Science Fiction's Influence on Technology and Imagination

Author, journalist, travel writer & software engineer Jon Evans joins us to weigh in on the cultural history (and present-day sentiment) of AI doom. Along the way, we talk plausible Sci-Fi, ultrasound drug delivery, the maybe-evolving laws of physics & even weirder stuff.

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Featuring:

• Jon Evans – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Exadelic on Amazon
• Inside GitHub’s Arctic Code Vault
• A Study: Ancient Egyptians used sound waves in building pyramids
• Extropia’s Children Redux - by Jon Evans
• The Only Way to Deal With the Threat From AI? Shut It Down | Time
• Nick Jones
• Dennis E. Taylor

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