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Surviving The Apocalypse

Is mankind hurtling towards apocalypse - and what's in place to help us survive it?

Steven Hawking explains why the minute hand on the Doomsay Clock has been moved closer to midnight. Are we hurtling towards apocalypse?

Also on the programme: Dr Nick Bostrum from The Future Of Humanity Institute explains how his university was set up to look big picture questions, such as the ethics of human enhancement, global catastrophic risks and related methodologies. Plus, how the Doomsday Vault in Norway would help humanity reconstruct agriculture on our planet, post-apocalypse.

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26 minutes

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project