Sysk Tapestries

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"And since I said 5K…"

More Miles = More Smiles!

Not to pick sides here, but… Go #TeamChuck!

"And since I said 10K…"

The perfect accessory for your DeLorean, Pinto, reinvented 2012 Camry, or what have you. (*Wayback Machine not included.)

The best of both hosts! Go #TeamChosh!

Pivot to audio with Stuff You Should Know!

Approach with caution.

You say it all the time to your friends, now you can just point to your shirt!

The best of both hosts! Go #TeamJuck!

Ugly sweater

Official t-shirt for the live shows at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY

BRAINS!

We humans could have a bright future ahead of us that lasts billions of years. But we have to survive the next 200 years first. How about surviving in style!

As LGBTQI allies, Josh and Chuck want to help all SYSK listeners show their Pride and podcast love year round!

Surprisingly the field of particle physics poses a handful of existential threats, not just for us humans, but for everything alive on Earth – and in some cases, the entire universe. Poking around on the frontier of scientific understanding has its risks.

We humans could have a bright future ahead of us that lasts billions of years. But we have to survive the next 200 years first. Join Josh Clark of Stuff You Should Know for a 10-episode deep dive that explores the future of humanity and finds dangers we have never encountered before lurking just ahead. And if we humans are alone in the universe, if we don't survive intelligent life dies out with us too.

We humans could have a bright future ahead of us that lasts billions of years. But we have to survive the next 200 years first. Join Josh Clark of Stuff You Should Know for a 10-episode deep dive that explores the future of humanity and finds dangers we have never encountered before lurking just ahead. And if we humans are alone in the universe, if we don't survive intelligent life dies out with us too.

Natural viruses and bacteria can be deadly enough; the 1918 Spanish Flu killed 50 million people in four months. But risky new research, carried out in an unknown number of labs around the world, are creating even more dangerous humanmade pathogens.

Epilogue: There’s one last thing. Maybe the reason why we don’t see other intelligent life, maybe the reason we are in the astoundingly unique position of having to save the future of the human race, is because we are simulated human beings. It would explain a lot.

We humans are our own worst enemies when it comes to what it will take to deal with existential risks. We are loaded with cognitive biases, can’t coordinate on a global scale, and see future generations as freeloaders. Seriously, are we going to survive?

Humanity could have a future billions of years long – or we might not make it past the next century. If we have a trip through the Great Filter ahead of us, then we appear to be entering it now. It looks like existential risks will be our filter.

The Great Filter hypothesis says we’re alone in the universe because the process of evolution contains some filter that prevents life from spreading into the universe. Have we passed it or is it in our future? Humanity’s survival may depend on the answer.

An artificial intelligence capable of improving itself runs the risk of growing intelligent beyond any human capacity and outside of our control. Josh explains why a superintelligent AI that we haven’t planned for would be extremely bad for humankind.

Your favorite people — their favorite movie!

We humans could have a bright future ahead of us that lasts billions of years. But we have to survive the next 200 years first. How about surviving in style!

Traditional kids' hand illustration of a turkey

Spinning is a gateway drug.

It's a Ponzi Scheme!

Ever wondered where all the aliens are? It’s actually very weird that, as big and old as the universe is, we seem to be the only intelligent life. In this episode, Josh examines the Fermi paradox, and what it says about humanity’s place in the universe.

To survive the next century or two – to navigate our existential threats – all of us will have to become informed and involved. It will take a movement that gets behind science done right to make it through the Great Filter.

Legal Eagles

One of SYSK's classic band names! Guaranteed to turn heads – and possibly stomachs – these guys are the s**t. (Each and every sale supports Kiva!)

Not to pick sides here, but… Go #TeamJosh!