Should we worry about the end of the world?
7/12/202619 min
From climate change to the rise of AI - it’s hard not to feel like human civilization could be nearing the end. What threats are really worth worrying about? And what can we do to survive a global catastrophe? Today on The Sunday Story, Ben Bradford, host of the new NPR Network podcast Are We Doomed?, tells us what he’s learned about the end of the world.
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First 90 secondsAyesha Rascoe· Host0:00
I'm Ayesha Rascoe, and this is The Sunday Story from Up First. [upbeat music] The other day I met a guy with a very unusual list.
Ben Bradford· Guest0:10
I've been keeping a notepad, a tally of ways the world could end. It has 141 entries so far. Should we be worried?
Ayesha Rascoe· Host0:19
This is Ben Bradford, host of a new podcast called Are We Doomed? Ben's show explores the biggest risks society, the planet, and our species are facing.
Ben Bradford· Guest0:30
There are so many things that could take humanity out: nuclear war, climate change, pandemics, maybe AI, and the less immediately worrisome, your super volcanoes, aliens, or something called gray goo.
Ayesha Rascoe· Host0:42
And it helps listeners figure out which future dooms are actually worth worrying about and how we might survive whatever is coming our way.
Ben Bradford· Guest0:52
The post-apocalypse, it turns out, is almost certainly a group project.
Ayesha Rascoe· Host0:56
Today on The Sunday Story, is the world ending or does it just feel that way? Stay with us.
Speaker 31:05
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