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10 Ways the World Could End

Offered By: TED via YouTube

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Course Description

Overview

Explore ten potential scenarios for the end of the world in this thought-provoking TED talk. Delve into various existential threats facing humanity, from asteroid impacts and ecological collapse to particle collider accidents and alien invasions. Examine the challenges of preserving the human race as the speaker discusses topics such as losing the will to survive, biotech disasters, magnetic field reversals, cheap rocketry, global epidemics, black holes, and more. Gain insights into the complex and sometimes unexpected ways our world could face catastrophic changes, and consider the importance of proactive measures to ensure our species' survival.

Syllabus

Introduction
How the world could end
Losing the will to survive
Aliens invade Earth
The ecosystem collapses
Particle accelerator mishap
Biotech disaster
Reversed magnetic field
Cheap rocketry
A new global epidemic
A black hole
A really big asteroid


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