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JOURNALISM

Nov 19 2024

ARE WE ACCIDENTALLY BUILDING A PLANETARY BRAIN?

NOEMA MAGAZINE

Nov 19 2024

Oct 4 2024

HOW THE SEARCH FOR DINOS ON VENUS EXPOSED A CLIMATE WARNING FOR EARTH

BIG THINK

Oct 4 2024

Jul 9 2024

THE VICTORIAN PLAN TO PUT A HUGE TIME CAPSULE BENEATH STONEHENGE

BBC FUTURE

Jul 9 2024

Feb 27 2024

UNTANGLING RELIGION FROM OUR AI DEBATES

NOEMA MAGAZINE

Feb 27 2024

Feb 1 2024

THE SHOCKING PLAN TO BURN ALL EARTH'S COAL

BBC FUTURE

Feb 1 2024

Jan 12 2024

HOW TO AVOID SEEING THE FUTURE AS DYSTOPIA

BBC FUTURE

Jan 12 2024

Autumn 2023

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: STRANGER THAN YESTERDAY'S TOMORROWS

SPIKE ART MAGAZINE

Autumn 2023

Sept 8 2023

THE FEAR OF A NUCLEAR FIRE THAT WOULD CONSUME EARTH

BBC FUTURE

Sept 8 2023

Aug 10 2023

DON't DENIGRATE THE DINOSAURS

NOEMA MAGAZINE

Aug 10 2023

July 2023

PREDICTING THE FUTURE OF MIND

THE PHILOSOPHER

July 2023

July 7 2022

HOW INSECT 'CIVILIZATIONS' RECAST OUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE

BBC FUTURE

July 7 2022

Sep 30 2021

CREATURES OF THE DAWN: HOW RADIOACTIVITY UNLOCKED DEEP TIME

BBC FUTURE

Sep 30 2021

Sep 14 2021

WHY EXPERTS ARE WORRIED ABOUT AIs BECOMING ADDICTS

THE CONVERSATION INSIGHTS

Sep 14 2021

Mar 18 2021

WHY ARE BILLIONAIRES OBSESSED WITH GOING TO SPACE?

THE GUARDIAN

Mar 18 2021

DOLPHIN INTELLIGENCE & HUMANITY'S COSMIC FUTURE

AEON MAGAZINE

Mar 18 2021

Feb 19 2021

DOOMSDAY & DAYBREAK

TANK MAGAZINE

Feb 19 2021

Dec 9 2020

CLUB FUTURE: WILL HUMANITY SURVIVE?

HIGHSNOBIETY

Dec 9 2020

Dec 3 2020

MEGASTRUCTURES TO HELP SEED LIFE THROUGHOUT THE GALAXY

VICE

Dec 3 2020

Nov 9 2020

THE CLASSIFICATION OF HUMANKIND AND THE BIRTH OF POPULATION SCIENCE

SALON

Nov 9 2020

Sep 23 2020

HUMAN EXTINCTION: A TIMELINE

MIT PRESS READER

Sep 23 2020

Aug 5 2020

HIROSHIMA'S LESSON

NEW SCIENTIST

Aug 5 2020

May 11 2020

OUR VISIONS OF THE FUTURE DETERMINE OUR SOCIETY TODAY

PALLADIUM MAGAZINE

May 11 2020

Apr 18 2020

HOW MUCH LONGER DO WE HAVE LEFT ON EARTH?

THE INDEPENDENT

Apr 18 2020

Sep 18 2019

SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS COULD RESULT IN HUMAN EXTINCTION

PHYS.ORG

Sep 18 2019

Aug 14 2019

ALIENS USED TO KEEP OUR FEAR OF EXTINCTION AT BAY - THEN WE REALIZED HOW ALONE WE ARE

POPULAR SCIENCE

Aug 14 2019

Aug 7 2019

HOW A SILENT COSMOS LED HUMANS TO FEAR THE WORST

THE CONVERSATION

Aug 7 2019

Aug 6 2019

TO IMAGINE OUR EXTINCTION IS TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER FOR IT

AEON MAGAZINE

Aug 6 2019

RADIO

Aug 1 2024

Feature on NPR's KJZZ Radio - 'Scientists used to think dinosaurs deserved extinction. That view affected colonization and more.'

W/ MARK BRODIE

Aug 1 2024

Jun 22 2023

Feature on CBC Ideas Radio Show - 'Is human intelligence overrated?'

W/ HOWARD GOLDENTHAL

Jun 22 2023

Oct 22 2021

Feature on ABC Radio's Counterpoint - 'Power & Possums'

W/ AMANDA VANSTONE

Oct 22 2021

Jul 5 2021

Feature on BBC Radio 4 programme - 'The Evening Rocket'

W/ JILL LEPORE

Jul 5 2021

Mar 4 2021

FEATURE ON CBC IDEAS RADIO SHOW - 'IMAGINING EXTINCTION'

W/ PAULINE HOLDSWORTH

Mar 4 2021

Podcasts

Oct 18 2023

THE ATLANTIC'S RE:THINK PODCAST - 'THE EDGE OF REASON: ON HUMANISM'

W/ NICOLAS PARTY & JEFF CHANG

Oct 18 2023

Jun 11 2021

80,000 HOURS PODCAST

W/ ROB WIBLIN & KEIRAN HARRIS

Jun 11 2021

Mar 16 2021

FUTURATI PODCAST

W/ THOMAS FREY + TRENT FOWLER

Mar 16 2021

Mar 22 2021

HEAR THIS IDEA EPISODE 26

W/ FIN MOORHOUSE & LUCA RIGHETTI

Mar 22 2021

Mar 16 2021

STOA PODCAST

W/ PETER LIMBERG

Mar 16 2021

Mar 4 2021

'IMAGINING EXTINCTION' - CBC IDEAS Radio Show

W/ PAULINE HOLDSWORTH

Mar 4 2021

Feb 22 2021

FUTURES PODCAST #37

W/ LUKE ROBERT MASON

Feb 22 2021

Feb 5 2021

WOW SIGNAL PODCAST EP 49

W/ DANIELA DE PAULIS & PAUL CARR

Feb 5 2021

Non-Fiction

2020

X-RISK: HOW HUMANITY DISCOVERED ITS OWN EXTINCTION

URBANOMIC/MIT PRESS

2020

Non-Non-Fiction

2019

SPINAL CATASTROPHISM: A SECRET HISTORY

URBANOMIC/MIT PRESS

2019

Talks

Feb 11 2021

THE GENESIS OF THE HIGHSTAKES WORLDVIEW

NEW SCHOOL POLICY & DESIGN FOR OUTER SPACE

Feb 11 2021

Jun 10 2021

HUMAN VOCATION AS JAILBREAK FROM SCARCITY, GRAVITY & EXTINCTION

INSTITUTIONS OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIBERTY, ORGANISED BY CHARLES COCKELL + UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

Jun 10 2021

Interviews

November 2020

Reddit AMA

r/History

November 2020

September 2020

Interview with Thomas Moynihan: “The discovery of extinction is a philosophical centrepiece of the modern age"

Anti-Apocalyptus Newsletter

September 2020

July 2020

Para filósofo, é melhor sermos finitos; crença na eternidade banaliza ações...

Universo Online

July 2020

JOURNAL PAPERS

2021

The interesting case of Prince Vladimir Odoevsky and his speculations on civilization’s trajectories

Futures Journal, 129

2021

2020

EXISTENTIAL RISK AND HUMAN EXTINCTION: AN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY

Futures Journal, 116

2020

COSMIC FICHTEANISM VS COSMIC SADISM

Šum Magazine, 14

2020

CAN INTELLIGENCE ESCAPE ITS TERRESTRIAL PAST?

Cosmos & History Journal, 16:1

2020

2019

THE CHILD IS THE PARENT OF THE GEIST: REVIEW OF INTELLIGENCE AND SPIRIT

Cosmos & History Journal, 15:1

2019

BOOK CHAPTERS

2021

'The Summons of a Silent Universe: The Relationship Between Existential Risk and Cosmic Silence'

in Expanding Worldviews: Astrobiology, Big History, and Cosmic Perspectives, ed. Ian Crawford, pp.65-90

2021

BLOGPOSTS

2019

Enlightenment & The Discovery of Human Extinction

Journal of the History of Ideas Blog

2019

2021

Cosmic Foliage, Astral Photoenergy and ‘Plant-People’

Philosophical Life of Plants - AHRC-funded Collab w/ Kew Gardens, Royal Holloway, + Goethe- und Schiller-Archiv.

2021

PHD THESIS

2019

THE INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY OF HUMAN EXTINCTION

Oxford, Oriel College

2019

Courses

2021

EXISTENTIAL HOPE & MATURITY: VISIONS OF WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED

The New Centre for Research & Practice

2021

RISK, HOPE & VALUE IN COSMOS

Strelka Institute

2021

2020

HOW WE BECAME SWEPT UP BY THE FURTHEST FUTURE

Goldsmiths University

2020

2019

RESPONSIBILITY & EXISTENTIAL RISK - FOUR PART COURSE

The New Centre for Research & Practice

2019

REVIEWS

PICKS

VERSO STAFF PICKS 2020

JOHN MERRICK 2020 PICKS