Tracks used in this episode:
- Beach House: "Myth"
- Keep Shelly in Athens: "Our Own Dream"
- Rose Cousins: "One Way"
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Sentient Developments Episode 2012.03.26
Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of March 26, 2012.
Topics for this week's episode: How to build a Dyson sphere in five (relatively) easy steps, how to take over the Galaxy with self-replicating probes, the Fermi Paradox, and the Simulation Argument.
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Monday, March 19, 2012
Sentient Developments Episode 2012.03.19
Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of March 19, 2012.
Topics for this week's episode: Raising IQ with creatine and Double N-Back Training, the red meat scare, destroying asteroids with nukes, re-engineering humans to deal with climate change, the Fermi Paradox, and the ongoing perils to democracy.
Tracks used in this episode:
Tracks used in this episode:
- Soft Metals: "The Cold World Waits"
- The Knife: "Marble House"
- Zed's Dead: "Pyramid Song" (remix)
- Evy Jane: "Sayso"
Monday, March 12, 2012
Sentient Developments Episode 2012.03.12
Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of March 12, 2012.
Topics for this week's episode include the perils of Active SETI, the possibility of downloading something nasty from ET, why virtually everyone is wrong about alien threats, Nick Bostrom's claim that we are underestimating existential risks, and the 'create the future' myth.
Tracks used in this episode:
Tracks used in this episode:
- School of Seven Bells: "Lafaye"
- Long Distance Calling: "Into the Black Wide Open"
- Ulrich Schnauss: "Made of Sky"
Monday, March 05, 2012
Sentient Developments Episode 2012.03.05
Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of March 5, 2012.
Topics for this week's episode include the Turing Test, artificial consciousness, and machine ethics; Avi Rubin's recent TED Talk on our increasingly hackable world; nootropics, cognitive liberty and limits to the biolibertarian impulse.
Tracks used in this episode:
Tracks used in this episode:
- Frankie Rose: "Interstellar"
- Pallbearer: "Foreigner"
- Teengirl Fantasy: "Cheaters"
Monday, February 27, 2012
Sentient Developments Episode 2012.02.27
Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of February 27, 2012.
Topics discussed in this week's episode: PETA's lost case against SeaWorld and their next steps, addressing the potential perils of radical memory enhancement, the increasing role of AI in healthcare and medicine, and rethinking cosmetic enhancements.
Tracks used in this episode:
Tracks used in this episode:
- Cloud Nothings: "Separation"
- Ulrich Schnauss & Mark Peters: "Long Distance Call"
- Burial: "Loner"
- Porcelain Raft: "Drifting in and Out"
Monday, February 20, 2012
Sentient Developments Episode 2012.02.20
Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of February 20, 2012.
Topics discussed in this week's episode: Moral enhancement and cognitive enhancement (featuring insights from Peter Singer and Allen Buchanen), progressivism and the potential for transhumanism (featuring clips from James Hughes and Robert Sawyer), and an update on PETA's case against SeaWorld.
Tracks used in this episode:
Tracks used in this episode:
- Air: "Sonic Armada"
- Zammuto: "F U C-3PO"
- Shinsuke Matsumoto: "Kou"
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Sentient Developments Episode 2012.01.30
Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of January 30, 2012.
This week's episode is devoted entirely to my paper (co-authored with Robert Bradbury and Milan Cirkovic) that was recently published in JBIS, "Dysonian Approach to SETI: A Fruitful Middle Ground?"
Tracks used in this episode:
Tracks used in this episode:
- "Oxygene II": Jean Michel Jarre
- "Main Titles: Theme to the Bounty": Vangelis
- "B. Aldrian": Harald Grosskopf
- "Wheel of the Year": Advisory Circle
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Sentient Developments Episode 2012.01.23
Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of January 23, 2012.
In this week's episode I talk about the new mathematical study which reveals that our Galaxy should have been colonized by now, why Canadians are considering a ban on prenatal gender information, the growing gender imbalance, the latest on the lab-mutated avian flu, why whales are people, health tips to avoid cognitive decline, and why the sex-chip may not be such a good idea.
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In this week's episode I talk about the new mathematical study which reveals that our Galaxy should have been colonized by now, why Canadians are considering a ban on prenatal gender information, the growing gender imbalance, the latest on the lab-mutated avian flu, why whales are people, health tips to avoid cognitive decline, and why the sex-chip may not be such a good idea.
Tracks used in this episode:
- Alcest: "Autre Temps"
- SBTRKT: "Pharoahs"
- Lower Dens: "Nootropics"
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Sentient Developments Episode 2012.01.16
Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of January 16, 2012.
In this week's episode I talk about the assassination of an Iranian nuclear physicist and how scientists are increasingly coming to be seen as military targets. In addition, I discuss the Stuxnet worm, the devastating potential for solar storms, EMP, and botulinum attacks.
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In this week's episode I talk about the assassination of an Iranian nuclear physicist and how scientists are increasingly coming to be seen as military targets. In addition, I discuss the Stuxnet worm, the devastating potential for solar storms, EMP, and botulinum attacks.
Tracks used in this episode:
- Sepalcure: "Pencil Pimp"
- Todd Terje: "Snnoze 4 Love"
- Harald Grosskopf: "Synthesist" (Blondes remix)
- The Reflecting Skin: "Traffikers"
Sunday, January 08, 2012
Sentient Developments Episode 2012.01.09
Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of January 9, 2012.
In this week's episode I talk about my renewed focus on diet and exercise now that the Christmas season is now over. In addition, I rank the most powerful forces in the universe, I discuss the recent work done by a Dutch lab to modify the bird flu, and I offer an alternative perspective on the potential for complete nuclear disarmament.
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In this week's episode I talk about my renewed focus on diet and exercise now that the Christmas season is now over. In addition, I rank the most powerful forces in the universe, I discuss the recent work done by a Dutch lab to modify the bird flu, and I offer an alternative perspective on the potential for complete nuclear disarmament.
Tracks used in this episode:
- Phantogram: "Don't Move"
- Thee Oh Sees: "The Dream"
- Soft Metals: "Psychic Driving"
Sunday, January 01, 2012
Sentient Developments Episode 2012.01.02
Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of January 2, 2012.
This week's episode is themed around animal enhancement. Topics discussed include the recent film Rise of the Planet of the Apes, human-and-animal video game interaction, the ethics of animal uplift, and the recent report in the U.S. declaring chimps largely unessential as research subjects.
Tracks used in this episode:
Tracks used in this episode:
- Panda Bear: "Scheherazade"
- Antlers: "Rolled Together"
- Snowman: "Snakes and Ladders"
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Sentient Developments Episode 2011.12.19
Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of December 19, 2011.
This week's episode is devoted entirely to the life and work of Christopher Hitchens who passed away last week.
Tracks used in this episode:
Tracks used in this episode:
- Gang Gang Dance: "Glass Jar"
- M83: "Intro"
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Sentient Developments Episode 2011.12.12
Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of December 12, 2011.
Topics discussed in this week's episode include my new strength routine, using Ecstasy to treat autism, cognitive enhancement and potential side-effects, Radiolabs on amnesia and free will, H+ interview with Eric Drexler, New paper by Keith B. Wiley: "The Fermi Paradox, Self-Replicating Probes, and the Interstellar Transportation Bandwidth", genetically modifying mosquitos to combat diseases (and mosquitos), and how to engineer a zombie virus.
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- Liturgy: Generation
- Tim Hecker: The Piano Drop
- The Field: This is Power
- Biosphere: Genkai-1
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Sunday, November 27, 2011
Sentient Developments podcast for the week of November 28, 2011
Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of November 28, 2011.
Topics discussed in this week's episode include the current Adderall shortage in the United States and its rampant off-label use (including a discussion of its nootropic qualities), the question of whether or not SETI is scientific (in response to a recent Rationally Speaking Podcast episode), how to avoid an asteroid impact (reflecting on Phil Plait's recent TED talk), observing the lost tribes of the Amazon (in consideration of Scott Wallace's new book), and remembering biologist Lynn Margulis.
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Tracks used in this episode:
- Opeth: "Heritage"
- Cynic: "Amidst the Coals"
- Cynic: "Hieroglyph"
- Steven Wilson: "Grace for Drowning"
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