Futurology Podcast Episode 17




The Futurology Podcast show

Summary: <p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Last week <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/Blinkergoesleft" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">/u/Blinkergoesleft</a> ran down <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">/r/Futurology</a>'s highest rated links. We also gave out two Futurist reading recommendations, Non-fiction and SciFi.</p><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Bostoniaa's Recommendations:</p><ol style="margin: 10px 2em 10px 3em; padding: 0px; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Abundance-Future-Better-Than-Think/dp/1451614217" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think</a></li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rainbows-End-Vernor-Vinge/dp/0812536363" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">Rainbows End</a></li> </ol><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Blinker's Recommendations:</p><ol style="margin: 10px 2em 10px 3em; padding: 0px; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Future-Mind-Scientific-Understand-Enhance/dp/038553082X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1418174284&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=michio+kaku" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind</a></li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Transhumanist-Wager-Zoltan-Istvan-ebook/dp/B00AQQSY60/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1418174355&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=transhumanist+wager" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">The Transhumanist Wager</a></li> </ol><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The links we covered are as follows:</p><ol style="margin: 10px 2em 10px 3em; 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;"><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/2lxfku/elon_musks_spacex_working_on_hundreds_of_advanced/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">4525</a> - Elon Musk's SpaceX working on hundreds of advanced micro-satellites to bring 'unfettered' global internet access. Announcement in 2-3 months. - <a href="http://www.reddit.com/u/EchoLogic" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">/u/EchoLogic</a></p></li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/2l8x1d/scientists_reverse_ageing_process_in_mice_early/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">3811</a> - Scientists reverse ageing process in mice; early human trials showing 'promising results' - <a href="http://www.reddit.com/u/key95" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">/u/key95</a></p></li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/2mkj3o/imagination_gap_we_need_more_radical_science/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">2975</a> ‘Imagination gap’: We need more radical science fiction to inspire future technology - <a href="http://www.reddit.com/u/xperia3310" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51,102,153);">/u/xperia3310</a></p></li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0;"></p></li> </ol>