There are plenty of podcasts that will tell you how the latest tech gadget or “innovation” will affect the tech landscape tomorrow, but there aren’t that many concerned with the potential impact of that tech in a decade—much less a century. In a culture obsessed with now, how can we make choices with a view for tomorrow, next year, and beyond? 25–35-minute episodes released the first and third Wednesdays of the month.
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episode 13: 7.13: A Healthy Tension
Chris and Stephen talk about an interesting article… and then pivot to the nature of this podcast and some of their healthy differences—about the show, and in approach to these questions in general.
Show notes- Isaac Asimov’s Caves of Steel
- Alan Jacobs’ Pinboard
- “The Web Falls Apart”
- Chris’ newsletter Across the Sundering Seas the last couple weeks, on progress and decline:
- Flux (#27)
- Edges (#28)
- Jaron Lanier
- Your Undivided Attention, Episode 9: The Dictator’s Playbook
- Chris’ Christology class
Chris also wrote a follow-up post on Twitter bots and decline, to which Stephen thoughtfully replied.
Music- “Emerge” by Liam J. Hennessy
- “Winning Slowly Theme” by Chris Krycho.
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- Daniel Ellcey
- Jake Grant
- Jeremy W. Sherman
- Marnix Klooster
- Nathaniel Blaney
- Spencer Smith
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