#151 — Will We Destroy the Future?

Sam Harris speaks with Nick Bostrom about the problem of
existential risk. They discuss public goods, moral illusions, the
asymmetry between happiness and suffering, utilitarianism, "the
vulnerable world hypothesis," the history of nuclear deterrence,
the possible need for "turnkey totalitarianism," whether we're
living in a computer simulation, the Doomsday Argument, the
implications of extraterrestrial life, and other topics.


If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can
SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at
samharris.org/subscribe.