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Modem FuturaAI Toys: Datafied Childhoods and the Future of PlayIn this toy-themed episode of Modem Futura, Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard start with an overnight stay aboard the USS Midway before segueing into the holiday toy season and a very 2020s concern: AI-powered toys. From chatty teddy bears running GPT-4 that cheerfully explain how to light matches and sexual kinks to kids, to the long lineage of “intelligent” toys like Teddy Ruxpin, Furby, Hello Barbie and Watson-powered dinos, they trace how our playthings have quietly become networked, data-hungry machines.They unpack two intertwined risks: the datification of childhood—toys that vacuum up children’s voices, feelings and habi...
2025-12-021h 06Modem FuturaThe Metaverse - A Stack of Reality LayersIn this mind-bending episode of Modem Futura, Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard dive deep into the metaverse—not as a corporate brand or sci-fi fantasy, but as a living, evolving stack of realities. Drawing on their immersive experiences with Apple’s Vision Pro, they explore what happens when the physical and digital worlds begin to merge—when the headset comes off but the virtual persists. The hosts unravel how layers of spatial, augmented, and extended reality form a “metaverse stack” that blurs the line between presence and simulation, raising profound questions about identity, memory, and the nature of reality itself. Al...
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Modem FuturaTech or Treat: A Haunted Futures Improv SpecialIt’s Halloween in the future — and things are getting weird. In this special Modem Futura mini-episode, Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard unleash a spooky edition of their improv game “Futures Improv: Tech or Treat.” Fueled by AI-generated prompts, the duo riffs on haunted algorithms, mirrors that remember, and nightmare-mode neural interfaces. What happens when defunct social-media bots resurrect long-dead posts to tag the living? Could a smart mirror one day show you not your reflection, but who you might have been in another timeline? And what if a brain-computer interface glitch traps you inside your worst fear?Equal...
2025-10-3123 minModem FuturaAtlas, Higher Education, and How We Really Feel About AIIn this episode Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard dive deep into how people really feel about AI—drawing on the latest Pew Research Center global survey of 25 countries. From curiosity to concern, they unpack why so many remain unaware of AI’s everyday presence and what this says about our collective future. The hosts explore the widening gap between the technological elite and the majority who’ve “heard little or nothing” about artificial intelligence, asking what it means for democracy, governance, and participation in shaping our shared futures. The conversation then expands into questions of trust: why Americans express the highes...
2025-10-281h 30Modem FuturaSora, Slop, and the AI Economy: When ChatGPT Meets WalmartIn this episode of Modem Futura, Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard dive into a wide-ranging and characteristically lively discussion that spans the launch of Andrew’s new book AI and the Art of Being Human, the rise of OpenAI’s Sora 2video platform, and the surprising partnership between Walmart and ChatGPT that could reshape the economics of online retail. They explore how AI is eroding traditional search and ad models, speculate on whether we’re living inside an “AI bubble,” and ask what happens when an entire digital economy is built on venture debt rather than real profit. Along the way, t...
2025-10-211h 16Modem FuturaAI and the Art of Being Human: How to Thrive with AIThis week, Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard welcome venture capitalist and AI Salon founder Jeffrey Abbott to launch the new book AI and the Art of Being Human—a practical, hands‑on guide to thriving with AI while rediscovering what matters most. Together, they unpack where the idea came from, why they fast‑tracked the project, and how they co‑created with AI (moving from ChatGPT to Anthropic’s Claude) using a “shared compass,” voice training, and a living “lore book” to keep characters and story arcs consistent. Instead of dry case studies, the book uses vivid, cinematic global vignettes and 21 s...
2025-10-071h 13Modem FuturaSloppy Clankers: Is This AI’s Frankenfood Moment?In this lively milestone episode of Modem Futura, Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard dive into the strange cultural moment where AI hype collides with social backlash. The conversation begins with Apple’s latest tech updates—live translation in AirPods and cinematic filmmaking features in the iPhone 17 Pro—before shifting gears into the growing online phenomenon of the term “clanker.” Originally a Star Wars slur for battle droids, “clanker” has become a pejorative for AI systems—and increasingly, for people who use them. Sean and Andrew unpack how this meme-like insult is evolving into a marker of distrust, frustration, and resistance towar...
2025-09-231h 02Modem FuturaFilms from the Future: Moviegoer’s Guide to TomorrowIn this episode of Modem Futura, hosts Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard dive into Andrew’s book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, and the course it inspired, The Moviegoer’s Guide to the Future. Together, they explore how blockbuster films—from Jurassic Park and Minority Report to Limitless, Ex Machina, Elysium, and Contact—become more than entertainment: they serve as mirrors reflecting society’s hopes, fears, and ethical dilemmas around technology. The conversation ranges from the philosophical weight of Never Let Me Go and its meditation on mortality, to the prescient warnings of predictive...
2025-09-091h 21Modem FuturaUp in the Air: The Future of eVTOLs and Urban Air MobilityIn this episode of Modem Futura, Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard take to the skies—literally exploring the promise and pitfalls of eVTOLs (electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft). From personal one-seat “flying pod” drones to futuristic air taxis, eVTOLs are being touted as the next leap in personal and urban transportation. But do they represent a bold solution to gridlock and emissions, or a risky Jetsons-inspired fantasy?We dive into the history of flying car dreams dating back to the 1940s, the technological advances in drones, batteries, and sensors that make eVTOLs possible today, and the regula...
2025-09-021h 08Modem FuturaAgentic AI in Education & the Art of Becoming with Punya MishraSean Leahy and Andrew Maynard welcome ASU’s Punya Mishra back to unpack what “agentic AI” could—and shouldn’t—mean in education. After a nostalgic cold open on AOL’s September 30, 2025 dial‑up shutdown and why the show’s intro samples the 56K handshake, they question recent AI “study” and “agent” releases and the industry’s habit of mistaking prompts and dashboards for pedagogy. Mishra contrasts gamified nudges with deep, personal motivation, sharing how he used AI to begin reading Odia so he could finally engage with his mother’s writing—learning driven by belonging, not badges. Grounding the conversation in John Dewey’s...
2025-08-261h 15Modem FuturaAI, Not AI: Riding the Hype CycleSummer-mode serendipity turns into a sharp tour of today’s tech hype and what actually matters. Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard open with the rapid-fire AI news cycle—GPT-5 rumors, Claude 4.1, and OpenAI’s new open‑weight releases (120B/20B under Apache 2.0 license)—and why running local models (think Whisper on M‑series Macs, or other local models) is accelerating “garage‑scale” experimentation. From there, Andrew shares a candid writer’s-eye view of co‑authoring with AI: Claude can produce moving, “too perfect” drafts, but the human editor’s job is to re‑introduce voice, variation, and those unmistakable personal “tells.” The conversa...
2025-08-1956 minModem FuturaLiving Machines: Inside the Future World of Bio‑Hybrid RoboticsWhat happens when living organisms become components of our machines—and our machines become partly alive? In fact – how do we tell when or if something is ALIVE? In this episode, hosts Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard sit down with guest Sean Dudley (Associate Vice President, ASU Knowledge Enterprise) to unpack the rapidly emerging field of bio‑hybrid robotics. Dudley breaks the field into four sub‑domains: (1) micro‑robots that harness algae or bacteria for propulsion, (2) living‑tissue–integrated robots that marry 3‑D‑printed scaffolds with cultured muscle to create bio‑actuators, (3) cyborg systems where neural or electrical interfaces steer insects, eels, jelly...
2025-08-051h 13Modem FuturaWorld Economic Forum Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2025In this episode of Modem Futura, Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard cover the World Economic Forum’s newly-released “Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2025” report, unpacking what makes each breakthrough matter and how foresight professionals can turn hype into actionable insight. After a quick update on recording in Apple’s Spatial Video, the hosts explore the WEF’s rigorous selection methodology—crowdsourced nominations, AI-assisted clustering, and a STEEP (social, technological, environmental, economic, policy) readiness map—before running down this year’s stand-outs:Structural Battery Composites – load-bearing parts that double as energy storage.Osmotic Power Systems – harvesting electricity at salt-freshwater b...
2025-06-241h 31Modem FuturaMurderbot: Futures of AI Superintelligence, Rogue Robots, and CareHosts Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard kick off this episode with a behind-the-scenes reveal: they’re now capturing each conversation in Apple’s easy-to-edit spatial video—and debating what immersive podcasting might become. From there the discussion rockets into the cultural obsession with AI super-intelligence and “rogue” robots, sparked by Apple TV+’s new adaptation of Murderbot. Sean and Andrew unpack why stories from Terminator and Ex Machina to Westworld and Her keep returning to machines that betray us—and contrast them with gentler robot narratives like Bicentennial Man, Spielberg’s A.I., After Yang and WALL-E. Along the way they revisit...
2025-06-1058 minModem FuturaLiving Circuits and Biofoundries: Ethics and Care of Synthetic Biology with Emma FrowWhat does it really take to engineer life—and should we? In this wide-ranging conversation, Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard sit down with ASU colleague Dr. Emma Frow to unpack the promise and perils of synthetic biology. Emma traces the field’s origins—from the early “DNA-as-code” dream of rational genetic design to today’s reality of brute-force experimentation and highly automated biofoundries—and explains why biology stubbornly resists plug-and-play engineering. The trio dive into the tensions between control vs. care, showing how metaphors borrowed from electronics can miss the messy, evolving nature of living systems. They discuss emerging industrial pla...
2025-06-031h 12Modem FuturaFutures of Learning: AI in Education with Punya MishraIn this lively round-table, hosts Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard sit down with renowned educational-technology scholar Dr. Punya Mishra to untangle the hype and hope around AI in education. Together they probe why “personalized learning” promises often miss the messy, human heart of learning; explore Sean and Punya’s shared devotion to John Dewey's natural impulses for learning—inquiry, communication, construction, expression—as a practical compass for designing AI-infused classrooms; and wrestle with the double-edged sword of chatbots that can both super-charge creativity and erode critical friction. The trio dig into cheating, caring, the myth of control, universal basic income, an...
2025-05-271h 25Modem FuturaSymbiotic Futures: Megatrends, foresight, and Futures ThinkingSean Leahy and Andrew Maynard reunite after Sean’s trip to Lisbon’s Future Days conference to riff on everything from testing an Apple Vision Pro on an 11‑hour flight to the Iberian‑Peninsula blackout that plunged Portugal and Spain into darkness. They use those real‑world anecdotes to explore “symbiotic futures,” the fragility of complex socio‑technical systems, and why futures thinking — complete with megatrend scanning and human‑centered foresight — belongs in every profession. Along the way they celebrate reaching listeners in 74 countries, read a heartfelt note from Isabel in Zurich, and issue a friendly call for ratings and reviews to help Modem Futura crack...
2025-05-2059 minModem FuturaAI on Campus: How Gen Z Is Redefining College with ChatGPTIn this “student-takeover” episode, hosts Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard sit down with Arizona State University sophomores Caleb Lieberman and Bella Faria to explore what it’s really like to be “AI-native” undergraduates. The conversation ranges from their day-to-day use of tools like ChatGPT Plus (Caleb’s personalized “Arthur Ivan”), Spotify’s DJ, Perplexity, and Google’s Notebook LM podcast summaries, to the cultural dynamics of AI-assisted learning—when it feels taboo, when it builds community, and how it reshapes reading, research, and creativity. They tackle perennial fears about academic integrity, share strategies for checking hallucinations, and reflect on AI’s role in adaptive...
2025-05-061h 04Modem FuturaDire Wolves and Dinosaurs: The Bioscience of De-ExtinctionIn this deep dive of Modem Futura, Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard tackle the sensational claims surrounding the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf by Colossal Biosciences. Using the hype-heavy headlines as a jumping-off point, the hosts explore the real science behind resurrection biology, CRISPR gene editing, and the ethics of engineered evolution. From Jurassic Park references to cutting-edge synthetic biology, the episode unpacks what’s happening in labs today, what it means for biodiversity and conservation futures, and how the line between fact and science fiction is increasingly blurred. Along the way, they probe big questions about responsibility, scientific hu...
2025-04-291h 01Modem FuturaElectronic Vehicles and the Future of Transportation with Jamey WetmoreIn this episode of Modem Futura, co-hosts Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard sit down with special guest Dr. Jamey Wetmore, Associate Professor at Arizona State University and author of the Substack The Tech Skeptic Goes Electric. They explore the intricacies of owning an electric vehicle, including the joys of quick acceleration, the challenges of charging infrastructure, and the privacy concerns tied to data collection. Jamey offers insights into how skepticism can inform better decisions on adopting new technologies, highlighting the need for thoughtful governance and a realistic view of the EV lifestyle. Drawing from personal stories and broader societal...
2025-04-151h 14Modem FuturaAI and the Natural Impulses for LearningIn this episode, Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard explore the impact of technology on everyday life and education. They discuss the rising costs and exaggerated hype surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) subscription services, and reflect thoughtfully on the potential consequences of overpromising on AI capabilities, emphasizing the need to strike a healthy balance between innovation and practical usefulness.A significant focus of the conversation revolves around the transformative potential of AI in education. Sean and Andrew discuss how AI can enhance learning experiences, rather than merely replacing traditional methods. They highlight the crucial role educators play in thoughtfully...
2025-03-1859 min
AI for UEp. 16: Imagining the Future of Higher Education with Andrew MaynardBrian Piper sits down with Andrew Maynard, a leading expert on AI and its implications for higher education. They discuss the rapid evolution of AI, the existential challenges it poses for universities, and how institutions can embrace AI as an opportunity rather than a threat. From AI-driven research advancements to the shifting role of educators, this conversation explores what the future of learning might look like in an AI-powered world.Episode prompt: Create a table with columns [insert column names (identifiers like, text, email, id, date, etc)] and [number] rows.Guest Name: Andrew M...
2025-03-1325 minModem FuturaAI and Technological Change: the Postman Always DeliversIn this insightful episode, Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard frame ways of thinking and processing the increased speed of technological change, examining the complexities of AI (and other emergent technologies) and its profound implications for society. Drawing historical parallels and reflecting on cultural narratives, the hosts discuss technology's dual nature—both beneficial and harmful—referencing Neil Postman’s critical perspectives as presented in his 1998 talk "Five Things We Need to Know About Technological Change". They explore the 'Faustian bargain' of technological trade-offs, the winners and losers, embedded biases, ecological impact, and mythic status of technologic innovations and change. Through their...
2025-03-111h 07Modem FuturaThe Art of Doing NothingIn this episode Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard discuss AI fatigue, the philosophical implications of technology, and the storytelling behind technological progress as they ponder the quote from Oscar Wilde does 'life imitate art, or does art imitate life'? Their conversation covers the allure and nostalgia of new technologies, the way technology builds community, and the intricate relationship between consumerism, authenticity, and personal narratives. Rich with references to Oscar Wilde and personal anecdotes, they examine the influence of big corporations and AI, emphasizing the importance of intentionality, creative space, and reflective boredom in our fast-paced digital world. They also...
2025-02-251h 01Modem FuturaAI: the Medium is the MessageJoin Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard as they navigate the evolving landscape of technology and its influence on our personal and professional lives. The conversation addresses OpenAI’s Deep Research and others growing role in academic work, highlighting both its value in accelerating research and its limitations—particularly around citation accuracy and the need for genuine human interpretation. Drawing on concepts like Marshall McLuhan’s “the medium is the message” and historical analogies such as the electric light, they illustrate how one technological leap can trigger vast societal changes in the 'adjacent possible' space. Throughout, they consider the balance of gains a...
2025-02-181h 08Modem FuturaArtisanal Intellectual: a response to OpenAI's Deep ResearchIn this episode of Modem Futura, hosts Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard discuss the evolving landscape of AI and its implications for humanity. This episode highlights the challenges and frustrations faced when using AI tools, particularly in academic contexts, while also emphasizing the exciting possibilities that arise from the partnership between humans and AI. In this episode the hosts take a close look at their experience with the newly released Deep Research from OpenAI Pro and share initial impressions and some suggestions for much needed improvement. They discuss how AI can generate new ideas, challenge traditional academic perspectives, and...
2025-02-111h 05Modem FuturaGoing Pro with ChatGPT and DeepSeek - with Mark DaleyAndrew Maynard, Sean Leahy, and special guest Mark Daly explore the rapid advancements in AI technology with a spotlight on OpenAI's 01 Pro model. They examine how AI is reshaping game development, creative industries, and research, and discuss the urgent need for academia to adapt to these changes. The panel also tackles ethical issues in education, emphasizing the importance of maintaining human values amid rapid technological progress.Highlighting AI's transformative potential for Gen Z, the conversation explores experiential learning and the benefits of personalized AI tutors (evoking Neal Stephenson's 'The Diamond Age'). The discussion further explores the impact...
2025-02-041h 10Modem FuturaStargate AG-IIn this conversation, Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard discuss the rapid developments in AI technology, particularly focusing on the newly announced Stargate AI initiative. They explore the implications of the inauguration week, the political landscape surrounding AI regulation, and the potential economic impacts of this massive investment in AI infrastructure. The discussion also touches on historical parallels, public perception, and the ambitious claims made during the press conference announcing the initiative. Andrew and Sean also explore the transformative potential of AI and mRNA vaccines in medicine, the ethical implications of tech companies' responsibilities, and the societal risks associated with...
2025-01-281h 05Modem FuturaAGI, Superintelligence, Synthetic Personas, and is the Internet dead?In this engaging conversation, Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard explore the rapid developments in technology as we enter 2025. They discuss the implications of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), the potential for superintelligence, and the ethical considerations surrounding these advancements. The conversation also touches on the creation of synthetic personas in social media and the challenges of distinguishing between real and artificial interactions. The hosts explore the implications of synthetic personas and data, the concept of the dead internet, and the future of AI technology. They discusses the potential dangers of social media manipulation, the ethical considerations of using synthetic data...
2025-01-211h 12Modem FuturaThe Pilot - Exploring the Future of Being HumanIn this pilot episode of Modem Futura, hosts Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard explore the intersection of technology, society, and the human experience. They discuss the origins of the podcast, the significance of the Future of Being Human Initiative, and the importance of inclusive conversations about the future. The episode highlights personal journeys into futurism, the need for diverse voices in discussions about emerging technologies, and the wonder of scientific exploration. The hosts also tease future topics and themes for upcoming episodes, emphasizing the podcast's goal of inspiring curiosity and dialogue. Key takeawaysT...
2024-10-0821 min
The Moviegoer's Guide to the FutureLooking to the Future: The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future Episode 14“Don’t panic.” — The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the GalaxyChapter 14 of Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi movies, read by author Andrew MaynardIf there’s one chapter of the book Films from the Future that I would hope people read and listen to, it’s this one. It’s short — this is the wrap-up chapter for the book. But it does capture the essence of why I believe thinking about how we develop transformative technologies in responsible ways is important, and how science fiction movies are an important part of informing our t...
2023-10-0612 min
The Moviegoer's Guide to the FutureLiving By More Than Science Alone and the movie Contact. The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future Episode 13“...okay to go...” ―Ellie ArrowayChapter 13 of Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi movies, read by author Andrew MaynardIn this episode: ContactAn Awful Waste of Space | More than Science Alone | Occam’s Razor | What If We’re Not AloneThis chapter in the book Films from the Future almost didn’t make it. Of all the chapters, this is the one my editors couldn’t see the point of — the movie Contact was just too fantastical they thought for a book that was grounded in cutting edge but very real techno...
2023-09-2941 min
The Moviegoer's Guide to the FutureRiding the Wave of Climate Change and the movie The Day After Momorrow. The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future Episode 12“We were wrong.”—Vice President BeckerChapter 12 of Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi movies, read by author Andrew MaynardIn this episode: The Day After TomorrowOur Changing Climate | Fragile States | A Planetary “Microbiome” | The Rise of the Anthropocene | Building Resiliency | Geoengineering the FutureThe 2004 movie The Day After Tomorrow isn’t perhaps the ideal film to explore the topic of climate change through. But then there aren’t a whole lot of climate-related movies that are much better. And so, when looking for a climate-forward film to include in the book Fi...
2023-09-2252 min
The Moviegoer's Guide to the FutureWeaponizing the Genome and the movie Inferno. The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future Episode 11“If a plague exists, do you know how many governments would want it and what they’d do to get it?” —Sienna BrooksChapter 11 of Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi movies, read by author Andrew MaynardIn this episode: InfernoDecoding Make-Believe | Weaponizing the Genome | Immoral Logic? | The Honest Broker | Dictating the FutureI wrote chapter 11 of Films from the Future in 2018, two years before COVID was to sweep around the world. Yet looking back, the narrative around bioengineered viruses and global pandemics that was inspired by Dan Brown’s Inferno...
2023-09-1551 min
The Moviegoer's Guide to the FutureLiving in a Material World and the movie The Man in the White Suit. The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future Episode 10“Why can’t you scientists leave things alone? What about my bit of washing, when there’s no washing to do?”—Mrs. WatsonChapter 10 of Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi movies, read by author Andrew MaynardIn this episode: The Man in the White SuitThere’s Plenty of Room At The Bottom | Mastering the Material World | Myopically Benevolent Science | never Underestimate the Status Quo | It’s Good to TalkEach year, I teach a class on responsible innovation based on the 1951 film The Man in the White Suit. And each time...
2023-09-0856 min
The Moviegoer's Guide to the FutureWelcome to the Singularity and the movie Transcendence. The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future Episode 9Chapter 9 of Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi movies, read by author Andrew MaynardIn this episode: TranscendenceVisions of the Future | Technological Convergence | Enter the Neo-Luddites | Techno-Terrorism | Exponential Extrapolation | Make-believe in the Age of the SingularityTranscendence is neither the greatest science fiction movie ever made, nor Jonny Depp’s finest hour as an actor. And yet I have a soft spot for the film. It’s partly because I’ve watched the film more times than I can remember as I teach from it in class — a type of movie...
2023-09-011h 11
The Moviegoer's Guide to the FutureAI and the Art of Manipulation and the movie Ex Machina. The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future Episode 8“One day the AIs are going to look back on us the same way we look at fossil skeletons on the plains of Africa. An upright ape living in dust with crude language and tools, all set for extinction.” —Nathan BatemanChapter 8 of Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi movies, read by author Andrew MaynardIn this episode: Ex MachinaPlato’s Cave | The Lure of Permissionless Innovation | Technologies of Hubris | Superintelligence | Defining Artificial Intelligence | Artificial ManipulationIn some ways everything about artificial intelligence has changed over the past 12 months. In other...
2023-08-251h 05
The Moviegoer's Guide to the FutureBeing Human in an Augmented Future and the movie Ghost in the Shell. The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future Episode 7Chapter 7 of Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi movies, read by author Andrew MaynardIn this episode: Ghost in the ShellThrough a Glass Darkly | Body Hacking | More that “Human”? | Plugged In, Hacked Out | Your Corporate BodyGhost in the Shell is quite a complex movie, and when I was writing Films from the Future I must confess that I struggled with it. But it provides such a good jumping off point for exploring the world of using technology to augment the human body that I persevered — and I’m glad I did....
2023-08-181h 02
The Moviegoer's Guide to the FutureSocial Inequity in an Age of Technological Extremes and the movie Elysium. The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future Episode 6Chapter 6 of Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi movies, read by author Andrew MaynardIn this episode: ElysiumThe Poor Shall Inherit The Earth | Bioprinting Our Future Bodies | The Disposable Workforce | Living in an Automated FutureElysium is a very earnest movie. Made at a time when there was a visceral global pushback against wealth inequity, it captures the frustration and anger of massive disparities between the uber-wealthy and everyone else — and the ways in which technology can exacerbate this if we’re not careful.This divide is reflected in the...
2023-08-1147 min
The Moviegoer's Guide to the FuturePharmaceutically-enhanced intelligence and the movie Limitless. The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future Episode 5Chapter 5 of Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi movies, read by author Andrew MaynardIn this episode: The movie LimitlessA Pill for Everything | The Seduction of Self Enhancement | Nootropics | If You Could, Would You? | Our Obsession With IntelligenceIt’s funny looking back and remembering that this was one of the toughest chapters to write when I was working on Films from the Future. It wasn’t so much the topic as it was me struggling with colds and brain-fog — to the extent that my inability to think in a straight line a...
2023-08-0447 min
The Moviegoer's Guide to the FuturePredicting Criminal Intent and the movie Minority Report. The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future, Episode 4Chapter 4 of Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi movies, read by author Andrew MaynardIn this episode: The movie Minority ReportCriminal Intent | The “Science” of Predicting Bad Behavior | Criminal Brain Scans | Machine Learning-Based Precognition | Big Brother, Meet Big DataThis episode of The Moviegoers Guide to the Future (based on chapter 4 of Films from the Future) draws on the 2002 Stephen Spielberg film Minority Report. Based on the 1956 Philip K. Dick novella The Minority Report, the movie is based around “precogs” who can see into the future to prevent murders — a technology that turns...
2023-07-2854 min
The Moviegoer's Guide to the FutureA Cautionary Tale of Human Cloning and the movie Never Let Me Go. The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future, Episode 3Chapter 3 of Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi movies, read by author Andrew MaynardIn this episode: Sins of Futures Past | Cloning | Genuinely Human? | Too Valuable to Fail?This episode of The Moviegoers Guide to the Future (based on chapter 3 of Films from the Future) draws on the 2010 film Never Let Me Go. Based on the the 2005 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, it’s not usually classified as a science fiction movie. However, underlying the very human stories of love, pain, and a live well lived, is a searing indictment of how po...
2023-07-2141 min
The Moviegoer's Guide to the FutureThe Rise of Resurrection Biology and the movie Jurassic Park. The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future, Episode 2Chapter 2 of Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi movies, read by author Andrew MaynardIn this episode: When Dinosaurs Ruled the World | De-Extinction | Could We, Should We? | The Butterfly Effect | Visions of PowerThis episode of The Moviegoers Guide to the Future (based on chapter 2 of Films from the Future) riffs off the 1993 Stephen Spielberg movie Jurassic Park to explore themes from de-extinction and chaos theory to the always-tricky dynamic between entrepreneurial power and responsible innovation.Despite Jurassic Park being made over 30 years ago, it still stands the test...
2023-07-1446 min
The Moviegoer's Guide to the FutureIn The Beginning. The Moviegoer's Guide to the Future Episode 1Chapter 1 of Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi movies, read by author Andrew MaynardIn this episode: Beginnings | Welcome to the Future | The Power of Convergence |Socially Responsible Innovation |A Common Point of FocusThis episode sets up the main themes in the book. It’s one of only two chapters that don’t explicitly riff of a sci-fi movie, although if course I had to squeeze one in anyway! Importantly, it frames the importance of taking a nuanced approach to socially responsible innovation in the face of complex and converging emer...
2023-07-0733 min
The LIUniverse with Dr. Charles LiuScience and the Future with Dr. Andrew MaynardHow does the science of today lead us into the future we’ve imagined? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome scientist, futurist and podcaster Andrew Maynard, PhD from Arizona State University. Dr. Maynard’s career has taken him from physicist to futurist, with sojourns in risk analysis, nanotechnology, synthetic biology, artificial intelligence, and of course, science communication.
To begin, we travel back to Andrew’s early days studying aerosol physics, using electron microscopy to analyze minute airborne particles… like asbestos fibers. And, given the pandemic we’ve all been living through, it’...
2023-05-2731 minThe LIUniverse with Dr. Charles LiuScience and the Future with Dr. Andrew MaynardHow does the science of today lead us into the future we’ve imagined? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome scientist, futurist and podcaster Andrew Maynard, PhD from Arizona State University. Dr. Maynard’s career has taken him from physicist to futurist, with sojourns in risk analysis, nanotechnology, synthetic biology, artificial intelligence, and of course, science communication.
To begin, we travel back to Andrew’s early days studying aerosol physics, using electron microscopy to analyze minute airborne particles… like asbestos fibers. And, given the pandemic we’ve all been living through, it’...
2023-05-2731 min
The Relentless Pursuit Podcast"Into the Metaverse" - an Interview with Professor Andrew MaynardThe Metaverse is a loaded word promising a bright, immersive future while at the same time raising important questions about the very nature of humanity. We are joined today by Professor Andrew Maynard to help us unpack what the Metaverse is and what might be in store for us for the future. Andrew Maynard is a scientist, author, and founder of Arizona State University’s Future of Being Human community, where he’s also a professor in the ASU School for the Future of Innovation in Society. Andrew is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the A...
2022-11-021h 11
Responsible Innovation 100RISK INNOVATION and the power of WONDER & AWE in innovation success | Dr. Andrew Maynard | Responsible Innovation 100Dr. Andrew Maynard (Arizona State University) and Xiao Han Drummond (Centre for Responsible Innovation) share a wonderful conversation about the changing nature of innovation, "risk innovation" and the power of wonder and awe in driving breakthrough science and innovation. They also discuss the role of science fiction in enriching human imagination and possibilities.
About Andrew:
Andrew Maynard is a professor in the Arizona State University School for the Future of Innovation in Society and Director of the ASU Risk Innovation Lab. Trained as a physicist, his work cuts across di...
2022-10-101h 05
Future RisingHope – Seeing beyond what seems possibleIn this episode, hope, and how it enables us to look beyond what seems possible. For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.comThis is the last in the current series of Future Rising. For more (and there is a lot more), please do check out the book!Host: Professor Andrew Maynard Web: http://andrewmaynard.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/2020science Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/literallyandrewmaynard/
2022-02-0705 minFuture RisingPossibility – Forging a pathway to the futureIn this episode, we move on from despair to possibility, and how the possible opens up pathways to the futures we aspire to. For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.comWe’ll be positing new episodes of Future each Monday. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform if you don’t want to miss them. And please do leave us a review!Host: Professor Andrew Maynard Web: http://andrewmaynard.net Twitter: http://twitter.com...
2022-01-3104 minFuture RisingDespair – Being denied the future you aspire toIn this episode, how despair and the future are connected, and what this means for how we think about how our actions impact the lives of others. For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.comWe’ll be positing new episodes of Future each Monday. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform if you don’t want to miss them. And please do leave us a review!Host: Professor Andrew Maynard Web: http://andrewmaynard.net...
2022-01-2404 minFuture RisingLoss – Protecting What’s Important To UsIn this episode, we tackle one of the most painful but foundational aspects of the future and our relationship with it: Loss.Read more about Sandy Peckinpah here – while this episode draws on her experiences to highlight the connection between loss and our relationship with future, her story is also one of hope and light: https://www.sandypeckinpah.com/pages/about-Sandy For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.comWe’ll be positing new episodes of Future each Monday. Plea...
2022-01-1705 minFuture RisingFear – Premonitions of the Darker Side of The FutureIn this episode, we begin to take a walk on the dark side of the future, starting with fear. We’ll be continuing along this darker – but important – path next week as we tackle despair. But we do get to Hope in a couple of episodes’ time, so stick in there!While we’re talking about fear, here’s a short video on how, rather than being ruled by fear, we can learn to better balance it with our reason: https://news.asu.edu/content/andrew-maynard-fear For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Pas...
2022-01-1005 minFuture RisingArt – The Oxygen that Fuels our CreativityIn this episode, how art is connected to the how we think about the future and fuels our imagination of what is possible. If you’re interested in the idea of minimalistic art, here’s a short piece in Vox about all-white paintings. To me, the value of these is subtler and deeper than is indicated in the article, but it’s an interesting staring point: https://www.openculture.com/2019/01/the-artistry-behind-an-all-white-painting.html For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.comWe...
2022-01-0305 minFuture RisingCreativity – The New InnovationIn this episode, how our creativity enables to build bridges toward the future we aspire to. To read more about the 2018 World Economic Future Forum Jobs Report, check out the link here: https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-future-of-jobs-report-2018 For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.comWe’ll be positing new episodes of Future each Monday. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform if you don’t want to miss them. And please do leave us a review!...
2021-12-2705 minFuture RisingCuriosity – Scratching the Itch of the UnknownIn this episode, how our curiosity makes us delightfully discontent with what we know, and why this is important to how we think about the future and our roles in influencing it.If you're curious to find out more about NASA’s Curiosity rover, check out the mission details and images here: https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/home/ For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.comWe’ll be positing new episodes of Future each Monday. Please subscribe on your...
2021-12-2004 minFuture RisingImagination – Envisioning alternative futuresIn this episode, how our imagination enables us to envision different futures, and inspires us to create them. For an interesting take on imagination, check out this New York Times article on The Awesome Importance of Imagination: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/11/opinion/imagination-empathy.html For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.comWe’ll be positing new episodes of Future each Monday. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform if you don’t want to miss them. And please do le...
2021-12-1305 minFuture RisingFaith – Believing in futures that lie beyond understandingIn this episode, we dive into the sometimes contentious but ever-present topic of faith, and how this connects us to the future; whether faith in God, faith in humanity, or simply faith in the scientific methods we use to try and peer into the future.For an interesting take on “reasonable faith” it’s worth checking out this short blog post featuring physicist Paul Davies: https://www.worldviewsummit.org/post/scientists-have-faithFor more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.comWe’ll...
2021-12-0606 minFuture RisingFeelings – Transcending mere factsIn this first episode of season 2, we start to look at what makes us uniquely human – starting with our feelings.If you're interested in an intriguing perspective on feelings and the future, you might want to check out this article that asks how people feel about the future, from an exhibit hosted by the V&A Museum in London: https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/how-do-you-feel-about-the-future For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.comWe’ll be positing new epis...
2021-11-2905 minFuture RisingThinking differently about the future (Bonus episode)If you’ve been listening to season one of Future Rising, you’ll know that most podcast episodes are short and hopefully insightful and engaging readings from the book Future Rising. This episode is different – it’s a lot longer for a start. As we’re currently in between seasons, I thought I’d post a bonus episode that captures some of the thinking and reasoning behind the book and the podcast.This episode is based on a TEDx talk that was scheduled to take place in early 2020, but was cancelled due to COVID. It draws on the...
2021-08-1016 minFuture RisingReason – A Window into the FutureIn this episode, which is also the last in this season of Future Rising, we begin pulling together the threads from the past few weeks as we explore how reason helps us not only peer into the future, but begin to design it.If you’ve enjoyed listening, please subscribe and let others know. And season 2 will be here before you know it!For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.comWe’ll be positing new episodes of Future Risi...
2021-06-2305 minFuture RisingKnowledge – Fueling Our UnderstandingIn this episode we consider how knowledge fuels our understanding of the future and our various relationships to it.Read, listen to and watch J. F. Kennedy’s 1962 Moon speech here: https://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/ricetalk.htm For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.comWe’ll be positing new episodes of Future Rising on Monday’s Wednesday’s and Fridays. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform if you don’t want to miss them. And please do...
2021-06-2106 minFuture RisingIntelligence – Part of the “secret sauce” of future-buildingIn this episode we explore an aspect of our connection with the future that is both highly important, and extremely hard to pin down: intelligence.For more on intelligence, check out Hank Green’s Crash Course video on the topic – highly recommended: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xTz3QjcloI For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.comWe’ll be positing new episodes of Future Rising on Monday’s Wednesday’s and Fridays. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast pla...
2021-06-1806 minFuture RisingIntentionality – Escaping FateIn today’s episode of Future Rising, we consider how intention affects not only how we think about the future, but our attitudes toward changing it.In this episode I refer to the Terminator movies, and John Connor’s famous line “The future is not set. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves.” It is, admittedly, a bit of a trivial link, but it does illuminate the difference between being passive versus active participants in crafting the future. It’s also a subtle nod to my previous book Films from the Future, which expl...
2021-06-1605 minFuture RisingLearning – Moving Beyond InstinctIn today’s episode of Future Rising we look at how learning allows us to move beyond instinct as we navigate the future.Today’s podcast mentions the British scientist Michael Faraday. You can find out more about this highly influential yet often overlooked experimenter here: https://www.aaas.org/genius-michael-faraday For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.comWe’ll be positing new episodes of Future Rising on Monday’s Wednesday’s and Fridays. Please subscribe on your favorite pod...
2021-06-1405 minFuture RisingMemory – An essential part of our future-planning skillsIn today’s episode of Future Rising we consider how memory is vital to connecting past effects with future causes, and how as a result it is essential to our ability to build a better future. One of the stories mentioned in this episode is that of British musician Clive Wearing. You can read more about Wearing and how his memory loss profoundly affected his life in this quite compelling piece by Oliver Sachs: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/09/24/the-abyss For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of...
2021-06-1105 minFuture RisingCausality – How cause and effect are connected to the futureIn today’s episode of Future Rising we consider the fundamental importance of how cause and effect govern the threads between past and future, and our ability to impact the future through our actions.One of the trickier aspects of causality is where correlation—an apparent relationship between two things—is mistaken for a cause-effect relationship. We don’t go into this in the podcast, but if you’re interested in some of the weirder examples of correlation that has nothing to do with causation, check out these: https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations For more on the book...
2021-06-0904 minFuture RisingInstinct – The power and perils of building the future based on gut feelingsIn today’s episode of Future Rising we consider something we all rely on, and yet can get us into trouble as we build a future that’s very different from the past: instinct. If you’re interested in more on human behavior – and this touches on instinct but goes far beyond it – I’d highly recommend this talk by Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman on system 1 and system 2 thinking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjVQJdIrDJ0 For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futur...
2021-06-0706 minFuture RisingAnticipation – How awareness of the future affects our decisions in the presentIn today’s episode of Future Rising we look at a basic evolutionary trait that lies at the heart of how we’re connected with the future: Anticipation.And if you’re interested, here’s more on Paul the Octopus: https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/paul-the-octopus-scientific-or-psychic/For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.comWe’ll be positing new episodes of Future Rising on Monday’s Wednesday’s and Fridays. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform if you don’t want to...
2021-06-0405 minFuture RisingEvolution – DNA: A powerful entropy acceleratorIn today’s episode of Future Rising we begin to journey from the world of physics to the world of biology, and the remarkable future-changing power of evolution. For a highly recommended primer on evolution, check out this Crash Course video by John Green, Hank Green, and Emily Graslie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92oHNd8vFwoFor more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.comWe’ll be positing new episodes of Future Rising on Monday’s Wednesday’s and Frid...
2021-06-0205 minFuture RisingEmergence – The Rise of Biological ComplexityIn today’s episode of Future Rising we dive into an intriguing theory developed by MIT professor Jeremy England that ties together entropy and the emergence of life on earth. You can read more about England’s ideas in this Scientific American article from 2014: A New Physics Theory of Life: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-new-physics-theory-of-life/For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.comWe’ll be positing new episodes of Future Rising on Monday’s Wednesday’s and Frid...
2021-05-3106 minFuture RisingEntropy – The Inexorable Arrow of TimeIn today’s episode of Future Rising we explore that most elusive and yet important of concepts when it comes to the future: Entropy.For more on entropy, I’d highly recommend this video from Crash Course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsY4WcQOrfk For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.comWe’ll be positing new episodes of Future Rising on Monday’s Wednesday’s and Fridays. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform if you don’t want to mi...
2021-05-2806 minFuture RisingTime – How We’re Immersed In It, Obsessed By It, Yet Can’t Control ItIn today’s episode of Future Rising we grapple with the very fabric of the future as we talk about time, and how it impacts our lives and our thoughts.For more on Steven Hawking’s A Brief History of Time, this is a great article in the Washington Post:What made Hawking’s ‘A Brief History of Time’ so immensely popularhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/03/14/what-made-hawkings-a-brief-history-of-time-so-immensely-popular/For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisi...
2021-05-2604 minFuture RisingMovement – Marking the Transition Between Past and FutureIn today’s episode of Future Rising we look at the many different roles of “movement” in our journey from the past to the future.For more on gravitons, here’s an intriguing article about work being carried out by colleagues at Arizona State University:'The Noise of Gravitons': ASU physicists win prestigious award for gravity researchhttps://news.asu.edu/20200601-discoveries-noise-gravitons-asu-physicists-win-prestigious-award-gravity-research For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.comWe’ll be positing new...
2021-05-2404 minFuture RisingLight – Metaphorically and Physically Illuminating our FuturesIn today’s episode of Future Rising we explore the physical and metaphorical role of light in guiding our thinking about the future, and how we’re connected to it.If you’re interested in learning more on the role of caesium atoms in time keeping, check out this great article from the BBC:Caesium: A brief history of timekeepinghttps://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29476893For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.comWe’ll...
2021-05-2106 minFuture RisingOrigins – The Big BangBefore the big bang there was no future and no past – just a pinprick of potential that existed outside what we now think of space and time. In today’s episode of Future Rising we go back to the beginning of everything, and the emergence of a universe that is governed by the flow of time between past and future.If you’re interested in more on the origins of everything, this National Geographic video is a good place to start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdPzOWlLrbE For more on the book Future Rising: A Jour...
2021-05-1905 minFuture RisingEarthrise – How a 1968 photo transformed how we think about the futureIn today’s episode of Future Rising , Andrew Maynard takes inspiration from William Anders’ 1968 photograph “Earthrise” as he considers our relationship to what comes next, and our collective and individual responsibilities to it.Check out Bill Anders’ Earthrise photo here: https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1249.html For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.comWe’ll be positing new episodes of Future Rising on Monday’s Wednesday’s and Fridays. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform if you...
2021-05-1705 minFuture RisingIntroduction - A World In TurmoilOver the next few weeks scientist and author Andrew Maynard will be taking you on a journey from the past to the edge of tomorrow as he reads through the book Future Rising. It’s a journey that starts with the big bang, and ends with our responsibility to future generations. Along the way, there’ll be plenty twists and turns, some intriguing new ideas, and even a few surprises. Episode 1 drops Monday May 17 For more on the book Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow, check out http://futurerisingbook.com
2021-05-0906 min
The DisruptorsREPLAY: Andrew Maynard - What Science Fiction Teaches Us About Morality and Existential RiskAndrew Maynard (@2020science) is the Director of the Risk Innovation Lab at Arizona State University, a Professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the author of Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies. Andrew's research focuses on risk innovation and the responsible development and use of emerging technologies. He is especially interested in effective approaches to developing socially responsive, responsible and beneficial technologies; understanding and responding to the technology and society dynamic; and effective science communication and engagement – particularly through social media.Andrew is widely published in the academic pres...
2020-07-1353 min
Triangulation (Audio)Andrew Maynard: Films from the Future - The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies
Jason Howell speaks with Andrew Maynard, professor in the Arizona State University School for the Future of Innovation in Society, about his book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies. They dive into his book discussing whether sci-fi films like Jurassic Park, Limitless, Ghost in the Shell, and Ex Machina is predicting or creating our future, responsible innovation, what Andrew finds really disturbing about AI, the ethics of Elon Musk's Neuralink technology, and more.
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Host: Jason Howell
2019-08-0259 minTriangulation (Video)Andrew Maynard: Films from the Future - The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies
Jason Howell speaks with Andrew Maynard, professor in the Arizona State University School for the Future of Innovation in Society, about his book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies. They dive into his book discussing whether sci-fi films like Jurassic Park, Limitless, Ghost in the Shell, and Ex Machina is predicting or creating our future, responsible innovation, what Andrew finds really disturbing about AI, the ethics of Elon Musk's Neuralink technology, and more.
Buy "Films from the Future": https://amzn.to/2T3ORiT
Host: Jason Howell
2019-08-0259 min
Iconic: Players of the Beautiful Game14 - Socrates Bonus Coverage with Andrew Downie - Iconic: Players of the Beautiful GameIn this week's episode of Iconic: Players of the Beautiful Game, Adam and Andrew are joined by none other than the author of Doctor Socrates, Andrew Downie.
2019-05-2930 min
Films from the Future16. Don't PanicIn this episode: Technology innovation, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Author and scientist Andrew Maynard reads from chapter 14 of his book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies.
From the book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, by Andrew Maynard - exploring real-world technologies and their responsible development through science fiction movies. Find out more at at http://filmsfromthefuture.com
Andrew Maynard is a leading expert on emerging technologies, and directs the Arizona State University Risk Innovation Lab. He is a contributor to the a...
2019-04-2802 minFilms from the Future15. Occam's RazorIn this episode: Occam's Razor, and the movie Contact. Author and scientist Andrew Maynard reads from chapter 13 of his book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies.
From the book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, by Andrew Maynard - exploring real-world technologies and their responsible development through science fiction movies. Find out more at at http://filmsfromthefuture.com
Andrew Maynard is a leading expert on emerging technologies, and directs the Arizona State University Risk Innovation Lab. He is a contributor to the annual list of S...
2019-04-2803 minFilms from the Future14. A Planetary MicrobiomeIn this episode: Climate, environment, and the analogy of the planetary "microbiome." Author and scientist Andrew Maynard reads from chapter 12 of his book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies.
From the book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, by Andrew Maynard - exploring real-world technologies and their responsible development through science fiction movies. Find out more at at http://filmsfromthefuture.com
Andrew Maynard is a leading expert on emerging technologies, and directs the Arizona State University Risk Innovation Lab. He is a contributor to the a...
2019-04-2805 minFilms from the Future13. The Honest BrokerIn this episode: Science advocacy, and the honest broker. Author and scientist Andrew Maynard reads from chapter 11 of his book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies.
From the book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, by Andrew Maynard - exploring real-world technologies and their responsible development through science fiction movies. Find out more at at http://filmsfromthefuture.com
Andrew Maynard is a leading expert on emerging technologies, and directs the Arizona State University Risk Innovation Lab. He is a contributor to the annual list of S...
2019-04-2802 minFilms from the Future12. Nanotechnology: Mastering the Material WorldIn this episode: nanotechnology. Author and scientist Andrew Maynard reads from chapter 10 of his book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies.
From the book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, by Andrew Maynard - exploring real-world technologies and their responsible development through science fiction movies. Find out more at at http://filmsfromthefuture.com
Andrew Maynard is a leading expert on emerging technologies, and directs the Arizona State University Risk Innovation Lab. He is a contributor to the annual list of Scientific American/World Economic Forum T...
2019-04-2806 minFilms from the Future11. Enter the Neo LudditesIn this episode: Luddism, and the movie Transcendence. Author and scientist Andrew Maynard reads from chapter 9 of his book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies.
From the book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, by Andrew Maynard - exploring real-world technologies and their responsible development through science fiction movies. Find out more at at http://filmsfromthefuture.com
Andrew Maynard is a leading expert on emerging technologies, and directs the Arizona State University Risk Innovation Lab. He is a contributor to the annual list of Scientific A...
2019-04-2804 minFilms from the Future10. SuperintelligenceIn this episode: AI, superintelligence, and the movie Ex Machina. Author and scientist Andrew Maynard reads from chapter 8 of his book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies.
From the book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, by Andrew Maynard - exploring real-world technologies and their responsible development through science fiction movies. Find out more at at http://filmsfromthefuture.com
Andrew Maynard is a leading expert on emerging technologies, and directs the Arizona State University Risk Innovation Lab. He is a contributor to the annual list o...
2019-04-2804 minFilms from the Future9. Body HackingIn this episode: DIY body hacking, and the movie Ghost in the Shell. Author and scientist Andrew Maynard reads from chapter 7 of his book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies.
From the book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, by Andrew Maynard - exploring real-world technologies and their responsible development through science fiction movies. Find out more at at http://filmsfromthefuture.com
Andrew Maynard is a leading expert on emerging technologies, and directs the Arizona State University Risk Innovation Lab. He is a contributor to t...
2019-04-2803 minFilms from the Future8. Bioprinting our FutureIn this episode: 3-D bioprinting replacement body parts, and the movie Elysium. Author and scientist Andrew Maynard reads from chapter 6 of his book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies.
From the book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, by Andrew Maynard - exploring real-world technologies and their responsible development through science fiction movies. Find out more at at http://filmsfromthefuture.com
Andrew Maynard is a leading expert on emerging technologies, and directs the Arizona State University Risk Innovation Lab. He is a contributor to the a...
2019-04-2801 minFilms from the Future7. Smart DrugsIn this episode: Academics, cognitive enhancing drugs, and the movie Limitless. Author and scientist Andrew Maynard reads from chapter 5 of his book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies.
From the book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, by Andrew Maynard - exploring real-world technologies and their responsible development through science fiction movies. Find out more at at http://filmsfromthefuture.com
Andrew Maynard is a leading expert on emerging technologies, and directs the Arizona State University Risk Innovation Lab. He is a contributor to the annual l...
2019-04-2803 minFilms from the Future6. Predicting Bad BehaviorIn this episode: The technology of "predicting" bad behavior, and the movie Minority Report. Author and scientist Andrew Maynard reads from chapter 4 of his book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies.
From the book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, by Andrew Maynard - exploring real-world technologies and their responsible development through science fiction movies. Find out more at at http://filmsfromthefuture.com
Andrew Maynard is a leading expert on emerging technologies, and directs the Arizona State University Risk Innovation Lab. He is a contributor t...
2019-04-2803 minFilms from the Future5. CloningIn this episode: Cloning. Author and scientist Andrew Maynard reads from chapter 3 of his book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies.
From the book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, by Andrew Maynard - exploring real-world technologies and their responsible development through science fiction movies. Find out more at at http://filmsfromthefuture.com
Andrew Maynard is a leading expert on emerging technologies, and directs the Arizona State University Risk Innovation Lab. He is a contributor to the annual list of Scientific American/World Economic Forum T...
2019-04-2801 minFilms from the Future4. PowerIn this episode: The power dynamics of technology innovation, and the movie Jurassic Park. Author and scientist Andrew Maynard reads from chapter 2 of his book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies.
From the book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, by Andrew Maynard - exploring real-world technologies and their responsible development through science fiction movies. Find out more at at http://filmsfromthefuture.com
Andrew Maynard is a leading expert on emerging technologies, and directs the Arizona State University Risk Innovation Lab. He is a contributor t...
2019-04-2801 minFilms from the Future3. Can we, should we?In this episode: Jurassic Park and the tension between what we can do, and what we should when it comes to technology innovation. Author and scientist Andrew Maynard reads from chapter 2 of his book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies.
From the book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, by Andrew Maynard - exploring real-world technologies and their responsible development through science fiction movies. Find out more at at http://filmsfromthefuture.com
Andrew Maynard is a leading expert on emerging technologies, and directs the Arizona S...
2019-04-2802 minFilms from the Future2. Responsible InnovationIn this episode: the challenges of innovating responsibly. Author and scientist Andrew Maynard reads from chapter 1 of his book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies.
From the book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, by Andrew Maynard - exploring real-world technologies and their responsible development through science fiction movies. Find out more at at http://filmsfromthefuture.com
Andrew Maynard is a leading expert on emerging technologies, and directs the Arizona State University Risk Innovation Lab. He is a contributor to the annual list of Scientific A...
2019-04-2702 min
Films from the Future1. BeginningsIn this episode: The movie 2001, A Space Odyssey. Author and scientist Andrew Maynard reads from chapter 1 of his book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies. From the book Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, by Andrew Maynard - exploring real-world technologies and their responsible development through science fiction movies. Find out more at at http://filmsfromthefuture.com
Andrew Maynard is a leading expert on emerging technologies, and directs the Arizona State University Risk Innovation Lab. He is a contributor to the annual list of Scientific American/World...
2019-04-2701 min
The Disruptors56. What Science Fiction Teaches Us About Morality and Existential Risk | Andrew MaynardAndrew Maynard (@2020science) is the Director of the Risk Innovation Lab at Arizona State University, a Professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the author of Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies. Andrew's research focuses on risk innovation and the responsible development and use of emerging technologies. He is especially interested effective approaches to developing socially responsive, responsible and beneficial technologies; understanding and responding to the technology and society dynamic; and effective science communication and engagement – particularly through social media.Andrew is widely published in the academic press and...
2018-11-2649 min
Unlock: This Game-Changing Full Audiobook For Book-Lovers.Films from the Future by Andrew MaynardPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/17558to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Films from the Future
Author: Andrew Maynard
Narrator: Matthew Waterson
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
Release date: 11-15-18
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 21 ratings
Genres: History & Culture
Publisher's Summary:
Former physicist Andrew Maynard threads together his love of science-fiction movies with his expertise on emerging technologies to engage, entertain, and make you think about the relationship between technology and society. Through the imagination and creativity of science-fiction movies, Maynard introduces listeners to the profound capabilities presented by new and emerging technologies, and the complex personal and societal challenges...
2018-11-1510h 41