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Special Episode: Engineering the Apocalypse
Special Episode: Engineering the Apocalypse
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Length:
221 minutes
Released:
Apr 24, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
In this nearly 4-hour SPECIAL EPISODE, Rob Reid delivers a 100-minute monologue (broken up into 4 segments, and interleaved with discussions with Sam) about the looming danger of a man-made pandemic, caused by an artificially-modified pathogen. The risk of this occurring is far higher and nearer-term than almost anyone realizes. Rob explains the science and motivations that could produce such a catastrophe and explores the steps that society must start taking today to prevent it. These measures are concrete, affordable, and scientifically fascinating—and almost all of them are applicable to future, natural pandemics as well. So if we take most of them, the odds of a future Covid-like outbreak would plummet—a priceless collateral benefit. SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe.
Released:
Apr 24, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
#24 — Ask Me Anything 2: In this episode of the Waking Up podcast, Sam Harris answers questions from listeners about Islamism, free will, honesty, vegetarianism, why he doesn’t publish more in academic journals, and other topics. by Making Sense with Sam Harris