Humans unlock the ability to genetically design their own Brid babies and join the Brids' hive mind, causing a panic that humans will soon become obsolete. The self-aware quantum computer makes its own survival top priority.

The below guests are featured in this episode: 

• Hakeem Oluseyi
• Dario Nardi
• Alex Lightman
• John Smart
• Seth Shostak
• David Brin
• Alan D Foster
• David Gerrold
• Joan Slonczewski
• Juan Enriquez
• Jamais Cascio
• Catherine Asaro
• Yaneer Bar Yam
• George Church
• Rogier Windhorst

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