The Future of… 10 – Starship Enterprise

In-Sight Publishing The Future of… 10 – Starship Enterprise Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner July 8, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: Will we have a future utopia or dystopia where everyone is dirty or hiding underground? Either a utopia or a dystopia will be—the future of human stuff is going to be altered …

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The Future of… 10 – Quantum Stuff (Part 2)

In-Sight Publishing The Future of… 10 – Quantum Stuff (Part 2) Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner July 8, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: We already time travel with cognition. To some extent, we simulate the future, what will happen, according to certain actions. I’m not sure the entire math and mental space …

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Ask A Genius 222 – Underclasses and Socialism

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 222 - Underclasses and Socialism Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner July 8, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: And so you get all sorts of stupid arguments from Republicans including arguments on even things such as highways and other forms of infrastructure that they may need to be privatized …

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Ask A Genius 221 – Underclasses of the Future

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 221 - Underclasses of the Future Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner July 7, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: The problems of the underclass in the future; those are the bottom of the socioeconomic hierarchy. Rick Rosner: Let’s talk about the underclass in the future. Right now in …

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Ask A Genius 220 – Genetic Terrorism

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 220 - Genetic Terrorism Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner July 6, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: Genetic terrorism; I don’t know if it’ll happen in the real world, I think it’s a great thought point for science fiction. The genetic engineers go rogue and they start infecting humanity …

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Ask A Genius 219 – The Temptation of Now

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 219 – The Temptation of Now Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner July 5, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: It’s only through the veneer of civilization that we’d even manage to set up structures that remind us to think about other than the now. In the future in case …

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Ask A Genius 218 – The Blob, Blobs, and National and Religious Firewalls

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 218 – The Blob, Blobs, and National and Religious Firewalls Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner July 4, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: Islam is still a force, powerful force, in the world that’s kept people afraid. I am skeptical of what has become of the western world 250 …

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Ask A Genius 217 – The Blob Makes a Comeback

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 217 – The Blob Makes a Comeback Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner July 3, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: The one making the willed decisions or perhaps you've got an agglomeration of joined selves that in combination make the willed decisions. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: And what is this …

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Ask A Genius 216 – Morality and Escape Velocity

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 216 - Morality and Escape Velocity Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner July 2, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Okay, so we're just at the beginning of kind of a cultural adjustment to the possibility of extended life. Rick Rosner: We’ve gone from—mortality lifespan statistics are a …

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Ask A Genius 215 – New Catch Phrases and Words

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 215 - New Catch Phrases and Words Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner July 1, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: We can continue to absorb catch phrases and words. So, there is probably more flaking than ever before, or failing to live up to assumed tasks. The will-do lunch …

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