Andy Miah on Esports, Immersive Tech & the Gamification of Health & Fitness w/ Luke Robert Mason Luke Robert Mason 2026-09-21 | Andy Miah on Esports, Immersive Tech & the Gamification of Health & Fitness w/ Luke Robert Mason
Is Silicon Valley’s Vision of the Future Unavoidable? Luke Robert Mason 2025-08-27 | 💭 Pierre-Christophe Gam joined me on the FUTURES Podcast - recorded live at Dubai Future Forum in the Museum of the Future - to explore how we imagine futures.
This #AI Lets You Talk to Your Future Self 👨🦳👵🤖 Luke Robert Mason 2025-05-13 | 🧠 What if you could talk to an AI-generated version of your future self?🤖 @MITMediaLab’s Pattie Maes joined me on the FUTURES Podcast - recorded live at @DubaiFutureForum for @dubaifuturefoundation2066 in the @museumofthefuture - to explore how AI might help us become the best version of ourselves by reshaping how we think about our long-term decisions.
AI Should Enhance Human Thinking 🤖📈🧠 Luke Robert Mason 2025-02-17 | “I think we should design interactions where the #AI engages you more in thinking about the topic.” - Pattie Maes, @MITMediaLab
Applied Science Fiction w/ Stephen Oram | FUTURES Podcast #84 Luke Robert Mason 2025-02-17 | Science Fiction Author Stephen Oram shares his insights on collaborating with scientists to transform research into speculative storytelling, using near-future fiction to explore the ethical implications of emerging technology, and leveraging narrative to foster public engagement with science. Stephen Oram writes near-future science fiction, exploring the intersection of messy humans and imperfect technology. He also works with scientists and technologists on projects that explore possible future outcomes of their research through short stories. He is published in several anthologies, including the Best of British Science Fiction 2020 and 2022, and has two published novels and three collections of sci-fi shorts. His recent collection – Extracting Humanity – includes stories from the projects with scientists.📄 Transcript & Show Notes: futurespodcast.net/episodes/84-stephen-oram🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #ScienceFiction #nearfuture #StephenOram
Why Machines Can’t Replace Us w/ Neil Lawrence | FUTURES Podcast #83 Luke Robert Mason 2025-02-03 | Computer Scientist Neil Lawrence shares his insights on what machine intelligence can teach us about being human, the risks of relying on technologies that prioritise efficiency and scalability over ethics, and the hubris of efforts to extend or upload human consciousness using AI.Neil Lawrence is the inaugural DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Cambridge. He has been working on machine learning models for over 20 years. He recently returned to academia after three years as Director of Machine Learning at Amazon. His main interest is the interaction of machine learning with the physical world. This interest was triggered by deploying machine learning in the African context, where ‘end-to-end’ solutions are normally required. This has inspired new research directions at the interface of machine learning and systems research, this work is funded by a Senior AI Fellowship from the Alan Turing Institute. Neil is also visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield and the co-host of Talking Machines.📄 Transcript & Show Notes: futurespodcast.net/episodes/83-neil-lawrence🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #AI #machinelearning #AtomicHuman
Liam Young on Prototyping Near-Future Worlds w/ Luke Robert Mason | Dubai Future Forum 2024 Luke Robert Mason 2025-01-29 | Bonus episode of the FUTURES Podcast recorded live from the @DubaiFutureForum at the @museumofthefuture in partnership with the @dubaifuturefoundation2066 on 20 November 2024.Architect Liam Young shares his thoughts on how science fiction can be a powerful tool for prototyping new possibilities, why problems like climate change urgently need planetary-scale solutions, and how speculative design can inspire meaningful cultural transformation. Liam Young is a designer, director, and BAFTA-nominated producer who operates in the spaces between design, fiction, and futures. Described by the BBC as ‘the man designing our futures’, his visionary films and speculative worlds are both extraordinary images of tomorrow and urgent examinations of the environmental questions facing us today. As a world-builder, he visualises the cities, spaces, and props of our imaginary futures for the film and television industry. His own films have premiered with platforms ranging from Channel 4, Apple+, SxSW, Tribeca, the New York Metropolitan Museum, The Royal Academy, Venice Biennale, the BBC, and The Guardian.📄 Transcript & Show Notes: http://futurespodcast.net/episodes/bonus-liam-young🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🎥 Videography by Dubai Future Foundation🔴 Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #JaneLawton #EarthSpeciesProject #museumofthefuture #museumofthefuturedubai #dubaifuture #science #technology #podcast #dubailife #dubai
Jane Lawton on Decoding Animal Communication w/ Luke Robert Mason | Dubai Future Forum 2024 Luke Robert Mason 2025-01-22 | Bonus episode of the FUTURES Podcast recorded live from the @DubaiFutureForum at the @museumofthefuture in partnership with the @dubaifuturefoundation2066 on 20 November 2024.Earth Species Project’s Jane Lawton shares her insights on how artificial intelligence is used to decode animal communication, how new technology challenges human-centric views of intelligence, and how the ‘voices’ of other species can inform conservation efforts and influence rights-for-nature debates. Jane Lawton has over 30 years of international experience working with leading organisations focused on sustainable development and nature conservation. Throughout her career, she has explored various pathways to solve the complex puzzle of living sustainably on Earth. She has held senior roles in Asia, Europe, and North America, working with organisations such as Forum for the Future, The B Team, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), the Nature Conservancy of Canada, and the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada. She is currently Director of Impact at the Earth Species Project, a non-profit focused on using AI to decode animal communication with the ultimate goal of transforming how humans relate to the rest of nature.📄 Transcript & Show Notes: http://futurespodcast.net/episodes/bonus-jane-lawton🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🎥 Videography by Dubai Future Foundation🔴 Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #JaneLawton #EarthSpeciesProject #museumofthefuture #museumofthefuturedubai #dubaifuture #science #technology #podcast #dubailife #dubai
Koert van Mensvoort on Merging Technology & Nature w/ Luke Robert Mason | Dubai Future Forum 2024 Luke Robert Mason 2025-01-20 | Bonus episode of the FUTURES Podcast recorded live from the @DubaiFutureForum at the @museumofthefuture in partnership with the @dubaifuturefoundation2066 on 20 November 2024.Philosopher Koert van Mensvoort shares his insights into humanity’s ever-evolving relationship with nature, how integrating technology and biology can support ecology, and the possibility of becoming an interplanetary species.Koert van Mensvoort is an artist and philosopher best known for his work on the philosophical concept of Next Nature, which revolves around the idea that our technological environment has become so complex, omnipresent, and autonomous that it is best perceived as a nature of its own. He is the Director of the Next Nature Network. Koert aims to better understand our co-evolutionary relationship with technology and to help set a track towards a future that is rewarding for both humankind and the planet.📄 Transcript & Show Notes: http://futurespodcast.net/episodes/bonus-koert-van-mensvoort🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🎥 Videography by Dubai Future Foundation🔴 Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #KoertvanMensvoort #NextNature #museumofthefuture #museumofthefuturedubai #dubaifuture #science #technology #podcast #dubailife #dubai
Adam El Rafey on Intergenerational Futures Thinking w/ Luke Robert Mason | Dubai Future Forum 2024 Luke Robert Mason 2025-01-15 | Bonus episode of the FUTURES Podcast recorded live from the @DubaiFutureForum at the @museumofthefuture in partnership with the @dubaifuturefoundation2066 on 20 November 2024.Young Change Advocate Adam El Rafey shares his thoughts on why ability, not age, should determine opportunity, how to reimagine education towards problem-based learning, and how the adaptability of the younger generation will prepare them for an increasingly uncertain future.Adam El Rafey is a 14-year-old change advocate, public speaker, and innovator. He is a learning enthusiast passionate about urban planning and transport, reforming education, breaking down barriers, and inspiring others to follow their curiosities and find their voices at any age. He is the youngest university student in the UAE at the University of Wollongong in Dubai and is in Year 10 in school. He was named one of the Future Top 25 Under 25 Global Changemakers by the Future Minds Network at age 11, and is one of the youngest TEDx Speakers in the world.📄 Transcript & Show Notes: http://futurespodcast.net/episodes/bonus-adam-el-rafey🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🎥 Videography by Dubai Future Foundation🔴 Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #AdamElRafey #AbilityNotAge #museumofthefuture #museumofthefuturedubai #dubaifuture #science #technology #podcast #dubailife #dubai
Prof. Pattie Maes on Augmenting Human Intelligence w/ Luke Robert Mason | Dubai Future Forum 2024 Luke Robert Mason 2025-01-13 | Bonus episode of the FUTURES Podcast recorded live from the @DubaiFutureForum at the @museumofthefuture in partnership with the @dubaifuturefoundation2066 on 20 November 2024.@MITMediaLab's Prof. Pattie Maes shares her insights on using technology to enhance human potential and agency, developing wearable systems to support cognition and learning, and designing ethical human-centred artificial intelligence.Prof. Pattie Maes is the Germeshausen Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab. With a background in Artificial Intelligence and Human-Computer Interaction, her research focuses on human augmentation and how wearable, immersive, and brain-computer systems may assist people with memory, decision-making, and other functions. Netguru selected her for "Hidden Heroes: The People Who Shaped Technology"; Time Magazine included several of her designs in its annual list of inventions of the year; Fast Company named her one of the 50 most influential designers, and the World Economic Forum named her a "Global Leader for Tomorrow."📄 Transcript & Show Notes: http://futurespodcast.net/episodes/bonus-pattie-maes🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🎥 Videography by Dubai Future Foundation🔴 Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #PattieMaes #intelligenceaugmentation #MITMediaLab #museumofthefuture #museumofthefuturedubai #dubaifuture #science #technology #podcast #dubailife #dubai
Pierre-Christophe Gam on Dreaming the Future w/ Luke Robert Mason | Dubai Future Forum 2024 Luke Robert Mason 2025-01-08 | Bonus episode of the FUTURES Podcast recorded live from the @DubaiFutureForum at the @museumofthefuture in partnership with the @dubaifuturefoundation2066 on 19 November 2024.Conceptual Artist Pierre-Christophe Gam shares his thoughts on the transformative power of imagination to shape reality, the potential of the African continent to become a global leader, and how to dream futures that reflect our individual aspirations and collective desires.Pierre-Christophe Gam is a French-born conceptual artist whose contemporary multimedia installations investigate the future through myths, technology, and dreams. Trained as an interior architect at ENSAD in Paris and CSM in London, he founded TOGUNA WORLD, a digital-native research laboratory that merges art, design, and foresight to decolonise conversations about the future and amplify diverse voices from the Global South. A fellow at the MIT Open Doc Lab, his work has been exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the Vitra Design Museum, the Addis FotoFest, and the Unseen Photo Festival.📄 Transcript & Show Notes: http://futurespodcast.net/episodes/bonus-pierre-christophe-gam🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🎥 Videography by Dubai Future Foundation🔴 Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #PierreChristopheGam #Dreaming #Dubai #dubailife #museumofthefuturedubai #museumofthefuture
Why Tech Needs Feminism w/ Dr. Eleanor Drage & Dr. Kerry McInerney | FUTURES Podcast #82 Luke Robert Mason 2025-01-08 | Senior Research Fellows Dr. Eleanor Drage and Dr. Kerry McInerney share their insights on how artificial intelligence will impact society, using a feminist lens to rethink innovation and the importance of language in shaping our understanding of ‘good’ technology.Dr Eleanor Drage is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge Centre for the Future of Intelligence. She teaches AI Professionals about AI ethics at Cambridge and presents widely on the topic. She specialises in using feminist ideas to make AI better and safer for everyone. She is currently building the world's first free and open access tool that helps companies meet the EU AI act's obligations. Eleanor is also an expert on women writers of speculative and science fiction from 1666 to the present - An Experience of the Impossible: The Planetary Humanism of European Women’s Science Fiction.Dr Kerry McInerney (née Mackereth) is a Senior Research Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge, where she co-leads a project on how AI is impacting international relations. Aside from The Good Robot, Kerry is the co-editor of the collection Feminist AI: Critical Perspectives on Algorithms, Data, and Intelligent Machines (2023, Oxford University Press) and the co-author of the forthcoming book Reprogram: Why Big Tech is Broken and How Feminism Can Fix It (2026, Princeton University Press).This episode was recorded in front of a live audience for an event in partnership with SPACE4.📄 Transcript & Show Notes: futurespodcast.net/episodes/82-eleanor-drage-kerry-mcinerney🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #SusieAlegre #EleanorDrage #KerryMcInerney #GoodRobot
Human Rights & Robot Wrongs w/ Dr. Susie Alegre | FUTURES Podcast #81 Luke Robert Mason 2024-05-27 | 📺 Watch the Video Version: youtu.be/T81aqxjMiGMHuman rights lawyer Dr. Susie Alegre shares her insights into the threat artificial intelligence poses to human creativity, the importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in safeguarding freedom of thought, and applying existing laws to regulate the development and deployment of emerging technologies.Dr. Susie Alegre is a leading international human rights lawyer and Associate at Garden Court Chambers. She has been a legal pioneer in digital human rights, in particular the impact of artificial intelligence on the human rights of freedom of thought and opinion. She is also a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Roehampton, and a Senior Fellow at CIGI.This episode was recorded in front of a live audience for an event in partnership with Engage Works.📄 Transcript & Show Notes: futurespodcast.net/episodes/81-susie-alegre🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #SusieAlegre #HumanRights #artificialintelligence
Dr. Susie Alegre on Freedom of Thought, Human Rights & Artificial Intelligence w/ Luke Robert Mason Luke Robert Mason 2024-05-22 | Human rights lawyer Dr. Susie Alegre shares her insights into the threat artificial intelligence poses to human creativity, the importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in safeguarding freedom of thought, and applying existing laws to regulate the development and deployment of emerging technologies.Dr. Susie Alegre is a leading international human rights lawyer and Associate at Garden Court Chambers. She has been a legal pioneer in digital human rights, in particular the impact of artificial intelligence on the human rights of freedom of thought and opinion. She is also a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Roehampton, and a Senior Fellow at CIGI.This episode was recorded in front of a live audience for an event in partnership with @engageworks9168 by @ProudBusinessProductions.📄 Transcript & Show Notes: futurespodcast.net/episodes/81-susie-alegre🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🎥 Videography by Proud Business Productions🔴 Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #SusieAlegre #HumanRights #artificialintelligence #robots
Reclaiming Tech w/ Jeremy Gilbert, Alex Williams & Alison Winch | FUTURES Podcast #80 Luke Robert Mason 2024-05-21 | Cultural & Political Theorists Jeremy Gilbert, Alex Williams & Alison Winch share their insights on the societal impacts of technological innovation, the hegemonic power of the Silicon Valley tech billionaires, and re-engineering digital platforms for democratic purposes.Jeremy Gilbert is Professor of Cultural & Political Theory at the University of East London. He is the author of Common Ground: Democracy and Collectivity in an Age of Individualism, Anticapitalism and Culture: Radical Theory and Popular Politics and Twenty-First Century Socialism. He writes regularly in the British press, is the current editor of the journal New Formations, and hosts three regular podcasts: #ACFM (on Novara Media); Love is the Message; Culture, Power, Politics.Alex Williams is a political theorist and lecturer in digital media and society currently based at the University of East Anglia. His writings include Political Hegemony and Social Complexity, Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work (with Nick Srnicek), as well as numerous articles on the future of left politics and contemporary formations of digital power.Alison Winch is a Lecturer in Promotional Media at Goldsmiths. She researches intimacy, power and sexual politics in a branded media culture. Her books include The New Patriarchs of Digital Capitalism: Celebrity Tech Founders and Networks of Power (Routledge 2021), which is co-authored with Ben Little. Her monograph Girlfriends and Postfeminist Sisterhood (Palgrave, 2013) looks at how the affect of friendship is harnessed in a media culture.This episode was recorded in front of a live audience for an event in partnership with SPACE4 & Housmans Bookshop.📄 Transcript & Show Notes: futurespodcast.net/episodes/80-gilbert-williams-winch🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #JeremyGilbert #AlexWilliams #AlisonWinch #VersoBooks
Engineering a Better Future w/ Dr. Shini Somara | FUTURES Podcast #79 Luke Robert Mason 2024-05-21 | 📺 Watch the Video Version: youtu.be/UHWF_U7b_rUMechanical Engineer Shini Somara shares her thoughts on why we need impactful storytelling in science communication, how diversity drives innovation in STEM, and why imagination is key to understanding new technologies.@DrShiniSomaraTV is a Mechanical Engineer specialising in Computational Fluid Dynamics and an award-winning media broadcaster. She deep dives into all topics on science, technology and innovation to deliver easily accessible and relatable pearls of wisdom for all ages and abilities. Shini speaks to audiences on TV, radio, XR/VR and live events. She has published 7 young persons STEM books and runs a podcast for Women in STEM called eSTEAMd Women. As a TEDx Speaker and mentor to MEng/PhDs at Imperial College in London - Shini is passionate about making science & technology accessible to all, especially amongst under-represented groups in engineering and innovation.This episode was recorded in front of a live audience for an event in partnership with Engage Works.📄 Transcript & Show Notes: futurespodcast.net/episodes/79-shini-somara🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #ShiniSomara #STEM #engineering
Dr. Shini Somara on Innovation, Science Communication & Diversity in STEM w/ Luke Robert Mason Luke Robert Mason 2024-04-08 | Mechanical Engineer @DrShiniSomaraTV shares her thoughts on why we need impactful storytelling in science communication, how diversity drives innovation in STEM, and why imagination is key to understanding new technologies.Dr. Shini Somara is a Mechanical Engineer specialising in Computational Fluid Dynamics and an award-winning media broadcaster. She deep dives into all topics on science, technology and innovation to deliver easily accessible and relatable pearls of wisdom for all ages and abilities. Shini speaks to audiences on TV, radio, XR/VR and live events. She has published 7 young persons STEM books and runs a podcast for Women in STEM called eSTEAMd Women. As a TEDx Speaker and mentor to MEng/PhDs at Imperial College in London - Shini is passionate about making science & technology accessible to all, especially amongst under-represented groups in engineering and innovation.This episode was recorded in front of a live audience for an event in partnership with @engageworks9168 by @ProudBusinessProductions.📄 Transcript & Show Notes: futurespodcast.net/episodes/79-shini-somara🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🎥 Videography by Proud Business Productions🔴 Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #ShiniSomara #engineering #stem #stemeducation
Blockchain Radicals w/ Joshua Dávila | FUTURES Podcast #78 Luke Robert Mason 2024-04-07 | Blockchain Socialist Joshua Dávila shares his insights on using blockchain technology to challenge capitalism, why we should take a techno-probabalistic approach to crypto, and how to build a more equitable and decentralised world.Joshua Dávila has been working in the blockchain space for the past five years in Europe and has been anonymously moonlighting as the one behind The Blockchain Socialist blog and podcast. He is also the co-director of the upcoming documentary Crypto Futures which explores the alternative economic imaginaries of the crypto ecosystem that the mainstream media doesn’t cover.This episode was recorded in front of a live audience for an event in partnership with SPACE4 & Housmans Bookshop.📄 Transcript & Show Notes: futurespodcast.net/episodes/78-joshua-davila🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #JoshDavila #Blockchain #Bitcoin
Protopian Stories for Better Tomorrows w/ Ari Wallach | FUTURES Podcast #77 Luke Robert Mason 2024-04-07 | Futurist Ari Wallach shares his insights into why we need ethical long-term visions that prioritise humanity, the importance of transgenerational empathy, and how to co-construct inclusive stories that imagine better tomorrows.Ari Wallach is a futurist and social systems strategist. He is the founder and Executive Director of Longpath Labs, an initiative focused on bringing long-term thinking and coordinated behavior to the individual, organizational, and societal realms in order to ensure humanity flourishes on an ecologically thriving planet Earth for centuries to come. Ari is the author of Longpath: Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs by HarperOne. Ari’s TED talk on Longpath has been viewed over 2.5 million times and translated into 19 languages. Wallach was also the founder and CEO of Synthesis Corp., a New York-based strategic innovation consultancy whose clients included CNN, Volkswagen Global, The UN Refugee Agency and the US State Department. Wallach was the co-founder of the 2008 presidential initiative “The Great Schlep with Sarah Silverman” and most previously hosted Fast Company magazine's Fast Company Futures with Ari Wallach. He was most recently adjunct associate professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, lecturing on innovation, AI and the futures of governance and public policy.📄 Transcript & Show Notes: futurespodcast.net/episodes/77-ari-wallach🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #AriWallach #future #longpath
Eaten by the Internet w/ Dr. Corinne Cath & Dr. Fieke Jansen | FUTURES Podcast #76 Luke Robert Mason 2024-03-19 | Researchers Dr. Corinne Cath & Dr. Fieke Jansen share their insights into critical approaches to internet infrastructure, the environmental costs of data centres, and how to reimagine our relationship with digital technologies to ensure a more equitable and sustainable future.Dr. Corinne Cath is a postdoc at the University of Delft, working with Dr. Seda Gürses and Prof Linnet Taylor. She is also a research affiliate at the Minderoo Centre at the University of Cambridge. Corinne is a cultural anthropologist who studies the politics of Internet infrastructure and cloud computing. Previously, Corinne was Vice President of Research at the Open Tech Fund, a US-based grantmaker focused on developing open-source technologies. She finished her PhD in 2021 at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), University of Oxford). Her current research focuses on how cloud computing is eating the internet and the adequacy of existing EU technology policy efforts that touch on cloud computing. Dr. Fieke Jansen is a postdoc researcher at the University of Amsterdam and a co-principle investigator of the critical infrastructure lab. She did her PhD at the Data Justice Lab at Cardiff University, where she looked at the institutional and societal implications of data-driven risk scoring and biometric recognition in Brussels, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the UK. Fieke is a former Mozilla and Green Web Foundation fellow where she explored ways to frame the climate crisis as a core digital rights issue. Prior to starting her phd Fieke worked on human rights and technology at Hivos and Tactical Tech. Fieke's research interest is to understand how the material impact of expending infrastructures are shaping the management, distribution, and depletion of natural resources.📄 Transcript & Show Notes: futurespodcast.net/episodes/76-corinne-cath-fieke-jansen🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #Internet #Climate #infrastructure
Space Settlements on Mars w/ Kelly & Zach Weinersmith | FUTURES Podcast #75 Luke Robert Mason 2024-03-18 | Authors Kelly Weinersmith & Zach Weinersmith share their insights into the challenge of building settlements on Mars, how extended periods in extra-terrestrial environments would impact our body and mind, and how international space law needs to be updated if we are to become a multi-planetary species.Dr. Kelly Weinersmith received her PhD in Ecology at the University of California Davis, and is an adjunct faculty member in the BioSciences Department at Rice University. Kelly studies parasites that manipulate the behavior of their hosts, and her research has been featured in The Atlantic, National Geographic, BBC World, Science, and Nature. When she isn’t studying Nature’s creepiest wonders, Kelly is writing books with her husband, Zach Weinersmith (creator of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal Comics). Their first book, Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve and/or Ruin Everything, was a New York Times Bestseller.Zach Weinersmith is the cartoonist behind the popular geek webcomic, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. He co-wrote the New York Times bestseller Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve and/or Ruin Everything and illustrated the New York Times-bestselling Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration. His work has been featured by The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, Forbes, Science Friday, Foreign Policy, PBS, Boingboing, the Freakonomics Blog, the RadioLab blog, Entertainment Weekly, Mother Jones, CNN, Discovery Magazine, Nautilus and more. He lives in Virginia with his wife/coauthor and his children/coauthors.📄 Transcript & Show Notes: futurespodcast.net/episodes/75-kelly-zach-weinersmith🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #Mars #Space
Mathematics as Science Fiction w/ Prof. Ian Stewart | FUTURES Podcast #74 Luke Robert Mason 2024-02-26 | 📺 Watch the Video Version: youtu.be/TpJr-myCFEAMathematician Prof. Ian Stewart shares his strategies for explaining abstract mathematical concepts to the public, the role imagination can play in education, and how science fiction can assist in solving the world’s most complex mysteries.Professor Ian Stewart is a British mathematician who majored in mathematics at the University of Cambridge and is an emeritus professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick. With more than 200 papers and 20 books on mathematics under his name, Professor Stewart has done much to popularise mathematics, talking about the principles and depth of mathematics within various academic fields such as literature, history, and astronomy.For these accomplishments, he received the Michael Faraday Medal from the Royal Society of London in 1995 and became the first recipient of the Christopher Zeeman Medal in 2008. He also received the 2017 Euler Book Prize, given for an outstanding book in mathematics, and serves as a Fellow of the Royal Society of England.📄 Transcript & Show Notes: futurespodcast.net/episodes/74-ian-stewart🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #IanStewart #Mathematics #SciFi #sciencefiction
Prof. Ian Stewart on Mathematics, Imagination & Science Fiction w/ Luke Robert Mason Luke Robert Mason 2024-02-19 | Mathematician Prof. Ian Stewart shares his strategies for explaining abstract mathematical concepts to the public, the role imagination can play in education, and how science fiction can assist in solving the world's most complex mysteries.Professor Ian Stewart is a British mathematician who majored in mathematics at the University of Cambridge and is an emeritus professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick. With more than 200 papers and 20 books on mathematics under his name, Professor Stewart has done much to popularise mathematics, talking about the principles and depth of mathematics within various academic fields such as literature, history, and astronomy.For these accomplishments, he received the Michael Faraday Medal from the Royal Society of London in 1995 and became the first recipient of the Christopher Zeeman Medal in 2008. He also received the 2017 Euler Book Prize, given for an outstanding book in mathematics, and serves as a Fellow of the Royal Society of England.📄 Transcript & Show Notes: futurespodcast.net/episodes/74-ian-stewart🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #IanStewart #Mathematics
Human Extinction w/ Dr. Émile P. Torres & Prof. Steve Fuller | FUTURES Podcast #73 Luke Robert Mason 2024-02-12 | 📺 Watch the Video Version: youtu.be/INT2j-3AHhs Philosopher Dr. Émile P. Torres & sociologist Prof. Steve Fuller share their thoughts on the history of human extinction, how apocalyptic narratives inform culture, and what it means to live in the end times.Émile P. Torres is a philosopher whose research focuses on existential threats to civilization and humanity. They have published widely in the popular press and scholarly journals, with articles appearing in the Washington Post, Aeon, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Metaphilosophy, Inquiry, Erkenntnis, and Futures.Prof. Steve Fuller is Auguste Comte Professor of Social Epistemology at the University of Warwick, UK. Originally trained in history and philosophy of science, he is the author of more than twenty books. From 2011 to 2014 he published three books with Palgrave on 'Humanity 2.0'. His most recent book is Nietzschean Meditations: Untimely Thoughts at the Dawn of Transhuman Era (Schwabe Verlag, 2020).📄 Transcript: futurespodcast.net/episodes/73-emile-torres-steve-fuller🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #HumanExtinction #EmileTorres #ProfSteveFuller
Émile P. Torres & Prof. Steve Fuller on Human Extinction & Existential Ethics w/ Luke Robert Mason Luke Robert Mason 2024-01-29 | Philosopher Dr. Émile P. Torres (@baobabmusics) & sociologist @ProfSteveFullershare their thoughts on the history of human extinction, how apocalyptic narratives inform culture, and what it means to live in the end times.Émile P. Torres is a philosopher whose research focuses on existential threats to civilization and humanity. They have published widely in the popular press and scholarly journals, with articles appearing in the Washington Post, Aeon, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Metaphilosophy, Inquiry, Erkenntnis, and Futures.Prof. Steve Fuller is Auguste Comte Professor of Social Epistemology at the University of Warwick, UK. Originally trained in history and philosophy of science, he is the author of more than twenty books. From 2011 to 2014 he published three books with Palgrave on 'Humanity 2.0'. His most recent book is Nietzschean Meditations: Untimely Thoughts at the Dawn of Transhuman Era (Schwabe Verlag, 2020).📄 Show Notes: 00:37 Defining 'Human' & 'Extinction'01:31 Concept of Human Extinction01:57 Evolution of Homo-Sapiens04:32 Moral Status of Future Beings05:07 Different Ways of Defining 'Human'05:33 Understanding Extinction Scenarios06:34 Implications of Human Extinction07:35 Future of Human Species07:55 Terminal Extinction08:54 Final Extinction10:02 Normative Extinction10:57 Premature Extinction11:54 Defining Human Extinction12:52 Non-Biological Conception of 'Human'13:06 Role of Education in Humanisation13:23 Impact of Christianity on the Concept of Human23:49 Emergence of the Idea of Human Extinction24:22 Impact of Christianity on the Idea of Human Extinction25:04 Impact of Science on the Idea of Human Extinction26:01 Thermodynamics27:05 Secularization on the Idea of Human Extinction27:28 Entropy41:03 Antinatalism42:45 Eugenics & Dysgenics42:49 Philosophical Perspectives on Extinction43:42 Panspermia Movement & Alien Life44:12 Annihilating Life44:26 Existential Ethics47:05 Concept of Dignity51:41 Dehumanisation53:14 Moral Implications of Human Extinction57:44 Ethical Considerations of Human Extinction01:16:17 Future of Humanity📄 Transcript: futurespodcast.net/episodes/73-emile-torres-steve-fuller🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #HumanExtinction #EmileTorres #ProfSteveFuller
How Human Biology Shapes Civilisation w/ Prof. Lewis Dartnell | FUTURES Podcast #72 Luke Robert Mason 2024-01-08 | Astrobiologist Prof. Lewis Dartnell shares his insights into how biology has shaped civilisation, the challenges of living on Mars, and why cooperation is our human superpower.Lewis Dartnell is a science researcher, and writer and holds a Professorship at the University of Westminster. His research is in the field of astrobiology and the search for bacterial life beyond the Earth. Lewis explores how microbial life, and signs of its past existence, might survive the bombardment of cosmic radiation on the surface of Mars, and what are the best ways to try and detect it. Alongside his academic research Lewis is a science writer. He has won prizes from the The Daily Telegraph, Oxford University Press, New Scientist and The Times Higher Education.📄 Show Notes: 02:57 How Biology Impacts Society & Culture03:18 Influence of Genetics on Human History04:14 Role of Cooperation in Human Evolutio08:31 How Humanity Progresses26:54 Impact of Plagues & Pandemics on Civilization32:17 Monarchy & Power Structures37:15 Astrobiology & the Future of Human Life on Mars43:18 Humanity as a Problem-Solving Species📄 Transcript: futurespodcast.net/episodes/72-lewis-dartnell🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #LewisDartnell
The Long View w/ Richard Fisher | FUTURES Podcast #71 Luke Robert Mason 2023-11-01 | Journalist Richard Fisher shares his thoughts on the importance of taking a long view of the future, why short-termism is the greatest threat to civilisation, and how metaphors are key to our comprehension of time.Richard Fisher is a Senior Journalist with BBC Studios, where he writes and commissions for BBC Future, the BBC's international-facing science, technology and health features site. He was recently a 2019-20 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has held various roles at the BBC, including leading the BBC.com Features teams as a managing editor, and before that, he was both a feature and news editor at New Scientist.📄 Show Notes: 00:56 Generational Perspective on Time02:15 The Threat of Short-Termism04:03 Concept of Long View05:44 Influence of Time on Our Lives08:10 Role of Metaphors in Understanding Time10:27 Impact of Religion on Our Perception of Time19:09 Dangers of Short-Term Thinking24:06 Role of Policy in Long-Term Thinking36:05 Our Perception of the Future38:35 New Psychological Habits for Long-Term Thinking38:58 Hope for the Future📄 Transcript: futurespodcast.net/episodes/71-richard-fisher🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #LongView #RichardFisher
Our Superhuman Future w/ Elise Bohan, Prof. Steve Fuller & Anders Sandberg | FUTURES Podcast #70 Luke Robert Mason 2023-10-31 | 🎙️ Listen to the FUTURES Podcast: futurespodcast.net/episodes/70-our-superhuman-futureTranshumanists Elise Bohan, Prof. Steve Fuller and Anders Sandberg share their thoughts on the future of humanity, the role artificial intelligence will play in society, and the radical ways advanced technology may redefine what it means to be human.Recorded in front of a live audience at @KingsPlaceOfficial, London on 16 February 2023.Elise Bohan is a Senior Research Scholar at the University of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute (FHI). She holds a PhD in evolutionary macrohistory, wrote the world’s first book-length history of transhumanism as a doctoral student, and recently launched her debut book Future Superhuman: Our transhuman lives in a make-or-break century (NewSouth, 2022).@ProfSteveFuller is Auguste Comte Professor of Social Epistemology at the University of Warwick, UK. Originally trained in history and philosophy of science, he is the author of more than twenty books. From 2011 to 2014 he published three books with Palgrave on ‘Humanity 2.0’. His most recent book is Nietzschean Meditations: Untimely Thoughts at the Dawn of Transhuman Era (Schwabe Verlag, 2020).Anders Sandberg is a Senior Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) at Oxford University where his research focuses on the societal and ethical issues surrounding human enhancement and new technologies. He is also research associate at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics.📄 Transcript & Show Notes: futurespodcast.net/episodes/70-our-superhuman-future🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #Transhumanism #ProfSteveFuller #EliseBohan #AndersSandberg
Bioethics of Human & Animal Enhancement w/ Dr. Sarah Chan | FUTURES Podcast #69 Luke Robert Mason 2023-05-01 | Bioethicist Dr. Sarah Chan shares her thoughts on the ethics of human genome editing, the potential of developing a social model of enhancement, and the possibility of using biotechnology to improve the cognitive abilities of animals.Sarah Chan is a Chancellor’s Fellow working in interdisciplinary bioethics at the Usher Institute for Population Health Sciences and Informatics, and Co-Director of the Mason Institute for Medicine, Life Sciences and Law, University of Edinburgh. Previously, from 2005 to 2015, she was a Research Fellow in Bioethics at the University of Manchester, first at the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy and from 2008 the Institute for Science Ethics and Innovation.Sarah’s research focuses on the ethics of new biomedical technologies, including stem cell and embryo research; reproductive medicine; synthetic biology; gene therapy and genetic modification; and human and animal enhancement. Her current work draws on these interests to explore the ethics of emerging modes of biomedicine at the interface of health care research, medical treatment and consumer medicine including population-level health and genetic data research; the use of biomaterials in both research and treatment; and access to experimental treatments and medical innovation.📄 Transcript & Show Notes: futurespodcast.net/episodes/69-sarah-chan🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #SarahChan #Bioethics
Robot Rights & Alien Intelligences w/ David J. Gunkel | FUTURES Podcast #68 Luke Robert Mason 2023-04-24 | Media scholar David J. Gunkel (@davidgunkel6414) shares his thoughts on the philosophical case for the rights of robots, the challenge artificial intelligence presents to our existing moral and legal systems, and how tools like ChatGTP force us to confront our human exceptionalism.David J. Gunkel is Presidential Research, Scholarship, and Artistry Professor in the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois University. He is the author of Robot Rights, Of Remixology: Ethics and Aesthetics after Remix, and The Machine Question: Critical Perspectives on AI, Robots, and Ethics.📄 Transcript & Show Notes: futurespodcast.net/episodes/68-david-gunkel🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #DavidGunkel #robotrights
Visions of the Future w/ Pat Cadigan | FUTURES Podcast #67 Luke Robert Mason 2023-04-21 | 📺 Watch the Video Version: youtu.be/x6G9OJAj3YMCyberpunk author Pat Cadigan shares her thoughts on the role of science fiction in society, her methods for thinking about the future, and which elements of the cyberpunk genre have become features of our everyday reality.Pat Cadigan was born in Schenectady, NY, and grew up in Fitchburg, MA. Attending the University of Massachusetts on a scholarship, she eventually transferred to the University of Kansas where she received her degree. Since embarking on her career as a fiction writer in 1987, her Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated short stories have appeared in such magazines as Omni, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine as well as numerous anthologies. Her first collection, Patterns, was honoured the Locus Award in 1990, and she won the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1992 and 1995 for her novels Synners and Fools. Pat Cadigan moved to the UK in 1996 and now lives in London.Recorded live from the @ScienceMuseum, London on 26 October 2022.📄 Transcript & Show Notes: futurespodcast.net/episodes/67-pat-cadigan🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-reviewCREDITS💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert MasonSOCIAL MEDIA🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #ScienceFiction #PatCadigan
Trailer | Science Nonfiction Luke Robert Mason 2023-03-08 | We are living in the most transformative period of human history. Technologies that once only existed in science fiction are beginning to show up in our homes, cars, and workplaces. We traveled across the country to meet eight companies who are rewriting the rules of what's possible. Here are their stories.Hosted by Luke Robert Mason.
Super Materials | Episode 1 | Science Nonfiction Luke Robert Mason 2023-03-08 | The super soldiers of sci-fi series like Doctor Who owe their ostensible immortality to super materials that have been impossible until now. Just north of San Francisco, a company called Graphene Technologies has found a way to harness the power of pure carbon to transform the building blocks of our world. Learn why our cars and homes will never be the same.Filmed in 2016.
Object Replicators | Episode 8 | Science Nonfiction Luke Robert Mason 2023-03-08 | The replicators of Star Trek allowed the next generation to synthesize anything on demand-meals, spare parts, even medicines. Redwood City-based Made In Space has finally brought the technology down to Earth, and into orbit. Learn why the technology marks a huge step forward in our quest to colonize the solar system.
Medical Tricorders | Episode 5 | Science Nonfiction Luke Robert Mason 2023-03-08 | The tricorder is one of Star Trek's most famous unrequited innovations. Catalyzed by a new XPRIZE competition from Qualcomm, companies across the US are working hard to bring it to life. One of the finalists, Cloud DX, possesses a prototype that is particularly transformative. Come see it for yourself.
Vertical Farming | Episode 3 | Science Nonfiction Luke Robert Mason 2023-03-08 | In The Martian, Mark Watney staved off certain death by developing an ultra-efficient space potato farm. In Newark, Aerofarms has just opened the world's largest vertical farm, capable of producing nearly 2M pounds of greens annually with minimal resources or environmental impact. Come have a taste of the future of food.
Augmented Reality Helmets | Episode 6 | Science Nonfiction Luke Robert Mason 2023-03-08 | In The Matrix, Morpheus and his band of rebel escapees were able to download knowledge and skills directly into their brains. Instant kung fu may still be decades away, but Daqri has figured out a way to rapidly transfer knowledge using augmented reality. Find out how it's changing the way we work and learn.
Editing Your DNA | Episode 7 | Science Nonfiction Luke Robert Mason 2023-03-08 | When we think of genetic modification, our imaginations often paint a dystopian portrait of the future. In reality, tools like CRISPR are allowing us to make welcome advances in fields like advanced materials and medicine. Synthego has now brought the gene-editing tool to the masses, allowing us to build a world that's a little more Iron Man and a little less Gattaca. Take a look.
Heart-On-A-Chip | Episode 4 | Science Nonfiction Luke Robert Mason 2023-03-08 | Films like Repo Men depict a future where life-extending artificial organs can be purchased on the open market. In the present, a team of scientists at UC Berkeley has developed technology that allows you to grow a model of your organs on a microchip. Find out why it promises to change medicine forever.
Instant Translators | Episode 2 | Science Nonfiction Luke Robert Mason 2023-03-08 | Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy stoked our imaginations with the babel fish-a strange biodevice that bestowed its wearer with universal language translation across the galaxy. Back on earth, Waverly Labs has finally made Douglas Adams' daydreams a reality with The Pilot. Here's how it will transform the way we communicate.
Pat Cadigan on Science Fiction, Cyberpunk & Curiosity w/ Luke Robert Mason Luke Robert Mason 2022-11-07 | Cyberpunk author Pat Cadigan shares her thoughts on the role of science fiction in society, her methods for thinking about the future, and which elements of the cyberpunk genre have become features of our everyday reality.Recorded live from the @ScienceMuseum, London on 26 October 2022.🎧 Video version of FUTURES Podcast Episode #67👉🏻 Edited audio, transcript & show notes can be found at:http://futurespodcast.net/episodes/67-pat-cadigan🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundclo...📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-review-- CREDITS -- 💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert Mason🎥 Videography by @ProudBusinessProductions 🎧 Assistant Audio Editing by Ramzan Bashir🙏🏻 With thanks to Pippa Hough, Nicola Doyle, Ashante Ama Thomas-Burton, Stephanie Kitchner, Tom Hunter (Clarke Award) & Christopher Fowler.-- SOCIAL MEDIA -- 🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #PatCadigan #Cyberpunk
Future Superhuman w/ Elise Bohan | FUTURES Podcast #66 Luke Robert Mason 2022-11-01 | Macrohistorian Elise Bohan shares her thoughts on the importance of adopting a transhumanist worldview, why we live in a make-or-break century, and what is worth preserving about humanity. Elise Bohan is a Senior Research Scholar at the University of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute (FHI). She holds a PhD in evolutionary macrohistory, wrote the world’s first book-length history of transhumanism as a doctoral student, and recently launched her debut book Future Superhuman: Our transhuman lives in a make-or-break century (NewSouth, 2022).🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-review-- CREDITS -- 💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert Mason-- SOCIAL MEDIA -- 🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #EliseBohan #Transhumanism
Becoming an Avatar w/ Philip Rosedale | FUTURES Podcast #65 Luke Robert Mason 2022-09-07 | Founder of Second Life Philip Rosedale shares his thoughts on what virtual worlds can teach us about being human, the relationship between Second Life users and their avatars, and the challenges of building the metaverse using Web 3.0 technologies.Philip Rosedale is the Founder of Linden Lab, parent company of Second Life, an open-ended, Internet-connected virtual world and pioneering metaverse. Following Second Life, he worked on several projects related to distributed work and computing. Excited by innovations in these areas and the proliferation of new VR-enabling devices, he re-entered the virtual worlds space in 2013, co-founding High Fidelity, a company devoted to exploring the future of next-generation shared virtual reality. Philip rejoined Second Life in 2022, as Strategic Advisor, focused on helping to shape and build a better metaverse.🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-review-- CREDITS -- 💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert Mason-- SOCIAL MEDIA -- 🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #PhilipRosedale #SecondLife
Biofabrication w/ Ritu Raman | FUTURES Podcast #64 Luke Robert Mason 2022-07-18 | Biomedical engineer Ritu Raman shares her insights on designing biological robots, how new developments in tissue engineering may allow us to grow organs, and what biofabrication means for the future of food and medicine.Ritu Raman, PhD is the d’Arbeloff Career Development Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. Her lab is centered on engineering adaptive living materials for applications in medicine and machines. The Raman Lab’s current focus is building neuromuscular actuators to restore mobility and power robots. Prof. Raman has received several recognitions for scientific innovation, including being named a Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences and being named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 and MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35 lists. She is the author of the upcoming MIT Press book Biofabrication. She is passionate about increasing diversity in STEM and has championed many initiatives to empower women in science, including being named a AAAS IF/THEN ambassador and founding the Women in Innovation and STEM Database at MIT (WISDM).🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-review-- CREDITS -- 💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert Mason-- SOCIAL MEDIA -- 🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #RituRaman #Biofabrication
Moral Enhancement Technologies w/ James Hughes | FUTURES Podcast #63 Luke Robert Mason 2022-07-04 | Sociologist James Hughes shares his thoughts on how libertarian transhumanism allows for cognitive liberty and bodily autonomy, the ethical implications of using enhancement technologies to amplify human virtues, and the challenge of being a techno-optimist. James Hughes, the Executive Director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, is a bioethicist and sociologist who serves as the Associate Provost for Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning for the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB), and as Senior Research Fellow at UMB’s Center for Applied Ethics. He holds a doctorate in Sociology from the University of Chicago where he taught bioethics at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics.🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-review-- CREDITS -- 💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert Mason-- SOCIAL MEDIA -- 🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #JamesHughes #transhumanism
We Have Always Been Cyborgs w/ Stefan Lorenz Sorgner | FUTURES Podcast #62 Luke Robert Mason 2022-06-13 | Metahumanist philosopher Stefan Lorenz Sorgner shares his thoughts on the debates surrounding contemporary transhumanism, the possibility of immortality achieved through mind-uploading, and the ethical issues associated with gene editing, digital data collection, and life extension.Prof. Stefan Lorenz Sorgner teaches philosophy at John Cabot University in Rome, whereby he particularly promotes the emerging field of posthuman studies. He is also Director and Co-founder of the Beyond Humanism Network, Fellow at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET), Research Fellow at the Ewha Institute for the Humanities at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, and Visting Fellow at the Ethics Centre of the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena, where he was also Visiting Prof. during the summer of 2016. He studied philosophy at King's College/University of London (BA), the University of Durham (MA by thesis; examiners: David E. Cooper, Durham ; David Owen, Southampton), the University of Giessen and the University of Jena (Dr. phil.; examiners: Wolfgang Welsch, Jena; Gianni Vattimo, Turin). In recent years, he taught at the Universities of Jena (Germany), Erfurt (Germany), Klagenfurt (Austria) Ewha Womans University in Seoul (South Korea) and Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany). His main fields of research are Nietzsche, the philosophy of music, bioethics and meta-, post- and transhumanism.🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-review-- CREDITS -- 💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert Mason-- SOCIAL MEDIA -- 🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #StefanLorenzSorgner #Transhumanism #cyborg
The Psychoanalysis of Artificial Intelligence w/ Isabel Millar | FUTURES Podcast #61 Luke Robert Mason 2022-06-06 | Psychoanalytic theorist Isabel Millar explains the role psychoanalysis can play in helping us to understand what artificial intelligence means for humanity, what modern science fiction reveals about our fascination with sex-robots, and what is driving a desire to replicate human attributes in silicon. Dr Isabel Millar is a philosopher and cultural critic from London. Her work focuses on AI, sex, the body, film and the future. Her book The Psychoanalysis of Artificial Intelligence was published with the Palgrave Lacan Series in 2021. As well as extensive international academic speaking and publishing across philosophy, psychoanalysis and cultural theory, Isabel has made numerous TV, documentary and podcast appearances including for BBC2 (Frankie Boyles' New World Order), Russia Today (Entrevista), Tomorrow Unlocked (Build me Somebody to Love), Schizotopia, Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour and Parallax Views among others. Isabel has recently been a psychoanalytic script consultant for BBC Drama and interviewed for a book by Ai-Da Robot, the world's first AI artist. She has contributed to the forthcoming AI Glossary, Chimeras: Inventory of Synthetic Cognition for Onassis Publications and is one of 50 global thinkers writing Manifesto - A Struggle of Universalities edited by Nicol A. Barria- Asenjo and Slavoj Zizek. She is a research fellow at The Centre for Critical Thought, the University of Kent and is currently writing her next book Patipolitics.🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-review-- CREDITS -- 💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert Mason-- SOCIAL MEDIA -- 🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #IsabelMillar #Psychoanalysis #AI
Virtual Reality is Genuine Reality w/ David Chalmers | FUTURES Podcast #60 Luke Robert Mason 2022-03-14 | Philosopher David Chalmers shares his thoughts on how virtual worlds are challenging our understanding of reality, the possibility that could be living in a simulation, and what techno-philosophy can teach us about the nature of consciousness.David J. Chalmers is University Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness at New York University. His previous books include The Conscious Mind and Constructing the World. He has given the John Locke lectures and has been awarded the Jean Nicod Prize. He is known for formulating the 'hard problem' of consciousness, which inspired Tom Stoppard's play The Hard Problem, and for the idea of the 'extended mind', which says that the tools we use can become parts of our minds.🧠 Find out more: http://futurespodcast.net🎧 Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-apple🎧 Spotify: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-spotify🎧 Stitcher: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-stitcher🎧 Deezer: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-deezer 🎧 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-soundcloud📝 Rate & Review: http://bit.ly/futurespodcast-review-- CREDITS -- 💻 Produced by FUTURES Podcast🔴 Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert Mason-- SOCIAL MEDIA -- 🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurespodcast📷 Instagram: http://instagram.com/futurespodcast📰 Facebook: http://facebook.com/futurespodcast#FUTURESPodcast #DavidChalmers #VirtualReality
