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Implementing Science Fiction

  1. 1d ago

    Christmas Every Day — Juan Enriquez 4/4

    Juan Enriquez and I start with his case for scientific optimism, then follow it into optogenetics, Openwater’s open-source brain tools, and a new model for medical research. We connect that model to local AI and the larger question underneath the whole conversation: whether we use the extraordinary agency already in our hands.

    Christmas Every Day — Juan Enriquez 4/4

  2. 2d ago

    Planet Water — Juan Enriquez 3/4

    Juan Enriquez and I follow climate change into the oceans, where almost all of the warming is stored. He explains how more moisture in the atmosphere produces extreme rain while heat dries out the land, why net zero will not cool the oceans quickly, and how marine cloud layers or stratospheric geoengineering might help. We connect BYD-scale manufacturing to geoengineering drones, then confront the harder problem: who can coordinate action before politicians demand an instant fix?

    Planet Water — Juan Enriquez 3/4

  3. 3d ago

    Air Condition the Planet — Juan Enriquez 2/4

    Juan Enriquez and I confront the case for geoengineering. We trace how warming oceans, peat fires, permafrost methane, and abrupt shifts recorded in Greenland ice cores can turn climate change into a runaway cycle. Then we explore volcanic aerosols, Stephen Salter’s cloud-brightening ships, stratospheric reflectors, and dual-use drones—and the geopolitical problem of deciding who gets to cool the planet.

    Air Condition the Planet — Juan Enriquez 2/4

  4. 4d ago

    Print a Personalized Cancer Vaccine — Juan Enriquez 1/4

    Juan Enriquez and I trace how sequencing makes biology readable and programmable—from personalized cancer vaccines to ocean genomics, biorefineries, and cheaper solar energy.

    Print a Personalized Cancer Vaccine — Juan Enriquez 1/4

  5. Sep 3

    Constant Tension — Marc Porat 4/4

    I closed with Marc on holding two futures at once — paperclip apocalypses, the stories in our heads, and why I still believe we have volition in the toolkit we are building.

    Constant Tension — Marc Porat 4/4

  6. Sep 2

    Break the Hockey Stick — Marc Porat 3/4

    I pressed Marc on cheap energy as a civilizational discontinuity — and whether AI is actually different in kind, or just another hockey-stick story we tell ourselves.

    Break the Hockey Stick — Marc Porat 3/4

  7. Sep 1

    Goal Cloning — Marc Porat 2/4

    I asked Marc how a vision actually spreads inside a company — Alan Kay’s goal cloning, hiring people who already see it, and pulling from the future instead of pushing from the present.

    Goal Cloning — Marc Porat 2/4

  8. Aug 31

    I was Born of Revolutions — Marc Porat 1/4

    I sat down with Marc Porat about personal technology as a north star — and how information as power runs from his family history through Stanford, Apple, and General Magic.

    I was Born of Revolutions — Marc Porat 1/4
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Implementing Science Fiction

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  • Creator
    Deep Future
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    109
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Deep Future
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