Renowned science fiction author-scientist Alastair Reynolds and Nils Pihl explore the implications of augmented reality, concerns about its potential to distort reality, transformative capabilities for authentic communication, challenges of our universe's relative positioning, and responsible technology use. They also discuss social media's evolution, negative forces in society, fascinating technology for identifying flowers and galaxies, the lack of a fixed coordinate system, the value of YouTube for learning, and a movie about a robot best friend.
