ep50: The future in six stories
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Chris and Randall explore the future as predicted by 6 science fiction classics:
Looking Backward: 2000–1887 (novel, 1888) 1984 (novel, 1949) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Soylent Green (1973) Idiocracy (2006) Her (2013)
Topics discussed include:
Star Wars Star Trek The First Industrial Revolution HG Wells Jules Verne R.U.R. (play, 1921) Auguste Comte Socialism Karl Marx We (novel, 1924) Brave New World (novel, 1932) George Orwell Edward Bernays Propaganda (nonfiction, 1928) 1984 (1984) Brazil (1985) Arthur C. Clarke Stanley Kubrick Countdown (1968) Eurostile Bold extended (font) Futura (font) artificial intelligence Alien (1979) Blade Runner (1982) Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) do-not-resuscitate order Edward G. Robinson processed food food labeling Charlton Heston Rollerball (1975) Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) The Time Machine (novel, 1895) The Time Machine (1960) Robot and Frank (2012) Marjorie Prime (2017) Moore's Law
recorded January 6, 2021
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