Summary: <h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51,102,153); font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Futurology Podcast - Episode 18</h2><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.reddit.com/u/Blinkergoesleft" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">/u/Blinkergoesleft</a>, <a href="http://www.reddit.com/u/Bostoniaa" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">/u/Bostoniaa</a>, and <a href="http://www.reddit.com/u/captainmeta4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">/u/captainmeta4</a> return for another installment of the Futurology Podcast, running down December's top posts and hashing out some futurist philosophy.</p><h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51,102,153); font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Reading recommendations:</h2><ul style="margin: 10px 2em; padding: 0px; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fire-Upon-Deep-Zones-Thought/dp/0812515285" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">A Fire Upon the Deep</a> by Vernor Vinge - <a href="http://www.reddit.com/u/captainmeta4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">/u/captainmeta4</a> </li></ul><h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51,102,153); font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Top Links of December</h2><ul style="margin: 10px 2em; padding: 0px; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;">4353 - <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/2pctq3/so_this_guy_detected_an_exoplanet_with_household/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">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.</a> - <a href="http://www.reddit.com/u/federicopistono" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">/u/federicopistono</a></p></li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;">3484 - <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/2oz1o3/iowa_to_allow_citizens_to_use_a_smartphone_app_as/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">Iowa to allow citizens to use a smartphone app as their official drivers license</a> - <a href="http://www.reddit.com/u/raldi" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">/u/raldi</a></p></li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;">2580 - <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/2pkaw6/humans_may_be_causing_the_sixth_great_extinction/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">Humans May Be Causing the Sixth Great Extinction in Half a Billion Years</a> - <a href="http://www.reddit.com/u/section43" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">/u/section43</a></p></li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;">1534 - <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/2ogns9/proof_that_the_end_of_moores_law_is_not_the_end/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">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.</a></p></li> </ul><h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51,102,153); font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Discussion</h2><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This question was sent to us by <a href="http://www.redd"></a></p>
