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May 02, 2017 — Robert Wright & Adam Alter
Science of Spirituality
The bad effects of addictive tech
How much time do you spend on your phone?
You might be addicted if...
The World of Warcraft as a case study in tech addiction
The tricks Silicon Valley uses to get you hooked
Adam's advice for breaking your screen addiction
January 10, 2017 — Jack Tsonis | Sauna: The ultimate technology of relaxation
Sixty-Second Sermons
December 04, 2016 — Brendan Foht & George Church
George's project to synthesize the human genome
Fighting climate change by resurrecting the mammoth
Applying gene editing to human reproduction
Can gene tech make up for stagnation in pharmaceutical research?
The role of chance in genetic engineering breakthroughs
March 20, 2017 — Robert Wright & S. Matthew Liao
The Meaning of Future Life
Changing the human genome to combat climate change
Will new technologies stratify society genetically?
Military and civilian uses of memory-changing technology
The army's plans for deep brain simulation
Matthew's book The Right to Be Loved
March 01, 2019 — Robert Wright & Jason Pontin
The Wright Show
Jason's tenure as editor of MIT's Technology Review
Jason says he never, ever feels offended
Why Jason's investment firm didn't back a new gene editing technology
Is current gene-editing technology a "moral and therapeutic dead end"?
How to regulate a future designer baby business
What makes CRISPR gene-editing technology revolutionary?
3D-printing and the future of gun control
Will mind-reading technology kill romantic love?
The theoretical limits of "thought identification" technology
October 17, 2016 — Robert Wright & Kevin Kelly
The Meaning of Future Life
Kevin Kelly's new book The Inevitable
Technology as an extension of evolution
Will Google monopolize AI?
How to foster an ethical AI
People of the screen
The importance of seeing the glass as half-full
December 20, 2016 — Robin Hanson & James Hughes
The Meaning of Future Life
Should we really worry about robots taking our jobs?
Fighting racism with algorithms
Are AI advances mostly hype?
Using AI to make technology more secure
The robot economy is coming
Do robots have moral value?
April 07, 2017 — Robert Wright & Wendell Wallach
The Meaning of Future Life
When technology takes people's jobs
Asking your iPhone for medical advice
Killer robots!
Letting machines decide whether to push the nuclear button
The growing threat of bioterrorism
How to stop bioterrorists
Is it all happening too fast?
June 03, 2016 — Robert Wright & Adam Frank
The Wright Show
Why we're probably not the universe's first intelligent species
The hardest step on the road from non-life to civilization
Surviving our planet's adolescence
Would aliens be as tribalistic as we are?
Planet Earth as a superorganism
A few thoughts about Buddhism
September 01, 2017 — Robert Wright & Phil Torres
The Meaning of Future Life
Nick Bostrom: there's a 25% chance of 'existential catastrophe' by 2100
Reasons to fear superintelligent machines...
...and the growing accessibility of biotechnology
Why space colonization probably won't save us
Did climate change nurture ISIS?
Technological progress as a bug, not a feature
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