Post-scarcity Economies
Utopia. In a couple of decades we will have the technology to build it. Why then will we have to wait almost a century to live in it?Tune in to hear how today's wealth disparity is just the first trem...
14 Aug 30min
3D Printing Dominance in Manufacturing
We can print shoe soles and parts for jet engines. Why not everything in between? Surely it's just an engineering problem, like going from 8-bit color to 16-bit. Or is it?Are the critics right that tr...
7 Aug 25min
Theism
How will belief in God evolve over the next 500 years? Are we heading toward godless secularism, or will those seeking a complete understanding of the universe always pursue spiritual enlightenment?Re...
31 Jul 23min
Healthy Alcohol
Do recreational drugs have to be "vices" — addictive and poisonous — or might we create mind candy that is perfectly healthy?And, if drugs lose their stigma, might they also lose their mystique? Does ...
24 Jul 21min
The Fate of Intelligence
Your eyes are the universe perceiving itself. Are we part of a cosmic mission of self-discovery? Will our distant progeny command the process of universe creation?Or, on this timescale, are we just a ...
17 Jul 41min
First AI-only Society
They might only want to play Chinese Checkers. They might want to eat your head. When AIs start associating with each other... which will it be?And, will we really let this happen?Read the full predic...
10 Jul 27min
Programmable Matter
George Carlin once said, "A house is just a place to keep your stuff." In the future, the house will *be* the stuff, and when it's time to move, no need to call a moving truck because the new house wi...
3 Jul 29min
First Space Elevator
Express train to the stars, or pointless megaproject?For decades, nerd wisdom has assured us that a space elevator would be a leap -- or at least a climb -- into the space age. But given the rapid adv...
26 Jun 29min
