What happens when a society is spread out over the vastness of space? How do you control them? How can culture be a means of structure and hierarchy? And, what happens when a society doesn't see gender?

E05 Ada Palmer - Terra Ignota

Apr 7th, 2019 1h 2m

What happens post-nation-states, post-gender, post-incarceration, and post-nuclear families? But, most of all - what happens when people stop asking questions?

E04 Dennis E Taylor - Bobiverse

Mar 7th, 2019 35m 8s

How will humanity explore space? Will we send out self-replicating AI or frozen humans? How will we handle the loneliness and time?

E03 Vanessa Fogg - Traces of Us

Mar 4th, 2019 29m 14s

What happens when we can upload minds? Will be think differently about death? Will copies be "slaves" or will they have rights?

E02 Alfred Ruth - Fermis Filter

Feb 15th, 2019 1h 2m

How will Artificial Intelligence, digitalization, and automation change society? And, what do we do in a post-labor economy. Alfred Ruth wrote a book to get everybody on board with that world and exploring Universal Basic Income. https://medium

01 Hannu Rajaniemi - Jean le Flambeur series

Jan 28th, 2019 53m 50s

In this episode we hear Hannu Rajaniemi describe the world of the Jean le Flambeur series. The game-clan like Zokus, the uploading digital-founders of the Sobernost, the Oubliette with its privacy layer and instant request of information. https