Kurt Vonnegut’s contribution to science, and tunas and sharks as ecosystem indicators

<p>On this week’s show: How sci-fi writer Kurt Vonnegut foresaw many of today’s ethical dilemmas, and 70 years of tunas, billfishes, and sharks as sentinels of global ocean health</p> <p>First up this week on the podcast, we revisit the works of science fiction author <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut">Kurt Vonneugt</a> on what would have been his 100th birthday. News Intern <a href="https://www.zacksavitsky.com/">Zack Savitsky</a> and host Sarah Crespi discuss the work of ethicists, philosophers, and Vonnegut scholars on <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adf7410">his influence on the ethics and practice of science</a>.</p> <p>Researchers featured in this segment:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://ppverbeek.org/">Peter-Paul Verbeek</a>, a philosopher of science and technology at the University of Amsterdam and chair of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology</li> <li><a href="https://ethicsandtechnology.eu/member/david-koepsell/">David Koepsell</a>, a philosopher of science and technology at Texas A&amp;M University, College Station</li> <li><a href="https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/english/faculty/Christina-Jarvis">Christina Jarvis</a>, a Vonnegut scholar at the State University of New York, Fredonia, and author of the new book <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/lucky-mud-other-foma-a-field-guide-to-kurt-vonnegut-s-environmentalism-and-planetary-citizenship-christina-jarvis/18074843">Lucky Mud &amp; Other Foma: A Field Guide to Kurt Vonnegut’s Environmentalism and Planetary Citizenship</a></em></li> <li><a href="https://sheilajasanoff.org/">Sheila Jasanoff</a>, a science studies scholar at Harvard University</li> </ul> <p>Next, producer Kevin McLean discusses the <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abj0211">connection between fishing pressure and extinction risk for large predatory fish</a> such as tunas and sharks. He’s joined by <a href="http://mariajosejuanjorda