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The Last Question by Isaac Asimov ep.136

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Includes mentions of SpaceArtificial IntelligenceDeep TimeExistential themes

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Tonight, we take on Isaac Asimov's own favourite story — a tale that begins with a single question put to the world's most powerful computer, then follows that question across trillions of years and the slow death of stars. It ends somewhere you won't expect.

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