Lifeboat Foundation

The afterlife Jones made.

For as long as we have had history and likely before, people have contemplated a life after this one, but might we one day create artificial afterlives? And if so, will we create heavens or hells?\
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Credits:\
Artificial Afterlives \
Science \& Futurism with Isaac Arthur\
Episode 399, June 15, 2023\
Written, Produced \& Narrated by Isaac Arthur\
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Editors:\
Dillon Olander\
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Graphics by: \
Jeremy Jozwik\
Ken York\
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Music Courtesy of\
Markus Junnikkala, \

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