Learn more about everything referenced in this episode by clicking the links below:

Ashton’s 2018 InterPlanetary Festival Appearance, “Living in Space”

Ashton’s 2019 InterPlanetary Festival Appearance, “Zen and the Art of Space Exploration”

Sam Harris podcast interview with David Krakauer

General Systems Theory - Ludwig von Bertalanffy

Limits to Human Performance Research at the Santa Fe Institute

Ursula LeGuin’s Rocannon’s World (pdf)

Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game

Arrival (trailer)

Contact (trailer)