In this episode, host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to tech entrepreneur and author Byron Reese about his latest book "Stories, Dice, and Rocks That Think: How Humans Learned to See the Future — and Shape it". They also get into the philosophy of tech and how technologies can help in imagining the future.
Who is Byron Reese? (00:00)
Why this name for the book? (00:55)
Cave art, the purpose of language and evolution (02:22)
The most important invention of humankind (05:43)
Why is Byron optimistic about the future? (08:56)
Should we be scared of AI? (11:21)
Learning from Beehives (15:08)
Can tech take our jobs? (16:40)
How much technology is 'too much technology?' (19:29)
Destination of Humanity (21:19)
