Episode #1539

Jenny Kleeman

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Journalist and documentarian Jenny Kleeman discusses how artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, sex robots, and artificial reproduction may affect identity, relationships, and society. She and Joe Rogan also examine meat production, plant-based and lab-grown food, farming, overpopulation, diet, and health, alongside assisted dying, drug policy, psychedelics, and critical thinking in an increasingly polarized world.

What they talked about

  • Sex robots and their societal implications
  • Neuralink and the future of human augmentation
  • Genetic engineering and CRISPR concerns
  • The ethics of lab-grown meat
  • Overfishing and ocean depletion
  • Carnivore diet and meat consumption debate
  • Right-to-die laws and assisted suicide
  • Psychedelics and drug policy reform

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