Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2025-11-04
Books mentioned on What To Do With All This Nuclear Waste?
You can make a case that it’s a little off-putting to learn the world doesn’t really have any idea what to do with the nuclear waste we’ve been generating for several decades. The best we’ve come up with so far is bury it real deep and forget about it.
Josh Clark recommended If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies by Eliezer Yudkowsky.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares is a stark warning about the existential risks posed by the potential creation of superintelligent artificial intelligence.
Recommended“I can't let an opportunity pass to shout out if anyone builds it, everyone dies by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares. It's so good where they just lay out the a very straightforward example of how AI could just get out of control”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Jailhouse Lawyer
“One of the most interesting stories from Angola that was recently published by Calvin Duncan, who was wrongly [music] uh wrongfully convicted, by the way, is called The Jailhouse Lawyer, and uh which is a deep dive inmate counsel.”