It's 1984! Yes, that's right, you are about to experience the Six Degrees episode bearing that name, BUT ALSO, looking at scientific trends these days, we are apparently living in the horrifying society from the prophetic dystopian novel! Join hosts Reno and Nina (who are both experts on 1984 since they were born then) as they discuss all of technology's beautiful and terrifying capabilities. Oh, and producer Mike gets to sing the terminator theme a lot.
Conscious robots with insect brains
Robots that sleep and dream perform better
AI can tell if you're gay or straight
New "dumb phone" can cure your app addiction
Live vicariously through a human uber
Cuteness overload and what it does to some people's brains
Alzheimer's can't destroy memories of good music
