Living in Retrospect - S03E49 Tower of Technobabble

Tower of Technobabble

Dec 10, 2013•1 hr 6 min

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Episode description

We discuss how technology is moving faster than society can figure out the boundaries of politeness, real-life trends being used in science fiction, discover a surprising revelation about the Jetsons, discuss what makes good dirt, talk about catholic voodoo, and The Repeater starts a disturbing new advertising trend.

Discussion Pit

Paul Walker Death Hoax Hoax: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/paulwalker.asp

Live tweeting airplane feud a hoax: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/elan-gale-made-epic-note-war-thanksgiving-flight/story?id=21099585

Former NSA head gives background interview on train, conversation is live tweeted: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/10/24/this-dude-just-eavesdropped-on-former-nsa-director-michael-hayden-and-hes-tweeting-about-it/

12 real life inventions that “science fiction is neglecting at its peril”: http://io9.com/12-real-life-inventions-that-science-fiction-is-neglect-1475728547

How to... disappear.

http://lifehacker.com/5676149/how-to-ditch-big-brother-and-disappear-forever

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