Design Tomorrow

This Creation of Our Genius


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As long as we've been self-aware, we've desired companionship. And yet, we are not enough for one another; we hunger for something more - something that folklore, imaginary friends, and now technology have attempted to satisfy. Today, we stand at a crossroads beyond which is a future full of artificial lives. What kinds of minds will we create for ourselves? And what kind of future will those minds make for us?


Links

  • "The Measure of a Man," Season 2, Episode 9 of Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • Her
  • "Be Right Back," Season 2, Episode 1 of Black Mirror
  • THX 1138
  • The confession scene in THX 1138
  • "When her best friend died, she rebuilt him using artificial intelligence."
  • The tablets on Star Trek: The Next Generation were called PADDs
  • ...and there were a lot of them


Music

All music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.

  • MD by r beny
  • But Enough About Me, Bill Paxton, by Chris Zabriskie
  • Cities Sleep Like Seeds by r beny
  • The Sea's Sullen Green by r beny
  • Empty Grinds by r beny
  • Glisten by r beny





Credits


Design Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC.


You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.


Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow.


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