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Critical Impacts episodes
- Are Utopias A Good Thing?
Steve and Mike discuss what "Utopia" really means, whether they are possible, and whether they should even be our goal in this far ranging debate on what it takes to build better worlds.
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1 hr 32 min - Surviving Change (How To Find Your Place In The Future)
Pandemics. Protests. The future is happening now, and in this episode Steve and Mike discuss different ways to think about it, and try to help you find a meaningful place in the brave, new world that we're all building.
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1 hr 51 min - A Work From Home Revolution
Working from home could completely change the way people look at their careers, Steve and Mike talk about how this new trend could improve our lives in the long term.
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1 hr 24 min - Exploring A Post-Pandemic Future
A few more weeks into Quarantine, Steve and Mike talk about the effects this virus might have on society now and into the future.
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1 hr 38 min - Apocalypse Force (Coronavirus and the Battle Against Existential Threat)
On this special live episode of Critical Impacts, Steve and Mike talk about COVID-19, what it is, what can be done to keep yourself safe, and what we might do as a society to arm ourselves against future existential threats.
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1 hr 54 min - Hot And Cold Running Food Juice (The Future of Food)
Steve and Mike talk about Applebees, nutrition and a whole lot of Soylent as they try to tackle the future of food.
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1 hr 33 min - Climate Manhattan Project (The Future of Climate Change)
Steve and Mike talk about a variety of different ways to think about and potentially tackle the problem of climate change.
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1 hr 34 min - Coracle (The Future of Transportation)
Steve and Mike spend a lot of time talking about flying cars, and other ways transportation might change...but mostly flying cars.
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1 hr 29 min - Gene Dot Com (Somatic Gene Editing)
Steve and Mike have a conversation about somatic gene editing, and whether or not we should be tinkering with humanities source code.
Content Note: On this episode we talk about population level genetic engineering, an idea that has an extremely fraught history, including some horrific detours into forced sterilization and Eugenics.
While we try to keep things light on this podcast, we fully understand that these topics can be sensitive. We hope that this episode tackles the topic with nuance and clarity, and welcome your thoughts.
We also understand if some people might want to skip this one. While we only touch upon the darker aspects of genetic manipulation in passing, it still might be uncomfortable territory for some.
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1 hr 44 min - The Simulation Hypothesis
Steve and Mike talk about The Simulation Hypothesis, whether we are all trapped in the Matrix, and whether it even matters if we are.
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About Critical Impacts
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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…
our futures.