The Sci Fi Eye
We live in a hyper-technological era. We read sci fi. We know how it goes; How technology alters the very fabric of society. Shall we leave the news, the analysis, life, universe etc., to those puny muggles, who can't even recite the 3 laws of robotics, so they would never ask - will autonomous cars follow them, or merely protect their owner?Who can't look at Facebook's attempt on creating the first major non-governmental currency and identify exactly in what kind of SF we're living, and what are the possible endings? Stars no. We look at the world with the Sci Fi Eye. And we podcast about it.
The Sci Fi Eye
Oh, the Humanity! Post- and Trans-humanism with Dr. Carmel Vaisman
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Season 1
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Episode 8
In this episode we will examine the idea of being human as a spectrum and the "filter" of post humanism. With Special guest Dr. Carmel Vaisman, A lecturer at Tel Aviv University School for digital culture and a fellow podcaster.
Show notes:
- Carmel Vaisman’s Podcast (Hebrew): The Post-Human Condition. https://absolutecarmel.com/posthuman/
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (1979) - Douglas Adams
- A Cyborg Manifesto (1985) - Donna Haraway. https://sites.evergreen.edu/politicalshakespeares/wp-content/uploads/sites/226/2015/12/Haraway-Cyborg-Manifesto-2.pdf
- The Uplift War (1985) - David Brin
- Religion Without Revelation (1958) -Julian Huxley
- Are You a Transhuman? (1989) - FM-2030 (Fereidoun M. Esfandiary)
- How We Became Posthuman (1999) - N. Katherine Hayles
- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (2014) - Becky Chambers (of course)
- Farscape (1999-2003), Sci-Fi Channel
- Childhood’s End (1953) - Arthur C. Clarke
Theme Song - Keep Your Stupid Dreams Alive By The Prehab Messia, under the CCbyNCSA licence, Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Prefab_Messiahs/Keep_Your_Stupid_Dreams_Alive