In this episode, we explore why some of history's most important ethical warnings - from J. Robert Oppenheimer to Herman Kahn - were ignored, dismissed, or simply too uncomfortable for society to process.

Oppenheimer feared the moral consequences of the atomic age. Kahn, in contrast, forced the world tho imagine "unthinkable futures", mapping scenarios that leaders preferred not to see.

Together, they reveal a profound truth: A future we refuse to imagine is a future we cannot responsibly shape.

Guided by behavioural science, we look at how cognitive biases - availability bias, cognitive strain, in-group bias - can cause leaders and societies to silence the very voices trying to protect them. And we examine the psychological limits of how humans understand risk, possibility, and responsibility.

But this episode also brings us back to our shared humanity.

This episode invites you to rethink how ethical foresight, behavioural science and human connection intersect - and what becomes possible when we actually listen.