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What comes next
The future, argued seriously. Where today's signals lead, without the hype.
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If fusion finally works: how fast it would change everything, and why it keeps slipping
Cheap, clean, near-limitless energy would transform civilization — so trace what actually changes and how quickly, and unpack why practical fusion has stayed 'thirty years away' for so long.
12 min
Cars optional: what cities become when driving is a choice, not a necessity
An exploration of the urban reorganization triggered by the decline of private car ownership, focusing on housing, commerce, and the reclamation of public space.
12 min
When machines write most of the internet: what happens to human knowledge
As AI-generated text floods the web and future models train on it, examine the risk of a feedback loop that degrades quality — and what it takes to keep genuine human knowledge findable.
12 min
The Water Century: How Fresh Water Becomes the Resource Nations Organize Around
A deep dive into the era of 'water bankruptcy,' exploring how the depletion of aquifers and the weaponization of rivers are reshaping global power, food security, and human migration.
12 min
If lab-grown meat wins: what happens to farms, land, and the countryside
Trace the knock-on effects if cultured meat becomes cheap and good: the fate of livestock farming, the freeing of enormous amounts of land, and the cultural fight over what we eat.
12 min
The collapse of shared reality: trust in a world where anyone can be faked
As convincing fakes of voices, faces, and video become trivial, what happens to evidence, journalism, courts, and democracy when we can no longer assume what we see is real.
12 min
The post-antibiotic era: what medicine looks like when the drugs stop working
Antibiotic resistance is rising while the pipeline of new drugs runs thin. A serious look at how routine surgery, childbirth, and infection care change if our most basic drugs fail.
12 min
The end of aging: how close the science really is, and what breaks if it works
Sort the real longevity science from the wishful thinking, then ask the harder question — if we genuinely slow aging, what happens to careers, pensions, inequality, and society itself.
12 min
About What comes next
The future, argued seriously. Episodes trace what actually changes if fusion works, what cities become when driving is optional, medicine after antibiotics, economies built on growth meeting falling birth rates, and what happens to human knowledge when machines write most of the internet. Where today's signals lead — without the hype, and without the doom.
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