INTRODUCING — new series A World Without …

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Philosophy, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

This season we go on a little adventure in our minds. Join Molly, Carl and Matt as we imagine what the world might be like without things like schools and sadness and punishment. Would everything be better without them?

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0:00.0	ABC, listen.
0:03.0	Hey, you two. What are you doing?
0:06.0	Oh, you know, just killing some time.
0:08.0	Yeah, we're playing that game where you choose between two weird things.
0:12.0	Ooh, like what?
0:14.0	Oh, like, uh, here's an example.
0:16.0	Molly, would you want spaghetti for hair?
0:20.0	Or the ability to hear everyone's thoughts?
0:23.0	Ooh, I need some more info first.
0:26.0	So, spaghetti's nice.
0:28.0	It would look pretty cool.
0:30.0	But, can I chop my hair off and eat it?
0:34.0	Yeah, of course.
0:36.0	Okay, okay, very tempting.
0:38.0	But, so is hearing everyone's thoughts.
0:41.0	You two are basically doing hypotheticals.
0:44.0	I love hypotheticals.
0:46.0	They're kind of one of the cornerstones of ethics and philosophy.
0:52.0	I said they're kind of one of the cornerstones of...
0:55.0	Yeah, Matt, we heard you.
0:57.0	It's just, you know, we were doing this fun thing,
1:01.0	and now it's just like a work thing.
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