Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

  • Premiered: Jul 2013
  • Episodes: 212
  • Followers: 4
  • Running
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  • Animation Documentary

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Season 2017
2017x1
Why Earth Is a Prison and How to Escape It
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Feb 01, 2017
We are trapped on Earth. Controlled by an ancient debt to the universe...
2017x2
Do Robots Deserve Rights? What If Machines Become Conscious?
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Feb 23, 2017
What shall we do once machines become conscious? Do we need to grant them rights?
2017x3
Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food
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Mar 30, 2017
Are GMOs bad for your health? Or is this fear unfounded?
2017x4
Is the European Union Worth It or Should We End It?
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Apr 13, 2017
Should we double down or give up and go our separate ways?
2017x5
The Last Light Before Eternal Darkness — White Dwarfs & Black Dwarfs
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May 04, 2017
Everything will end. Even the universe. But in a future so far away that it defies description, there will still be light and therefore a chance for life. It will be around white dwarfs, the corpses of stars. But even they will fade one day...
2017x6
The Rise of the Machines — Why Automation Is Different This Time
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Jun 08, 2017
Automation in the Information Age is different.
2017x7
Optimistic Nihilism
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Jul 26, 2017
The philosophy of Kurzgesagt.
2017x8
What Happens If We Throw an Elephant From a Skyscraper? (The Size of Life #1)
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Aug 10, 2017
Size is the most under appreciated regulator of living things. Let us demonstrate that by throwing animals from buildings.
2017x9
Why Black Holes Could Delete the Universe — The Information Paradox
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Aug 24, 2017
Black holes are scary things. But they also might reveal the true nature of the universe to us.
2017x10
What Happens If We Bring the Sun to Earth?
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Sep 07, 2017
What happens if we bring the sun to earth? No, seriously.
2017x11
Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument
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Sep 21, 2017
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2017x12
How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body — The Microbiome
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Oct 05, 2017
What happens when microbes talk to your brain?
2017x13
Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?
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Oct 20, 2017
If you could decide today... how long do you want to live?
2017x14
How to Cure Aging — During Your Lifetime?
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Nov 03, 2017
What if we could stop aging forever?
2017x15
Emergence — How Stupid Things Become Smart Together
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Nov 16, 2017
How can many stupid things combine to form smart things? How can proteins become living cells? How become lots of ants a colony? What is emergence?
2017x16
Universal Basic Income Explained — Free Money for Everybody?
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Dec 07, 2017
What is UBI? How would free money change our lives.
2017x17 Season finale
How to Make an Elephant Explode (The Size of Life #2)
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Dec 21, 2017
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