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Sinisterhood

Episode 170: The Transhumanism Movement

Sinisterhood

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True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.86.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Benjamin Franklin once said, “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” While this group of genius thinkers may not be able to stop the inevitability of taxes, they’re working together to eliminate that relentless foe who comes for us all - death. Will technology enable us to outrun our impending demise? And will it happen sooner rather than later?


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Benjamin Franklin once said, in this world, nothing can be said to be certain except death

1:04.0

and taxes. While this group of genius thinkers may not be able to stop the inevitability

1:08.4

of taxes, they're working together to eliminate that relentless foe who comes for us all.

1:13.4

Death. Will technology enable us to outrun our impending demise and will it happen sooner

1:18.0

rather than later? This week's episode is The Transhumanism Movement.

1:48.0

If you could pick one, would you rather never have to pay taxes or live for eternity?

2:05.5

Never have to pay taxes. But then that's finite. Live in high on the hog while it lasts

2:12.7

and then bounce or you pay taxes forever. I guess it's the other the flip side of that.

2:21.9

For real. Although eventually robots are overlords and probably taxes are eliminated and we

2:28.0

have to pay in, I don't know, nuts and bolts or something to become our currency.

2:33.5

It's a robots eat the nuts and bolts. I love the idea that everything will be solar powered.

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