In this nearly 4-hour SPECIAL EPISODE, Rob Reid delivers a 100-minute monologue (broken up into 4 segments, and interleaved with discussions with Sam) about the looming danger of a man-made pandemic, caused by an artificially-modified pathogen. The risk of this occurring is far higher and nearer-term than almost anyone realizes.
Rob explains the science and motivations that could produce such a catastrophe and explores the steps that society must start taking today to prevent it. These measures are concrete, affordable, and scientifically fascinating—and almost all of them are applicable to future, natural pandemics as well. So if we take most of them, the odds of a future Covid-like outbreak would plummet—a priceless collateral benefit.
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#297 — Preparing for the End
#296 — Repairing Our Country
#295 — Philosophy and the Good Life
#294 — Status Games
#293 — What I Really Think About Trump and Media Bias
#292 — How Much Does the Future Matter?
#291 — Where is Happiness?
#290 — What Went Wrong?
#289 — Time Management for Mortals
#288 — The End of Global Order
#287 — Why Wealth Matters
#286 — The Paradox of Psychedelics
#285 — American Division
#284 — The Funny Business
#283 — Gun Violence in America
#282 — Do You Really Have a Self?
#281 — Western Culture and Its Discontents
#280 — The Future of Artificial Intelligence
#279 — The Rules of the Stage
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