Learn more about everything referenced in this episode by clicking the links below:<a href="https://www.exploration.institute/">Exploration Institute</a><a href="https://www.oceanplanetconference.com/?fbclid=IwAR1hBNxW0bNjcMgbW1iHtnHVF89AURtzff2s4Na3T5ePPx14vM8z4fwedpw">Ocean Planet</a>What Armin on the 2018 InterPlanetary Festival Panel “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&index=7&list=PLZlVBTf7N6Gozh0EfeLRv5yTPmvl1dvGN&t=0s&v=kPWvAse5hgE">The End of the World?”</a> with Annalee Newitz, and Lauren Oliver.Read Armin’s introduction to that ^ panel in <a href="https://www.sfipress.org/books/interplanetary-transmissions-genesis">IP Transmissions Volume One: Genesis</a>Read up on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek">Star Trek</a>, if you’re unfamiliar for some reason...

Learn more about everything referenced in this episode by clicking the links below: Exploration Institute Ocean Planet What Armin on the 2018 InterPlanetary Festival Panel “The End of the World?” with Annalee Newitz, and Lauren Oliver. Read Armin’s introduction to that ^ panel in IP Transmissions Volume One: Genesis Read up on Star Trek, if you’re unfamiliar for some reason...

Learn more about everything referenced in this episode by clicking the links below:<a href="https://www.exploration.institute/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Exploration Institute</a><a href="https://www.oceanplanetconference.com/?fbclid=IwAR1hBNxW0bNjcMgbW1iHtnHVF89AURtzff2s4Na3T5ePPx14vM8z4fwedpw" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ocean Planet</a>What Armin on the 2018 InterPlanetary Festival Panel “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&amp;index=7&amp;list=PLZlVBTf7N6Gozh0EfeLRv5yTPmvl1dvGN&amp;t=0s&amp;v=kPWvAse5hgE" rel="noopener noreferrer">The End of the World?”</a> with Annalee Newitz, and Lauren Oliver.Read Armin’s introduction to that ^ panel in <a href="https://www.sfipress.org/books/interplanetary-transmissions-genesis" rel="noopener noreferrer">IP Transmissions Volume One: Genesis</a>Read up on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek" rel="noopener noreferrer">Star Trek</a>, if you’re unfamiliar for some reason...

#005 with Armin Ellis

A new InterPlanetary interview series from the Santa Fe Institute takes a page from the Strugatsky brothers' classic Soviet sci-fi novel, Roadside Picnic, to discuss a variety of transformative alien artifacts.

Thirteen years ago, an alien civilization visited our planet, and left behind myriad, mysterious materials in their crash sites. These areas, Zones, behave very strangely, but the interplanetary items they contain could change the trajectory of our technological advancement. What appears as a hoop might actually be a perpetual-motion machine.  What appears as a slime might alter space-time.

Spend too much time in the Zone and your genes might mutate, your bones might dissolve, your body might be ground into meat. If you’re lucky enough to make it out alive, you’ll likely be imprisoned. But a successful trip in and out of the Zone could alter human history. Do you dare? And for what?

Hosted by Caitlin McShea.

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A new InterPlanetary interview series from the Santa Fe Institute takes a page from the Strugatsky brothers' classic Soviet sci-fi novel, Roadside Picnic, to discuss a variety of transformative alien artifacts. Thirteen years ago, an alien civilization visited our planet, and left behind myriad, mysterious materials in their crash sites. These areas, Zones, behave very strangely, but the interplanetary items they contain could change the trajectory of our technological advancement. What appears as a hoop might actually be a perpetual-motion machine. What appears as a slime might alter space-time. Spend too much time in the Zone and your genes might mutate, your bones might dissolve, your body might be ground into meat. If you’re lucky enough to make it out alive, you’ll likely be imprisoned. But a successful trip in and out of the Zone could alter human history. Do you dare? And for what? Hosted by Caitlin McShea.

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