350 - Existential Risk

podcast (en) – omega tau science & engineering podcast by Markus Voelter

Aug 22, 202002:40:06Science & Medicine

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 at...

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