Critical Impacts

By Steve Spalding

Engineers Steve Spalding and Mike Barbieri pull out their crystal balls and have fun, informal conversations about some of the scientific, technological, and cultural shifts that will impact all of ou... more

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How many episodes does Critical Impacts have?

The podcast currently has 36 episodes available.

Critical Impacts episodes:

June 03, 2022 The Future of Institutions (Metainstitutions Part Two)
Steve and Mike talk about a top secret organization charged with making us a bit less crappy to one another. Music
EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w
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1h 32min
February 17, 2022 The Future of Institutions (Metainstitutions Part One)
Steve and Mike talk about loss of institutional trust and how to find common ground in complicated informational environments.

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EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w
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1h 30min
October 01, 2021 The Future of Work Redux (Talent Contracts)
Steve and Mike talk about the perverse incentives that drive modern employment contracts, and one way to make them a bit less dystopian.

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EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w
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1h 26min
July 30, 2021 The Future of Charity
Steve and Mike talk about getting people stuff without being giant jerks about it.

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EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w
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1h 21min
May 28, 2021 The Future of Adventure Part Two (Metareal Corporation)
Steve and Mike talk about lying your way to utopia on the season premiere of Critical Impacts.

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EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w
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1h 28min
April 23, 2021 The Future of Adventure (Adventure Buddy)
Steve and Mike talk about the future in adventure in this final episode of the first season of Critical Impacts.

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EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w
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1h 30min
December 11, 2020 World Immune System (The Future of Medicine)
This is an episode that was *supposed* to be released months ago, but then the global pandemic hit so it was put on the shelf. Steve and Mike chat about the future of medicine, Preventative Health bots and a world immune system.

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EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w
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1h 23min
November 06, 2020 Cities In The Sky
Steve and Mike decide to leave this flaming ball of anxiety behind and talk about building cities in the Sky. The world looks so much better from up there.

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EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w
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1h 25min
September 25, 2020 Multi-Layered Suburbs (The Future Of Housing?)
Steve and Mike discuss how to fit more houses onto a finite Earth, and also parking lots for some reason.

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EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w
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1h 23min
August 28, 2020 3D Printed Everything (How Technology Can Be Distributed)
Steve and Mike discuss open source, the Akashic Record, and 3D printing -- not necessarily in that order.

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EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w
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1h 25min

FAQs about Critical Impacts:

How many episodes does Critical Impacts have?

The podcast currently has 36 episodes available.