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The Future of Being Human

The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future

A compelling and often-surprising journey of discovery through the world of emerging technologies, and the challenges of getting them right. Based on the book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, and read by the author Andrew Maynard For more on the book, visit https://andrewmaynard.net/films-from-the-future/
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Looking to the Future: The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future Episode 14
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Looking to the Future: The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future Episode 14
A personal look at how science fiction movies can help open up understanding around responsible innovation, plus a nod to Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers…
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Living By More Than Science Alone: The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future Episode 13
Carl Sagan's love letter to science, with a bit of critical thinking and an alien intelligence thrown in for good measure
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Riding the Wave of Climate Change: The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future Episode 12
Exploring environmental dynamism, human fragility, resiliency, and the pros and cons of geoengineering — all through the lens of the 2004 movie The Day…
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Andrew Maynard
51:26
Weaponizing the Genome: The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future Episode 11
How can the movie Inferno inform how we think of bioengineering viruses, science-activism, and informing decision-making around advanced technologies?
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Andrew Maynard
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Living in a Material World: The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future Episode 10
This week: Nanotechnology, the dangers of well-meaning but blinkered science, and the importance of public and stakeholder engagement in science and…
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Welcome to the Singularity: The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future Episode 9
This week the Moviegoer's Guide to the Future podcast covers everything from the technological singularity to Neo-Luddites as it dives into the movie…
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AI and the Art of Manipulation: The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future Episode 8
This week the Moviegoer's Guide to the Future podcast takes a deep and, I suspect, unexpected, dive into artificial intelligence through the eyes of the…
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Being Human in an Augmented Future. The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future Episode 7
This week the Moviegoer's Guide to the Future podcast explores body hacking, human augmentation, and brain-machine interfaces, as it dives into the 1995…
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Social Inequity in an Age of Technological Extremes. The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future Episode 6
This week the Moviegoer's Guide to the Future podcast uses the 2013 movie Elysium to explore technological inequity, the connection between advanced…
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47:29
Pharmaceutically-enhanced intelligence. The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future Episode 5
A deep dive into the movie Limitless — smart drugs, self-enhancement, the nature of intelligence, and more.
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Predicting Criminal Intent. The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future, Episode 4
Minority Report
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A Cautionary Tale of Human Cloning. The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future, Episode 3
Listen now | The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future, Chapter 3
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