The world's got issues and it sometimes feels like no ordinary idea could solve them.

So what about some extraordinary ideas?

What if self-driving cars meant no gridlock and no accidents.

They will never be distracted.

They won't ever be driving under the influence.

What if scientists fixed climate change forever?

We're going to spray sulfuric acid in the atmosphere,

and that's going to reduce global warming.

What if new medicines made death optional?

The big question is, why do we age?

And I think we've solved it.

I'm Derek Thompson, a staff writer at the Atlantic.

On season two of Crazy Genius, could these radical ideas save the world?

Yes. ideas save the world? Yes and no.

I have a list of 27 reasons why it might not be a good idea.

That's a lot of reasons.

I'm not completely comfortable with that.

If I may answer your question by changing the question.

Whose hand would be on the planetary thermostat?

My biggest fear is that this technology will be exploited politically.

Okay, so maybe fixing big problems isn't easy, but we're going to try anyway.

The second season of Crazy Genius will be back on August 30th.

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