In this episode of Knotty Geeks, we go to a random Starbucks in Burnaby and brave the weather and traffic noise to talk about how we’re basically missing the forest for the trees.

What forest? What trees? We’re basically talking about how society is changing and how technology accelerates this change. From washing machines to quantum mechanics, we cover it all!

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Links from the show:

Quantum theory - galaxy observing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeler’s_delayed_choice_experiment

Ars Technica rise and fall of AMD

http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/04/the-rise-and-fall-of-amd-how-an-underdog-stuck-it-to-intel/

Washing machines and how they changed society

http://www.amazon.com/Things-They-Dont-About-Capitalism/dp/1608193381

Gun control and Australia

http://www.castleawesome.com/2013/04/22/jon-stewart-gun-control-and-australia/

John Birmingham novels - alternate history of WWII

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_of_Time