Broadcast From The Singularity Micah Redding

Zoltan Istvan - author, sailor, inventor of volcano surfing - joins us to talk about the world's most provocative coming-of-age story: The Transhumanist Wager.

Micah interviews world-traveling science fiction writer Colin Wright. A kid hearing super-smart voices, a singularity cult leader, a futuristic hacktavism group — all this and more are explored in this episode.

See how prescient we were about the future, discover whether the world ever came to an end, find out about the Singularity & fashion, why Google makes cars, and what the difference between birds and planes tells us about AI.

In the second part of our interview, Derek Webb talks about how to approach the oncoming future with values and practicality, as well as going into the problems with laws, the Amish, hippies, Kevin Kelly, and the iPhone 13.

In the first part of our interview, Derek Webb introduces us to an album about the dawn of the first AI, and poignantly shows us just how disconnected we're all becoming. Stayed tuned for the rest of our conversation.

Ryan catches up with Jason Silva at the Seattle Interactive Conference to talk about the adjacent possible, genomes as artwork, embracing ecstasy, and dealing with existential despair.