Apr 8, 2021
Chris and Randall explore the future as predicted by 6 science fiction classics:
Looking Backward: 2000–1887 (novel, 1888)
1984 (novel, 1949)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Soylent Green (1973)
Idiocracy (2006)
Her (2013)
Topics discussed include:
Star Wars
Star Trek
The First Industrial Revolution
HG Wells
Jules Verne
R.U.R. (play, 1921)
Auguste Comte
Socialism
Karl Marx
We (novel, 1924)
Brave New World (novel, 1932)
George Orwell
Edward Bernays
Propaganda (nonfiction, 1928)
1984 (1984)
Brazil (1985)
Arthur C. Clarke
Stanley Kubrick
Countdown (1968)
Eurostile Bold extended (font)
Futura (font)
artificial intelligence
Alien (1979)
Blade Runner (1982)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
do-not-resuscitate order
Edward G. Robinson
processed food
food labeling
Charlton Heston
Rollerball (1975)
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
The Time Machine (novel, 1895)
The Time Machine (1960)
Robot and Frank (2012)
Marjorie Prime (2017)
Moore's Law
recorded January 6, 2021
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