• 292! Sci-Fi

  • Dec 16 2024
  • Length: 24 mins
  • Podcast

  • Summary

  • What kernels of truth are there in sci-fi content today that can maybe predict what our smart technological futures will look like?

    This week, Jess and Joey talk about retrofuturism, the Otis elevator, all things Dymaxian, AI, post-scarcity society and ship names. They don’t talk about our dystopian present.

    references

    • Christmas in Connecticut
    • Otis Elevator
    • Dymaxion
    • Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
    • Corrections Department: Neuromancer by William Gibson
    • Iain M. Banks' Culture series
    • Post-scarcity
    • Neural Lace
    • Neuralink
    • The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
    • Humans
    • Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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