{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"80,000 Hours Podcast","title":"Bonus: The Worst Ideas in the History of the World","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/16ec5660\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2124,"description":"Today’s bonus release is a pilot for a new podcast called ‘The Worst Ideas in the History of the World’, created by Keiran Harris — producer of the 80,000 Hours Podcast.\nIf you have strong opinions about this one way or another, please email us at podcast@80000hours.org to help us figure out whether more of this ought to exist.\nChapters:\nRob’s intro (00:00:00)\nThe Worst Ideas in the History of the World (00:00:51)\nMy history with longtermism (00:04:01)\nOutlining the format (00:06:17)\nWill MacAskill’s basic case (00:07:38)\n5 reasons for why future people might not matter morally (00:10:26)\nWhether we can reasonably hope to influence the future (00:15:53)\nGreat power wars (00:18:55)\nNuclear weapons (00:22:27)\nGain-of-function research (00:28:31)\nCloser (00:33:02)\nRob's outro (00:35:13)","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/VO1STE7hN95RRg9QdLo4soV2VhhbR9PF5ZZlRhDYcwE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxNDAyLzE2ODM1/NDQ1NDAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}