On the show this week:
- Displaced, Datplaced
- Mergers and AIquisitions
- RE: Cycling
CQ: You rolled a 19 on an encounter table for your life. What challenge do you face, and how do you overcome it?
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On the show this week:
- Keeps On Giving
- You Think So
- Breakin’ The Laws
CQ: Will it be philosophy or fiction that provides humanity with the inspiration to change from our current rut of civilization?
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On the show this week:
- Virtually Intelligent Thing To Do
- Universal Discrimination
- History Teaches Us Nothing
- Extras
CQ: Who will win the space race: the military, scientists, the civilians, or the business sector? And what will “winning” look like?
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On the show this week:
- The Sky is Falling
- Whatever Floats Your Boast
- I Think (not)
- Extras
CQ: Suppose we found pretty solid evidence that the world was coming to an end in 100 years. Do you think we could leave in time? And how would we try?
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On the show this week:
- Hard AI
- Soft AI
- Little Space
- These Are The Rules (?)
- Extras
CQ: Clarke’s Third law states: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” but do you think we’ll ever get technology that could actually be mistaken for magic as we see it portrayed today?
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On the show this week:
- Dumb Animals
- Smart Inventions
- Body Breaks
- Experimental Animals
CQ: What did you leave behind that you’d like to revisit?
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On the show this week:
- Tricks of Light
- The Oil and Grass Industry
- Extras
CQ: How do we inspire culture to make recycling of EVERYTHING the highest priority, so that we don’t kill ourselves with our garbage?
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On the show this week:
- Front Page
- Ghosts In The Machine
- Bleeding Hedge Technology
CQ: Given that so many great things come out mistakes, coincidences and serendipity, should we be so immediately dismissive of errors?
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On the show this week:
- Front Page
- Animalice
- Dubious Invention
- Upper Space
CQ: Will the notion of a “workweek” in which you work at your job for several regular days in a row survive into the future, when days, weeks and other planetary-based time measurement become obsoleted by the travel into space — or is the traditional workweek timeframe already completely disrupted by globalization, individual entrepreneurship and the Internet of Tribes?
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Show Notes for TWS124: Life Mirrors Fart
On the show this week:
- Always Blame The Farting Dog
- Life is a Scifi/Horror Movie
- Shocking Revelations! (dropped on the cutting room floor) (EXTRA)
This week’s Challenge Question:
A “recession” is sometimes indicated by two consecutive quarters of “negative growth”. The economy, it is suggested, should always be growing. Forever and ever… Does this principle of infinite growth actually make sense?
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