February 15, 2021
Weekly Public Problems with Justin Bullock Episode #6
Script
Welcome!
Welcome back to another episode of Public Problems! I’m your host Justin Bullock
Today is Monday, Feb 15 2021 and I’m doing the weekly podcast live again on FB live.
Thanks to those of you joining us live, watching this video, and listening to this audio.
Updates
Patreon
Supporter Events for February
Live Recording on Zoom 2/15
Ask Me Anything 2/25
Last Week’s Segment
The Last Chapter of Odd John
This Week’s Segments
Public Problem: The Value Alignment Problem (An ongoing series)
Today, I want you to think about 3 concepts
Existential Risk
Top 5 Existential Risks:
Value Alignment
Pandemics (human engineered)
Nuclear Weapons
Climate Change
Environmental Degradation
Risk Factors (Make things worse)
Security Factors (Make things better)
Godzilla (1954)
Human Made
H-Bomb
Bombing of Tokyo (Apr 18, 1942 – Mar 10, 1945)
The Bombing of Tokyo was a series of firebombing air raids by the United States Army Air Forces during the Pacific campaigns of World War II. Operation Meetinghouse, which was conducted on the night of 9–10 March 1945, is the single most destructive bombing raid in human history.
Flashing lights and shooting things (risk)
Oxygen destroyer (security)
Next Week’s Segment:
Lo Wainwright: Homo Superior
February 22.
