The Futurology Podcast

We’re back! In this episode, Jason P & Jason G get together to discuss the latest news in futurology. We had a great chat this week including the books we’d read since our last show, the effects of autonomous cars and the massive power of virtual reality.Book recommendationsThe Windup Girl - Paolo BacigalupiScrum - Jeff SutherlandLeviathon Wakes - James SA CoreyAvagadro Corp (and series) - William HertlingLinks discussed:5727: Uber CEO To Tesla: Sell Me Half A Million Autonomous Electric Cars In 2020(https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/3cgd0w/uber_ceo_to_tesla_sell_me_half_a_million/) - /u/Arzu19825407: China sets up first unmanned factory. Workforced decreased from 650 to 60. As a result productivity has nearly tripled and product quality up by 20%. (

We’re back! In this episode, Jason P & Jason G get together to discuss the latest news in futurology. We had a great chat this week including the books we’d read since our last show, the effects of autonomous cars and the massive power of virtual reality. Book recommendations The Windup Girl - Paolo Bacigalupi Scrum - Jeff Sutherland Leviathon Wakes - James SA Corey Avagadro Corp (and series) - William Hertling Links discussed: 5727: Uber CEO To Tesla: Sell Me Half A Million Autonomous Electric Cars In 2020(https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/3cgd0w/uber_ceo_to_tesla_sell_me_half_a_million/) - /u/Arzu1982 5407: China sets up first unmanned factory. Workforced decreased from 650 to 60. As a result productivity has nearly tripled and product quality up by 20%. (https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/3f394l/china_sets_up_first_unmanned_factory_workforced/) - /u/enl1l 5339 Stephen hawking is doing an AMA Monday July 27 at 8am ET through Tuesday, August 4 (https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/3egmjm/stephen_hawking_is_doing_an_ama_monday_july_27_at/) - ./u/Stark_Warg 3630 Kepler-452b: Earth's Bigger, Older Cousin -- Briefing Materials (https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/3ec5pb/kepler452b_earths_bigger_older_cousin_briefing/) /u/SomaPavamana 111 (https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/3g0tqp/how_virtual_reality_can_unleash_the_greatest_wave/) - /u/bostoniaa

/u/Blinkergoesleft, /u/Bostoniaa, and /u/captainmeta4 return for another installment of the Futurology Podcast. This month, rather than discuss top subreddit links, we teamed up with Ted Kupper and Jon Perry from Review the Futureto discuss the acceleration of technological progress, why it matters, and what it means to be living in a time of rapid technological development.Listen on: YouTube PodBean iTunes reddit

/u/Blinkergoesleft, /u/Bostoniaa, and /u/captainmeta4 return for another installment of the Futurology Podcast. This month, rather than discuss top subreddit links, we teamed up with Ted Kupper and Jon Perry from Review the Futureto discuss the acceleration of technological progress, why it matters, and what it means to be living in a time of rapid technological development. Listen on: YouTube PodBean iTunes reddit

Futurology Podcast - Episode 18/u/Blinkergoesleft, /u/Bostoniaa, and /u/captainmeta4 return for another installment of the Futurology Podcast, running down December's top posts and hashing out some futurist philosophy.Reading recommendations: A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge - /u/captainmeta4 Top Links of December 4353 - So this guy detected an exoplanet with household equipment, some plywood, an Arduino, and a normal digital camera that you can buy in a store. Then made a video explaining how he did it and distributed it across the globe at practically zero cost. Now tell me we don't live in the future. - /u/federicopistono 3484 - Iowa to allow citizens to use a smartphone app as their official drivers license - /u/raldi 2580 - Humans May Be Causing the Sixth Great Extinction in Half a Billion Years - /u/section43 1534 - Proof that The End of Moore’s Law is Not The End of The Singularity. The sixth paradigm that will provide exponential growth of computing will be to go from 2D integrated circuits to 3D integrated circuits. DiscussionThis question was sent to us by 

Futurology Podcast - Episode 18 /u/Blinkergoesleft, /u/Bostoniaa, and /u/captainmeta4 return for another installment of the Futurology Podcast, running down December's top posts and hashing out some futurist philosophy. Reading recommendations: A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge - /u/captainmeta4 Top Links of December 4353 - So this guy detected an exoplanet with household equipment, some plywood, an Arduino, and a normal digital camera that you can buy in a store. Then made a video explaining how he did it and distributed it across the globe at practically zero cost. Now tell me we don't live in the future. - /u/federicopistono 3484 - Iowa to allow citizens to use a smartphone app as their official drivers license - /u/raldi 2580 - Humans May Be Causing the Sixth Great Extinction in Half a Billion Years - /u/section43 1534 - Proof that The End of Moore’s Law is Not The End of The Singularity. The sixth paradigm that will provide exponential growth of computing will be to go from 2D integrated circuits to 3D integrated circuits. Discussion This question was sent to us by /u/Architect101: This is an idea/topic you might find interesting to discuss on the podcast. Similarities between the faith of a Religious person and the confidence in a better tomorrow of a Futurist. I recently spoke with a skeptical friend who saw my view of the future (including ideas of transhumanism, singularity, and general futurology) unlikely to come to fruition. He humorously compared my confidence in a better future to the faith of a Southern Baptist. Anyway, thanks for the work you do for the podcast, it is appreciated. P.S. I started reading "Rainbows End" by Vernor Vinge after hearing you guys talk about the fiction and nonfiction recommendations; "Abundance: the future is better than you think" is already sitting next to my Kurzweil books. Listen! YouTube PodBean iTunes

Last week /u/Bostoniaa and /u/Blinkergoesleft ran down /r/Futurology's highest rated links. We also gave out two Futurist reading recommendations, Non-fiction and SciFi.Bostoniaa's Recommendations: Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think Rainbows End Blinker's Recommendations: The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind The Transhumanist Wager The links we covered are as follows: 4525 - Elon Musk's SpaceX working on hundreds of advanced micro-satellites to bring 'unfettered' global internet access. Announcement in 2-3 months. - /u/EchoLogic 3811 - Scientists reverse ageing process in mice; early human trials showing 'promising results' - /u/key95 2975 ‘Imagination gap’: We need more radical science fiction to inspire future technology - /u/xperia3310

Last week /u/Bostoniaa and /u/Blinkergoesleft ran down /r/Futurology's highest rated links. We also gave out two Futurist reading recommendations, Non-fiction and SciFi. Bostoniaa's Recommendations: Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think Rainbows End Blinker's Recommendations: The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind The Transhumanist Wager The links we covered are as follows: 4525 - Elon Musk's SpaceX working on hundreds of advanced micro-satellites to bring 'unfettered' global internet access. Announcement in 2-3 months. - /u/EchoLogic 3811 - Scientists reverse ageing process in mice; early human trials showing 'promising results' - /u/key95 2975 ‘Imagination gap’: We need more radical science fiction to inspire future technology - /u/xperia3310 1364 Convolutional Neural Networks for Visual Recognition - /u/DaveBowman 1363 Are we on the brink of creating artificial life? Scientists digitise the brain of a WORM and place it inside a robot - /u/IntelligenceIsReal You can listen on Podbean, YouTube, iTunes, and Stitcher. If you review us on iTunes, we'll quote you in the next episode. Send a Tweet or message to myself or Bostoniaa if you want to come on as a guest!

Today Blinkergoesleft was once again joined by Futurology mods Bostoniaa and CaptainMeta4 for the monthly recap of links submitted to reddit.com/r/futurology.  The top three links are the highest voted and the last two were chosen by the mods.3848 - Elon Musk Is Right: Colonizing the Solar System Is Humankind's Insurance Policy Against Extinction - Mooraell 3422 - World’s First Airborne Wind Turbine to Bring Renewable Energy and WiFi to Alaska - dirk_bruere 3142 - American Schools Are Training Kids for a World That Doesn’t Exist - gari-soflo 68 - The Three Breakthroughs That Have Finally Unleashed AI on the World - OmegaBiT 3 - How Four Technologies Will Carry The Weight Of War - gari-sofloIf you'd like to be a guest please msg Blinkergoesleft on reddit or Twitter.  This podcast is also available on YouTube.

Today Blinkergoesleft was once again joined by Futurology mods Bostoniaa and CaptainMeta4 for the monthly recap of links submitted to reddit.com/r/futurology.  The top three links are the highest voted and the last two were chosen by the mods. 3848- Elon Musk Is Right: Colonizing the Solar System Is Humankind's Insurance Policy Against Extinction - Mooraell 3422- World’s First Airborne Wind Turbine to Bring Renewable Energy and WiFi to Alaska - dirk_bruere 3142- American Schools Are Training Kids for a World That Doesn’t Exist - gari-soflo 68- The Three Breakthroughs That Have Finally Unleashed AI on the World - OmegaBiT   3- How Four Technologies Will Carry The Weight Of War - gari-soflo If you'd like to be a guest please msg Blinkergoeslefton reddit or Twitter.  This podcast is also available on YouTube.

This month's guests included fellow futurology mods Bostoniaa and Captainmeta4.   5414 - Over 100,000 people in Hong Kong downloaded FireChat, a messaging app that works even when internet or mobile coverage has been shut down... by bluetooth-spreading across nearby phones - Philipp  4001 - Human DNA belongs to no one - it shouldn't be patented - Djandgo  3832 - Google's self-driving cars are now allowed on all roads in California - theinternetism   137 - The assault rifle you can make at home: Inventor of 3D printed plastic gun reveals $1200 ‘ghost gunner’ milling machine - Saki17   63 - Oculus VR Unveils New Model of Rift ("Crescent Bay") - ninthway YouTube mirror here, iTunes here. If you want to come on the podcast, let me know.

This month's guests included fellow futurology mods Bostoniaa and Captainmeta4.   5414 - Over 100,000 people in Hong Kong downloaded FireChat, a messaging app that works even when internet or mobile coverage has been shut down... by bluetooth-spreading across nearby phones - Philipp  4001 - Human DNA belongs to no one - it shouldn't be patented - Djandgo  3832 - Google's self-driving cars are now allowed on all roads in California - theinternetism   137 - The assault rifle you can make at home: Inventor of 3D printed plastic gun reveals $1200 ‘ghost gunner’ milling machine - Saki17   63 - Oculus VR Unveils New Model of Rift ("Crescent Bay") - ninthway  YouTube mirror here, iTunes here. If you want to come on the podcast, let me know.

This month we had special guest Jason Ganz aka Bostoniaa on the show to recap the top 5 links. We also talked about the journey this subreddit has taken and how it went from a few hundred subscribers to 1 million + in two years.   2724 - Nasa validates 'impossible' space drive (Wired UK) - czottmann  2511- Biohackers declare initial success in biologically extending the range of human vision into the near infrared - czottmann  2475 - If Schools Don't Change, Robots Will Bring On a 'Permanent Underclass'- ImLivingAmongYou  2281 - If driverless cars save lives, where will we get organs? It's a dark thought, and the sort of thing only a futurist would think of. - es-335  192 - Google's New A.I. Ethics Board Might Save Humanity From Extinction - elonc To discuss these stories hit us up on reddit/r/futurology, and YouTube.  You can also follow Bostoniaa @jasnonaz or Blinkergoesleft @Regretful,

This month we had special guest Jason Ganz aka Bostoniaa on the show to recap the top 5 links. We also talked about the journey this subreddit has taken and how it went from a few hundred subscribers to 1 million + in two years.   2724 - Nasa validates 'impossible' space drive (Wired UK) - czottmann  2511- Biohackers declare initial success in biologically extending the range of human vision into the near infrared - czottmann  2475 - If Schools Don't Change, Robots Will Bring On a 'Permanent Underclass'- ImLivingAmongYou  2281 - If driverless cars save lives, where will we get organs? It's a dark thought, and the sort of thing only a futurist would think of. - es-335  192 - Google's New A.I. Ethics Board Might Save Humanity From Extinction - elonc To discuss these stories hit us up on reddit/r/futurology, and YouTube.  You can also follow Bostoniaa @jasnonaz or Blinkergoesleft @Regretful,

In this episode, Alex and Jason were joined by Tom (moderator Ion-Tom) to talk about his time at the Seattle Futurist meetup.  For those of you following nuclear fusion, this will be interesting.  As far as the top links go, here they are in order.  We took out a story about UBI (universal basic income) due to the fact that we'd like to have a full debate without the same old circle jerk.  We need one volunteer to represent the pros of UBI and one who is against it.  On the next podcast we'll hopefully get some solid points from each side. 1823 - This Woman Invented a Way to Run 30 Lab Tests on Only One Drop of Blood - aeo1003 1448 - Mind-controlled robotic suit exoskeleton will allow a paralyzed teen to kick off the first ball in this year's FIFA World Cup in Brazil - _trendspotter 1269 - Michio Kaku blew everyone's minds on the Daily Show last night - creativeembassy 1142 - Power-Generating Nanoribbons Implanted on the Heart - bob_toe_nail 961 - Clerics Issue Fatwa: Muslims Can't Live On Mars - Simcurious Hosts: Blinkergoesleft - @Regretful SpeakMouthWords - @SpeakMouthWords Ion-Tom - @TomRiecken