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Life is universe experiencing itself.
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If you enjoyed this episode, you will probably enjoy ep 37 Contemporary Cube Theory.
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Two autonomous vehicles about to crash and trying to decide which one is carrying passengers more worthy of salvation.
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If you enjoyed this episode, you will probably enjoy ep 31 Not safe for work.
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Facing an imminent calamity, an elderly Indigenous man shares his memories with an AI of a child.
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If you enjoyed this episode, you will probably enjoy ep 11 Motherboard.
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In a society in which every move is tracked, an elderly couple is recording a message for their daughter who disappeared without a trace.
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If you enjoyed this episode, you will probably enjoy ep 1 You had me at Hello World.
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A group of characters in a disintegrating simulation embark on a journey to the literal end of the world.
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If you enjoyed this episode, you will probably enjoy ep 32 All unsaved progress will be lost.
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Humans are not alone in the universe - they’re just really unpleasant to be around.
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Building fusion reactors and interplanetary spaceships is easy. What's hard is getting a permit from the local Planning and Housing Committee.
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If you enjoyed this episode, you will probably enjoy ep 10 My Turing-complete life.
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Homer, Bible, Disney
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An online dating company invents the ultimate compatibility algorithm. One thousand years later there’s still a debate if it was a good idea.
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In a world in which science is fostered by benevolent spirits, a scientist begins to question the existence of spirits, their benevolence, and the world.
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If you enjoyed this episode, you will probably enjoy ep 27 In the blink of AI.
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A science fiction anthology set in a future in which Money, State, and God became fused into a single entity called the Program. Each episode is a self-contained story focusing on ordinary people…
Best rated episodes include "White Algorithm's burden" (true crime), "Four ways to stop your system from freezing" (drama), "Contemporary Cube Theory" (academic lecture), "How to keep device drivers from crashing" (comedy), "Overclocking" (adventure), and "All unsaved progress will be lost" (alternate history).
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Our current favourite review: "The Program is more than an audio drama ("radio drama" if you're old school) - it’s a thought experiment examining the tradeoffs between different economic and political systems (capitalism, socialism, communism, hybrid models) challenging the listener with an uncomfortable question: Would you rather live in a free society, or a fair one? The show uses speculative sociology to blur the line between utopia and dystopia, making listeners question their own reality (literally - some stories are set in a simulation). But for all its big ideas, the series never forgets the emotional core that makes it resonate. This is smart, grounded, slice-of-life sci-fi in the tradition of Octavia Butler, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ted Chiang, and Black Mirror - and all hail the algorithm that recommended it!"
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