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Original Air Dates 12-3-23 and 12-10-23

We discuss in episode #281:

- the impacts of a stratified wealth disparity
- the anti-social habit we're adopting that will make us more anti-social
- the desperation many feel to just put life on hold for a few days

REFERENCES:
Infants Are Born With Syphilis in Growing Numbers, a Sign of a Wider Epidemic

Behind the Gates of a Private World for Only the Wealthiest New Yorkers

Hungry (but Not for Human Contact), Americans Head for the Drive-Through

Let’s unpack the hospital fantasy

 

We discuss in episode #282:

- the relationship between religion and AI
- the probably results of uploading your mind to a computer
- an idea for helping to disconnect from your technology a bit

REFERENCES:
Silicon Valley’s vision for AI? It’s religion, repackaged.

Uploading your consciousness will never work, a neuroscientist explains

Uploading Our Consciousness To a Computer. But Should We?

Mind Uploading? Not Worth it.

In a future of mind uploading, will you still be you, and who will own your mind?

This Ancient Ritual Is Key to How I Run a Company of 500 People. Harvard Research Shows Why.

Everything You Need to Enjoy One Tech-Free Day a Week

 

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