Awesome Exurb1a

Not to be confused with the similarly-named song by The Smiths, modern-day philosopher exurb1a is back to fill our brains with another fascinating perspective on our existence. Along the way, he challenges our perceptions of time, place, and self and explains the basic concepts of metaphysics.

(PG-13: Language) As artificial intelligence tech gets more capable, there are many ethical questions that humanity will have to deal with. Among them is how we will treat AI if and when they become conscious. Philosopher exurb1a explores the challenges we’ll face figuring that out, along with some of the many dangers of AI tech.

Most forecasts focus on weather stats like temperature, winds, and precipitation. But exurb1a’s forecast takes an all-encompassing approach by predicting what will happen to every living thing on Earth, the Solar System, and throughout the observable universe. A fun watch for data and trivia geeks.

(PG-13: Language) After a bit of a hiatus, exurb1a is back with another fascinating story. This time, it’s a fable about a frog and a scorpion, but is actually so much more, taking on the very fabric of society and people’s unwillingness to look past their own belief systems.

(PG-13: Language) Modern day philosopher exurb1a offers a rambling, but still captivating essay that covers everything from the history of human civilization, how we’re not really as smart as we think, how not to win an argument, and how compassion is core to our very existence.

(PG-13: Language) exurb1a presents the deepest monologue he’s ever created, a poetic work of allegorical science fiction about a young man who searches for wisdom and insight while seeking to find his grandfather. But as he reaches his destination, the truth is revealed about his long, long journey.

Amateur philosopher and space enthusiast exurb1a reminisces about the history of lunar exploration, from the Apollo missions through NASA’s plans to return to the moon in the 21st century. Along the way, you’ll learn a thing or two about the moon’s origins, its relationship to Earth, and more.

(PG-13: Language) “Science is just magic that works.” exurb1a talks us through the strange science that explains how two pickles placed apart from each other have actually traveled through time at infinitesimally different speeds. Stick around until the end and you might actually learn a thing or two about physics.

exurb1a shares a charming and mind-expanding tale of a tiny ant who finds his way onto the page of a book, and has some big questions about the meaning of life for the giant looking down on its pages.

(PG-13: Language) Exurb1a points out that most of the things we do, think and feel – from crucial activities like breathing, to walking and even our interests and fears – are subconscious or done automatically. But he argues that being self-aware is enough of a victory.

(PG-13: Language) “…the cynics will be forgotten just as readily as your failures will be too.” Exurb1a names a few famous and infamous people before warning us not to be afraid of failing or being ridiculed, but of not using our limited time to its fullest.

(PG-13: Language) Exurb1a rushes through evolution and genetics to share a thought: if mental illnesses can be genetically edited out of us, should we do it? It’s hard to say without knowing the consequences, but a world where misery is extinct certainly sounds wonderful.

(PG-13: Language) “The universe is as mad as a bucket of coked-up ferrets.” Exurb1a looks at universal constants and laws of physics which provide us with context for everything, and help us make sense out of the seemingly random nature of things.

(PG-13: Language) Even though he believes time travel will kill anyone who attempts it, exurb1a created a guide on how you can use it to rule over humanity. Here’s what you should pack, what you should do, and the two ways that you can go about it.

(PG-13: Language) There were human species before us, each of which is now extinct. Evolution led to us homo sapiens, who have managed to hang on largely because of our ability to communicate. exurb1a provides his cynical take on the state of the human race.

(PG-13: Language) “Because it’s better to be right than to be nice.” Exurb1a sarcastically imagines a not so improbable dystopia where humans can speak only to those with whom they agree, isolated from everyone else with a differing opinion or thought.

(PG-13: Language) “Technology’s just nature we taught to do cool tricks.” Exurb1a reminds us that the technology we use everyday isn’t unfathomable – by breaking down some of the gadgets we use everyday, such as watches, airplanes and computers.

(PG-13: Language) Exurb1a goes on another Exurb1an soliloquy about existence, and how our planet is in that rare sweet spot. And we who are lucky, who have never known anything else, have a song we like to sing.

(PG-13: Language) The Awesomer’s writing team has long since said farewell to their twenties, but we definitely could have used some of the words from exurb1a’s reference guide, which includes terms which could come in handy to describe the trauma of that youthful decade.

(PG-13: Language) “Because this is our condition – balancing between animals and gods.” Exurb1a presents his theory about the key to making a good story (particularly a movie). It’s a mix of feelings, pictures, and ideas.

(PG-13: Language) “Sometimes, only sometimes. All the time would be too much. Never would be too little.” Near the end of the universe, a bear and a goose – both nigh-omnipotent – ponder what a better universe would be like, and decide to act on their ideas.

(PG-13: Language) exurb1a performs a grand thought experiment in order to argue that said situation should remain theoretical. He considers the ethical, medical, technological, social and existential consequences if we were able to create digital copies of ourselves.

(PG-13: Language) “So what happens now? Do I get wings, or what?” exurb1a considers what might lie before us when we reach the end of the road of life. We’ll just say this – it’s not exactly what you might have learned in Sunday school.