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Get Neil deGrasse Tyson on The Beyond Tomorrow Podcast with Julian Issa!

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The future feels exciting but a little scary. We're here to help guide you through it. How? 1. Building stronger, more abundant mindsets. 2. Shining a spotlight on the technologies of tomorrow. 3. Identifying the latest longevity & health protocols. Health, longevity, human potential and AI. It's great to have you here.Julian
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'We are stardust' is a physics claim doing philosophical work
The line is famous because it collapses cosmology and meaning into one sentence. Worth exploring how he thinks about the boundary between what the science licenses and what people hear in it.
The spinoff argument undersells basic research
Defending pure science by pointing to consumer products is a rhetorical concession that the knowledge itself wasn't worth funding. A useful provocation: would he defend curiosity-driven research with no downstream payoff at all?
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Planetary defense is the existential risk nobody is scared enough of
Asteroid deflection is a rare problem with a clear engineering answer and a clear failure mode, yet it barely registers in public risk perception. It's a good entry point for a conversation about which threats humans systematically underweight.