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The PanFuture Society Podcast

Nov 3, 2016

This week we contemplate what you might actually do for a job in the future. Where will we turn when robots do more and more, and will there be enough jobs?

Also, a new map of the Earth, and NASA's asteroid warning system. 


Oct 29, 2016

This week we look at how technology can impact economic scarcity, and how my industry, music, was turned upside down by tech almost two decades ago. 

Also, a quote from the Outer Limits, Carbon sequestration, and Tabby's Star back in the news. 


Jul 16, 2016

In this episode we dive in to some computer-chip-in-the-brain ideas, including one that has allowed a man to control his own paralyzed arm. How far can we go with this technology?

Also, construction bricks grown with microorganisms, and a quote from Commander Sinclair. 


Jun 19, 2016

In this episode we continue exploring fiction of the past, what has come to be reality, and what might yet be in the future. 

 

Also in the news, NASA's Juno mission


Jun 5, 2016

A discussion of the book Race Against the Machine, which opened my eyes to a growing need to deal with the coming changes in technology, and the general notion of Technological Unemployment. How will our society adjust to not needing to have jobs?