Learn more about the things we discuss in this episode by clicking through the links below: <a href="https://honeybeecapital.org/">Honeybee Capital</a><a href="http://writing.upenn.edu/library/Rilke_Book-of-hours.pdf">Ever-Widening Circles</a>, by Rilke<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-sum_game">Zero sum game</a>Tom Seeley's work on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnnjY823e-w">honeybees</a>Suzanne Simard's work about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un2yBgIAxYs">tree communication networks</a>Geoffrey West's lecture on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyJJPuKF814">Scaling</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvREUDH2BZ0">I Dream a Highway</a> - Gillian Welch<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kcOpyM9cBg">Ode to Joy</a> - BeethovenFinal scene of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyFLUJ4kmXQ">Stalker</a>

Learn more about the things we discuss in this episode by clicking through the links below: Honeybee Capital Ever-Widening Circles, by Rilke Zero sum game Tom Seeley's work on honeybees Suzanne Simard's work about tree communication networks Geoffrey West's lecture on Scaling I Dream a Highway - Gillian Welch Ode to Joy - Beethoven Final scene of Stalker

Learn more about the things we discuss in this episode by clicking through the links below:&nbsp;<a href="https://honeybeecapital.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Honeybee Capital</a><a href="http://writing.upenn.edu/library/Rilke_Book-of-hours.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ever-Widening Circles</a>, by Rilke<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-sum_game" rel="noopener noreferrer">Zero sum game</a>Tom Seeley's work on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnnjY823e-w" rel="noopener noreferrer">honeybees</a>Suzanne Simard's work about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un2yBgIAxYs" rel="noopener noreferrer">tree communication networks</a>Geoffrey West's lecture on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyJJPuKF814" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scaling</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvREUDH2BZ0" rel="noopener noreferrer">I Dream a Highway</a> - Gillian Welch<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kcOpyM9cBg" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ode to Joy</a> - BeethovenFinal scene of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyFLUJ4kmXQ" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stalker</a>

#012 with Katherine Collins

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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