Aperture
Your window to the Bigger Picture. This channel is about philosophy, psychology, and society, where we explore the deep questions of existence and where humanity is headed.
Here’s what you’ll find:
- Big ideas about consciousness, meaning, and what it means to be alive
- Discussions about life, death, purpose, and what we value
- Explorations of the impact of artificial intelligence, the singularity, and technological change
- Theories and stories that help you see how the present links to our future
If you’ve ever wondered why we exist, what shapes our reality, or where all of this is going, this is for you. Subscribe to Aperture and be part of thinking about humanity’s next chapters.
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Our latest episode walks through every level of intelligence, from the first primitive organisms to the moment we stop being the smartest thing on Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH_Bt... #Aperture
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We told you entropy means "disorder increases." That phrase isn't wrong, but it's misleading enough that we owed you a correction. Our latest marathon revisits what the second law of thermodynamics actually says, and what it means for the universe's ultimate fate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF5WF... #Aperture
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You've always thought of yourself as separate from everything else. Alan Watts spent his life arguing that's the one lie you were never supposed to see through. Our latest episode covers his theory that you, me, animals, even rocks, are all one being wearing different masks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEEgH... #Aperture
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If you found definitive proof reality is a simulation, would you want to keep living in it? #Aperture
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You are not separate from the universe watching it happen. You may be the only way it happens at all. Our latest marathon episode traces that idea through Spinoza, the Great Filter, and a paradox that breaks quantum reality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAa6A... #Aperture
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If you could permanently erase one negative emotion from human experience, which would you choose? Defend your choice in the comments! 🔽 #Aperture
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Fire made us human. Farming made us civilization. Coal, oil, and electricity rebuilt the world each time. We're still not done. Our latest episode traces the pattern behind every leap humanity has ever made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JceXi... #Aperture
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A hundred dollar bill and a blank piece of paper are made of the same thing, but only one of them has worth. Why is that? In our latest marathon, we take a deep dive into the parts of the world that shouldn't be uncovered: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRWDz... #Aperture
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If every cell in your body and every memory you have could be transferred into a new body, would that still be you? Defend your answer in the comments ⬇️ #Aperture
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Somewhere in your head is a thought you never agreed to. It was there before you could even question it. Our latest episode traces where that voice comes from, and what actually makes it quiet down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMtN9... #Aperture
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