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
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The Great Filter | Episode 19: William Shatner’s Post-Flight Thoughts (commentary)
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)
The Great Filter | Episode 18: Escape To Mars: Moving Humanity Off Planet
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
Episode 17 | Can’t We Just Get Rid Of Money?
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?
The Great Filter | Episode 16: The Education Catastrophe
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
The Great Filter | Episode 15: Global Suicide – Part V: Can Star Trek Save Us?
Science fiction often drives innovation. Star Trek, specifically, has inspired the computer and the cellular telephone among other modern miracles… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 15: Global Suicide – Part V: Can Star Trek Save Us?
The Great Filter | Episode 15: Global Suicide – Part IV: Disorder & Dead Presidents
Entropy is a two-edged sword. It is our life-force; but if it accelerates and begins to runaway with our energy,… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 15: Global Suicide – Part IV: Disorder & Dead Presidents
The Great Filter | Episode 15: Global Suicide – Part III: Psychology of Self-Extinction
Understanding our own psychology and social behaviors are critical to avoiding self-extinction. This episode explores this in great depth. In… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 15: Global Suicide – Part III: Psychology of Self-Extinction
The Great Filter | Episode 15: Global Suicide – Part II: Shotgun Serenade
What are the possible self-extinction scenarios and why is it important to understand this? In this episode we explore this;… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 15: Global Suicide – Part II: Shotgun Serenade
The Great Filter | Episode 15: Global Suicide – Part I: Carrots & Sticks
“The first subcategory of suicide is of the more immediate sort; intentionally carried out by the conscious mind and focused… Read more The Great Filter | Episode 15: Global Suicide – Part I: Carrots & Sticks
The Great Filter | Episode 14: A Death Sentence For A Debt: A Personal Story of Legalized Corruption
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
The Great Filter | Episode 13: The Alien Invasion
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
The Great Filter | Episode 12: Planned Obsolescence
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
The Great Filter | Episode 11: Becoming Your Best Self In A Less-Than-Ideal World
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
The Great Filter | Episode Xà La’awran’s Coin | An Allegorical Account
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
The Great Filter | Episode 10: Survival Priority & Our Best Possible Selves
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
The Great Filter | Episode 9: Survival of The Shittiest: Part II
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
The Great Filter | Episode 9: Survival of The Shittiest: Part I
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
The Great Filter | Episode 8: Existential Risk & Natural Disasters
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
The Great Filter | Episode 7: Our Best Possible Scenario
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
The Great Filter | Episode 6: At The Core Of Climate Change
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
The Great Filter | Episode 5: Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?
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?
The Great Filter | Episode 4: The Failure of Trust in Science
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
The Great Filter | Episode 3: How We Will All Die (aka: The Great Filter’s Rubik’s Cube)
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)
The Great Filter | Episode 2: Is Ransomware Avoidable?
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?
The Great Filter | Episode 1: A.I.’s Tendency Toward Sociopathy
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