Humanity has always been exposed to potentially catastrophic risks that might endanger the continued existence of humanity. Asteroid impacts or supervolcano eruptions come to mind. But since about the invention of the atomic bomb, humanity has been able to wipe itself out, adding self-made existential risks to the natural ones. Oxford philosopher Toby Ord argues in his book The Precipice that those risks are much more likely than the natural ones. In this episode we explore this idea with him, and also discuss what we should do about this realization.

350 - Existential Risk

Wissenschaft und Technik im Kopfhoerer / Science and Engineering in your Headphones

Natural Sciences

Science & Medicine

Science

Wir haben uns entschlossen, omega tau nicht weiterzuführen. In der Episode erläutern wir Euch kurz warum. Macht's gut, war ne tolle Zeit mich Euch :-)

400 - Die Letzte Episode / The Last Episode

In dieser Episode spreche ich mit Björn Ernst von der Firma Teufelberger über das verschiedene Seiltypen, ihre Eigenschaften und ihre Herstellung. Nach ein paar Grundlagen vertiefen wir die Themen Stahlseile und Faserseile, und auch um aktuelle Weiterentwicklungen und Trends geht es.

399 - Seile

I wanted to make an episode on a topic from the history of science for a long time, finally it happened. This is an interview with Etienne Benson, professor of the history of science and technology, on the history of how people of the western world have been seeing, studying and explaining their environment. We talk mostly about his book, Surroundings, but also briefly about his current field of study.

398 - Surroundings

Ein Update warum es grade so ruhig ist hier. In Deutsch und Englisch.

Update 2023 Deutsch￼

A quick update on why there's so few episodes from Markus and Nora. In English and German.

350 - Existential Risk

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