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The Population Bomb (Entry 966.GE2803)

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Society & Culture, History

4.62.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2024

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

In which centuries of sterilization-happy doomsayers fail to predict a game-changing revolution in wheat, and Ken thinks Pakistan wants John to clean out his fridge. Certificate #2037.

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We are receiving this time

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and uh

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receiving this message

0:10.0

We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick

0:14.0

We speak to you from our present, which we can only assume is your distant past

0:18.0

The turbulent time that was the early 21st century Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization,

0:24.6

we began this monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

0:28.6

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

0:34.6

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology

0:39.4

to decrypt our transmissions, this is our legacy to you.

0:43.3

This is our time capsule. This is the omnibus.

0:47.1

This is the omnibus. You have accessed and You have accessed entry 966.G.E. 2803. Certificate number 2037. The population bomb.

1:26.9

Because you murdered half the planet.

1:29.5

A small price to pay for salvation.

1:32.4

You're insane.

1:33.5

Ken, you know probably as well as anyone,

1:37.0

how concerned I am about climate change.

1:40.0

It's kind of your main thing.

1:41.8

Like, do you have a thing in front of your house that says, in this house, climate change is real?

1:46.9

Because maybe you should get one of those and then we would know how sincere your liberal bona fides are.

1:51.5

In my house, the climate changes all the time.

1:54.6

Because you leave the doors open?

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