This is a reading of ‘Up The Gravity Well‘, my entry of the Medium Writers Challenge. The entry can be… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 20: Up The Gravity Well

Congratulations to William Shatner! “I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 19: William Shatner’s Post-Flight Thoughts (commentary)

Impact threats are the most certain of any extinction-level events. Yet, despite the warnings of hundreds of scientists – we… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 18: Escape To Mars: Moving Humanity Off Planet

What are the common arguments for the necessity of money? Are there any logical counterarguments? Let me know what profession… Read more Episode 17 | Can’t We Just Get Rid Of Money?

Our children are the future, yet our willingness to invest in them dawdles and whimpers. With so much at stake… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 16: The Education Catastrophe

This is a personal story; but it’s a story that has the potential to effect every single one of us.… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 14: A Death Sentence For A Debt: A Personal Story of Legalized Corruption

Could one of the many great filters actually be a ruthless, galactic, empire; ready to slaughter entire worlds that aren’t… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 13: The Alien Invasion

What does planned obsolescence have to do with the great filter? Fucking everything … — Send in a voice message:… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 12: Planned Obsolescence

It’s time for a more upbeat episode, wouldn’t you say? You’ve heard the phrase, “Be the change you want to… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 11: Becoming Your Best Self In A Less-Than-Ideal World

Xà La’awran’s Coin is a story I wrote some time ago. I’ve always meant to put an animation to it… Read more The Great Filter | Episode Xà La’awran’s Coin | An Allegorical Account

What are the bare-bone attributes that we would need if we were to increase our chances of surviving as many… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 10: Survival Priority & Our Best Possible Selves

Humanity’s intelligence and socially cohesive dynamic have rocketed us to the top of the food-chain. However, David Graeber’s book, “Debt,… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 9: Survival of The Shittiest: Part II

What are the evolution-honed traits that allowed humanity to rocket to the top of the food-chain? Will they be enough… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 9: Survival of The Shittiest: Part I

What are the most dangerous natural disasters? Which one’s can cause the total extinction of the human race and how… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 8: Existential Risk & Natural Disasters

What would we need if we were to create the perfect atmosphere for human survival? How much of a system… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 7: Our Best Possible Scenario

It’s odd that so many people are scrambling to fix climate change – yet so few have actually taken the… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 6: At The Core Of Climate Change

Why does anything exist at all? What is reality all about? I offer my best shot as to why there… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 5: Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?

With science being a search for truth, how did we find ourselves in the contradictory situation where science itself is… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 4: The Failure of Trust in Science

What is The Drake Equation? What is Fermi’s Paradox? What is The Great Filter? What is our probability of surviving… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 3: How We Will All Die (aka: The Great Filter’s Rubik’s Cube)

Ransomware is ravaging our world, attacking medical facilities and small businesses. What is really going on here? Can we actually… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 2: Is Ransomware Avoidable?

Having worked with AI for the past few years, I am troubled with a very specific issue which I have… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 1: A.I.’s Tendency Toward Sociopathy