Critical Impacts

Steve and Mike talk about alternative reality theme parks, immersive theater, and steampunk orcs.  Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w

Steve and Mike talk about post-scarcity societies without the help of replicators and nano-tech.  Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w

Steve and Mike talk about communes, capitalism, and the future of cities.  Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w

Steve and Mike talk about fame, influence, and selling parts of yourself for fun and profit.  Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w

Steve and Mike talk about Generation Ships, the light cone, and the complex art of trying to land human beings on distant stars.  Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w

Steve and Mike try their very best to figure out ways to improve the state of education, and answer some of the complex questions surrounding it.  Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w

Steve and Mike talk about ways to make Democracy more democratic, and how to create tools to give people more control over the legislative process.  Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w

Steve and Mike talk about radical transparency and the future of politics, they also posit a world in which YouTube celebrity might just get you into the halls of power. Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w

Mike and Steve have a wide ranging discussion about voting, casinos, snake oil, and participatory democracy as they try to suss out the future of Blockchain and its associated technologies. Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w  

Steve and Mike talk have a wide ranging discussion about whether the technologies we create to enhance are lives are going to leave us feeling less human.    Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w

On this mini-episode Steve and Mike look at an app that lets you track down crime, and find out what you might be getting an extra photo taken at the airport.    https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/fast-growing-citizen-app-will-alert-you-to-danger-and-send  

Steve and Mike talk about Virtual Reality, the changing meaning of "real," and how likely it is that we all eventually retreat behind our VR goggles.    Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w

Steve and Mike talk about what it might be like to build a life out in space, they discuss the ins and outs of moon colonies, and how to avoid boredom when you're tens of thousands of miles away from terra firma.    Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w

On this mini-episode Steve and Mike look at an AI that has managed to outperform doctors in Cancer diagnosis and magical leaves that might help is battle climate change. https://www.usnews.com/news/health-care-news/articles/2018-05-28/artificial-intelligence-beats-dermatologists-at-diagnosing-skin-cancer https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610177/the-race-to-invent-the-artificial-leaf/  

Steve and Mike take a look at the future of jobs, what it might be like to be gainfully unemployed, and the fine line between work and recreation.    Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w

Steve and Mike talk about the possibility of a technological Singularity, what that might look like down here on the ground, and whether or not we would all be happier being ruled over by a robot.  Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w