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Preventing Suicide with Future Economic Models

Beau, Chris, and special guest Bart Andrews, PhD, address what suicide might look like in the near (and distant) future under the prospect of different types of financial structures. Will suicide prevention even be ...

How do we prevent suicide on an extra-planetary space colony...

This week Beau and Chris discuss what suicide prevention might look like on Mars, in a large space colony, or any of the steps in between. Who’s responsible for the safety of the passengers and colonists and a...

Suicide in a Time of Transhumanism

Beau and Chris discuss the implications of transhumanism (transferring human consciousness from one form to another) and suicide. Does a suicide of a copy of oneself classify as a suicide? Is a human clone an actual...

Transcendent Ep101: Can an Artificial Intelligence Die from ...

Join Beau and Chris as they dive into the tough questions surrounding the capacity of an artificial intelligence to have thoughts of suicide or act on those thoughts. Can we stop AI from having suicidal thoughts if ...