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford. Dr. Sandberg and Coleman discuss living forever, transhumanism, longtermism, and new approaches to understanding existential risk work in the 21st century. Thank you to…
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#17 - Artificial Intelligence Governance
Remember to support 21st Talks on Patreon with as little as $3 dollars a month! The first 25 patrons will receive exclusive 21st Talks sweatshirts that will only be available for a limited time! On this episode, Coleman explored the obstacles & successes of governing advanced technological risks…
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#16 - Emmanuel Daudu on Prison Reform, Freedom of Speech, and 21st Century Politics
Support us on Patreon! This week Coleman sat down with Emmanuel Daudu, an incoming Google Legal Analyst and close friend at Cornell University where he is Pre Law. The two jump into a wide range of questions, including the development of a new politics for a 21st century, working-class struggle,...
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#15 - The Heart of Effective Altruism with Dr. SJ Beard
In this episode, Coleman sat down with existential risk ethicists and researcher Dr. SJ Beard from Cambridge's Existential Risk Institute about the far future of humanity, ethical growth through generations, and the psychology behind striving to do the most good. The two also discussed opening…
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#14 - Governing Global Risks with Catherine Rhodes and Luke Kemp
In this episode, Coleman and Nathaniel speak with Luke Kemp and Catherine Rhodes, about the two researchers' views on governing existential threats within our international system. The four also discuss some of the leading challenges to effective international cooperation and mitigation of…
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Q&A #1 - "Why Existential Risk Work?"
Support us by becoming a Patreon! Thank you for listening to the first episode of 21st-Talks Q&A! Remember to like and rate the podcast if you enjoyed it! It really goes to support the show's growth! Big thanks to everyone who has submitted questions for future Q&A #1! If you have a question you...
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#13 - History of Existential Risk With Dr. SJ Beard (1/2)
Support Us by becoming a 21st Talks Patron What role have philosophers played in existential risk? What conditions lead to the field's origin? Today Coleman Speaks with Dr. SJ Beard of The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) at Cambridge. Covering topics from SJ Beard and Phil Torres'...
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#12 - Can Engineering Inspired By Nature Save Humanity? W/ Dr. Joyce Cooper
Engineering practices are fundamental to overcoming obstacles facing society in the 21st Century. Existential threats like climate change, artificial intelligence, looming food and water insecurity Today I am speaking with Dr. Joyce Cooper who is a professor and researcher at the University of...
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#11 - Global Justice and Existential Risk with Dr. Ndidi Nwaneri
2Is global inequality an existential threat? How do question social justice connect to questions of the greatest threats facing our world in the 21st century and what might conceptions of global justice inform our approach to looming risks like climate change and how might global justice help us…
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#10 - Political Violence in the 21st Century
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#9 - Creating Sustainable Change with Dickson Despommier
How do we create sustainable change going forward into the future? Where do questions of equity fit into this discussion of the long-term health of global citizens? This week Coleman spoke with Dickson Despommier, an academic with over 30 years of experience in Public health at Columbia…
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#8 - Lessons from Cambridge's Conference on Catastrophic Risk 2020
This was recorded on Coleman's third day of Cambridge's Conference on Catastrophic Risk 2020. Which is a conference with the world's leading experts on Global Catastrophic Risk put on by The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk and Cambridge. This conference was incredible, I am so thankful…
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#7 - Trumpism, Bipartisanship, and Threat to Democracy
Click here to Follow Us on Instagram What does Trumpism tell us about the future of Democracy? Is Democracy in threat by Bipartisanship? This week Coleman spoke with Professor Richard Arenberg from Brown University's Watson Institute about his research on Bipartisanship, where it came from, and…
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#5 - Correcting Quantum Mistakes With Elliot Lehrer
What are common misconceptions about Quantum Mechanics? What have been previous approaches to the field and what have past physicists, pop culture writers, and some new age folks on mass gotten wrong? This week’s conversation is with Elliot Lehrer, the science writer, and researcher for the 21st...
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#4 - Vertical Farming and the Future of Agriculture with Dickson Despommier
This week Coleman spoke with past Columbia University professor of Microbiology and Public Health Dr. Dickson Despommier. Despommier is a serial author, Ted talk deliverer, and speaker who has given numerous lectures on the role Vertical Farming will play in the future of agriculture and the...
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#3 - Communicating Existential Threats with Dr. Lara Mani
How do you communicate facts about climate change, AI, and other global risks in a way that motivates action? What role does communication play in the field of Existential Risk? In episode #3 of the 21st Talks Podcast, Coleman talks Dr. Lara Mani who is a researcher at the Center for the Study of...
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#2 - 21st Century Story Telling with Rycon Roleplays
In episode #2 of the 21st Talks Podcast, Coleman interviews Youtuber Rycon from the channel Rycon Roleplays. Rycon tells stories fully told to the audience through his voice acting and different video games. It's called Let's Roleplays and Coleman and Rycon discuss what this new mode of...
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#1 - Lessons from Deep History, Paleontology, and Existential Risk in a Modern Pandemic — With Adrian Currie
In the first episode of 21st Talks, Coleman Snell talks with Philosopher, Paleontologist, and Existential Risk expert Adrian Currie. They talk about disasters, What paleontology can tell us about our world's response to Covid-19, and the importance of cultivating narratives for our disaster...
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What are the greatest forces, risks, and ideas that define the 21st Century? Each week existential risk researcher Coleman Snell speaks with academics, thinkers, and artists whose work speaks to life in the 21st Century for the modern individual. We talk about the biggest risks/challenges facing our species, solutions, unique aspects of 21st Century Life, and how we can find meaning in this strange century. Learn more about the field of global catastrophic & existential risk and about the podcast at https://xriskpodcast.com/Thanks for supporting the Podcast! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/onwhatmatters/support
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