Episode Details

What kernels of truth are there in sci-fi content today that can maybe predict what our smart technological futures will look like? 

This week, Jess and Joey talk about retrofuturism, the Otis elevator, all things Dymaxian, AI, post-scarcity society and ship names. They don’t talk about our dystopian present. 

references 

• Christmas in Connecticut 
• Otis Elevator 
• Dymaxion 
• Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson 
• Corrections Department: Neuromancer by William Gibson 
• Iain M. Banks' Culture series 
• Post-scarcity 
• Neural Lace 
• Neuralink 
• The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks 
• Humans 
• Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky