#3 - Communicating Existential Threats with Dr. Lara Mani

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English - October 12, 2020 19:45 - 1 hour - 114 MB
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How do you communicate facts about climate change, AI, and other global risks in a way that motivates action? What role does communication play in the field of Existential Risk? In episode #3 of the 21st Talks Podcast, Coleman talks Dr. Lara Mani who is a researcher at the Center for the Study of Existential Risk at Cambridge. The two discuss the challenges of communicating about existential/global catastrophic risks to the public, politicians, and business people, as well as effective routes to helping the public, understand and take action against risks such as climate change, AI, and volcanic eruptions.

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