Ep.8: The Escalation
Oct 28, 2022•34 min
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Episode description
Humans unlock the ability to genetically design their own Brid babies and join the Brids' hive mind, causing a panic that humans will soon become obsolete. The self-aware quantum computer makes its own survival top priority.
The below guests are featured in this episode:
- Hakeem Oluseyi
- Dario Nardi
- Alex Lightman
- John Smart
- Seth Shostak
- David Brin
- Alan D Foster
- David Gerrold
- Joan Slonczewski
- Juan Enriquez
- Jamais Cascio
- Catherine Asaro
- Yaneer Bar Yam
- George Church
- Rogier Windhorst
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