Thinking On Paper

Mark Fielding and Jeremy Gilbertson
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The Human Story Of Technology: Conversations about the human impact of artificial intelligence, quantum computers, NASA, asteroid mining, coordination, trust, books, robotics, space technology, web3, physics, chemistry, sustainability, music, art, science, neuroscience, work, rest and play. New episodes every Thursday. Tech book club every month.

  1. 2D AGO

    The Physics Of Moon Dust (And Why It's Bad For Space-X)

    Planetary scientist Philip Metzger joins Thinking on Paper to explain why lunar dust could become one of the biggest engineering and geopolitical problems in the modern space economy. One that NASA and Space-X must overcome if they are to really build on the moon. The conversation moves from Starship landings and rocket exhaust physics to Artemis, lunar infrastructure, orbital logistics, damaged hardware, and the growing challenge of building permanent infrastructure and habitations on the moon. Please enjoy the show.-- Thinking on Paper is a technology podcast about AI, Space, quantum computing, science, and the systems shaping the future.  🏠 Buy us a beer on Substack: https://thinkingonpaperpodcast.substack.com/ 🎧 Take us with you on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/00volKqMsQntToeho35W47 🎧 Remember steve jobs on APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thinking-on-paper/id1713227258 📺 Get the clips and outtakes on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/toptechpodcast/

    5 min

  2. 4D AGO

    Why Are Harvard Economists Finally Taking Space Seriously? - Matthew Weinzierl & Brendan Rosseau

    Harvard economist Matt Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau join Thinking on Paper to explore the future of the space economy, orbital infrastructure, commercial space stations, space-based data centres, lunar governance, and the economics shaping humanity’s expansion beyond Earth. We discuss SpaceX, Artemis, Starlink, microgravity manufacturing, asteroid resources, and why space may become the next great economic frontier.-- Thinking on Paper is a technology podcast about AI, Space, quantum computing, science, and the systems shaping the future. Connect with us. 🏠 Buy us a beer on Substack 🎧 Watch us compete with Lex Fridman on YouTube 🎧 Remember Steve Jobs and listen on APPLE 📺 Watch the clips and shorts on Instagram Watch a random video from Rick Beato. Because we love him. -- Chapters (00:00) The Balance of Government and Market in Space (03:35) The Role of Microgravity in Space Research (07:43) Economic Incentives and Long-term Investments in Space (12:14) Navigating Political Cycles in Space Policy (17:09) International Collaboration and Competition in Space (18:45) The Importance of Security in Space (21:36) The Power of Space Exploration (24:27) Space as an Invisible Backbone (28:49) The Debate on Space Investment (30:37) Challenges of Space-Based Data Centers (33:40) Exploring the Future of Space Resources (38:26) Governance in Space: A New Era (40:55) Minimum Viable Governance in Space

    43 min

  3. MAY 6

    IBM And The Quantum Computer Isolated From The Universe

    IBM’s Scott Crowder joins Thinking on Paper to discuss the future of quantum computing, why the field remains so polarising, and how quantum systems could integrate with classical AI infrastructure. You'll learn about superconducting qubits, protein simulation, quantum-centric supercomputing, Nvidia, and why IBM believes useful fault-tolerant quantum computing could arrive by 2029. Please enjoy the show. -Thinking on Paper is a technology podcast about AI, computing, science, and the systems shaping the future. - 🏠 HQ: www.thinkingonpaper.xyz 📺 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingonpaperpodcast/ 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/00volKqMsQntToeho35W47 🎧 APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thinking-on-paper-technology-moves-fast-think-slower/id1713227258 -- Mark x: https://x.com/markfielding99 Jeremy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremygilbertson/ – Chapters (00:00) Trailer (01:20) Quantum computing: real, hyped, or both (02:40) Why reference architectures decide which technologies win (05:05) Superconducting vs. trapped ion vs. spin qubits (06:47) Why accessibility and algorithmic discovery are the real bottlenecks (12:34) Cleveland Clinic's 303-atom protein simulation (13:44) IBM's quantum-centric supercomputing architecture (16:07) What already runs on quantum computers today (17:58) how quantum and classical converge (22:28) What Richard Feynman would make of the field today (25:25) What quantum computing means for the future of data centers (32:01) Quantum computers in space (42:19) Qiskit, NVIDIA, and open source

    44 min
  4. Longevity: Can Bryan Johnson Really Live Forever? - Anders Sandberg

    APR 28

    Longevity: Can Bryan Johnson Really Live Forever? - Anders Sandberg

    Oxford futurist Anders Sandberg joins Thinking on Paper to explore AGI, brain emulation, AI agents, transhumanism, digital consciousness, and the future of human augmentation. We discuss uploaded minds, AI governance, space colonisation, orbital economies, and whether advanced AI makes war more or less likely. Thinking on Paper is a technology podcast about AI, computing, science, and the systems shaping the future. Connect with us. 🎧 Listen to every podcast⁠ 📺 Follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠ 🏠 Follow us on ⁠X⁠ 🏠 Follow Jeremy on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ To suggest guests or sponsor the show, please email: hello@thinkingonpaper.xyz -- Chapters (00:00) TRAILER (08:09) Mobile Technology on Humanity (11:51) Accountability in AI Agents (18:25) Empathy in Human-AI Interaction (25:35) AGI vs. Alien Life (27:36) Consciousness and Brain Emulation (35:52) Uploaded Minds (40:33) Parallel Realities and Memory Merging (45:16) Human Collaboration and Organizations (46:24) AGI (51:23) The Dual Economy (57:43) Space Ownership (01:05:18) Human Expansion (01:17:49) The Space Race (01:21:43) Space Exploration (01:24:22) New Forms of Governance (01:26:18) NASA (01:28:41) Breakaway Movements in Space (01:30:16) Space Governance (01:34:18) Fusion Energy (01:42:15) Time and Life Extension (01:48:06) Extended Lifespans (01:52:03) Technology

    1h 54m
  5. How To Protect Yourself From The New Prophets Of Technology - Carissa Veliz

    APR 24

    How To Protect Yourself From The New Prophets Of Technology - Carissa Veliz

    Oxford AI philosopher Carissa Véliz Thinks On Paper.The accolades for her TED talk are piling up. Her new book Prophecy is propping up every technology bestseller list this side of Silicon Valley. Yet she found time to join us and dismantle the illusion that big AI and Big Tech CEOs can predict tomorrow. She's taking on the big leagues, and she won't flinch.Carissa draws on philosophy, political history, and her work at Oxford's Institute for Ethics in AI, to outline her argument: the predictions Sam Altman and Elon Musk throw around don't just describe the future. They shape it. When we believe the super-forecasts, we risk turning them into self-fulfilling prophecies. Prophecy is nothing new. It just has a bigger stage. From the Oracle at Delphi to Rasputin, prediction has always been a tool for steering human behaviour. What’s changed is the reach, the speed, and the size of the audience. Personal autonomy, analog experience, and friendships are all ways to resist the pull of predictions. So is comedy. Watch more Seinfeld, Fawlty Towers, and George Carlin. Carissa is a brilliant scholar and fabulous writer, but more than that she’s a wonderful human who recognizes that the future is unwritten. And you write it. -- 📺 Watch On YouTube: 🎧 Listen to every podcast⁠ 📺 Follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠ 🏠 Follow us on ⁠X⁠ 🏠 Follow Jeremy on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ To suggest guests or sponsor the show, please email: hello@thinkingonpaper.xyz -- CHAPTERS   (00:00) Intro (01:00) What is the good life?  (02:00) Why knowing yourself matters more than strategy  (04:44) The analog world vs the digital world  (06:45) How prophecies exploit our need for security  (08:47) Why ancient Rome banned predicting the emperor's death  (10:11) The illusion of safety that AI sells us  (12:27) When predictions work, and when they don't  (15:00) Altman, Amodei, Huang: predictions or sales pitches?  (28:29) How to resist prophecies as a busy person  (29:53) Prediction markets, Polymarket, and democracy  (31:49) TikTok, algorithms, and the Molly Russell case  (36:08) "Engagement algorithms are cocaine in food"  (40:54) Self-fulfilling prophecies as the perfect crime  (43:44) Why comedy is the enemy of prophecy  (46:59) What Seinfeld teaches us about predictive algorithms  (52:16) Karikó and the Nobel Prize we almost missed  (53:40) Increase your serendipity  (56:13) Why Epicurus beats the Stoics

    1 hr

  6. APR 21

    How America Lost The Information War With Iran In 3 Videos

    The AI meme war between the US and Iran has evolved into an absolute shit show. If you thought it was awful a few weeks ago, you ain't seen nothing yet. AI-generated Lego propaganda videos were a curiosity. Sometimes funny, often violent, always troublesome and never diplomatic, they quickly gained millions of views across social media... because social media. The White House Twitter (X) account was responsible for the US videos. An Iranian media company called Explosive Media, the Iranian. America, either put off by the global consensus that it was losing the war, or bored, switched their AI models to tax season (with equal ineptitude). Iran, losing the guns and missiles part of the war, has changed tact. Explosive Media turned up the heat. And was duly banned from YouTube. Which could of unleashed the beast. Now Iranian embassies are posting them on Twitter (X) and US creators are using the same format to mock it all with Lego.. Just watch it yourself. And let us know what you think. -- 🎧 Listen to every podcast⁠ 📺 Follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠ 🏠 Follow us on ⁠X⁠ 🏠 Follow Jeremy on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ To suggest guests or sponsor the show, please email: hello@thinkingonpaper.xyz -- -- TIMESTAMPS (00:00) Explosive Media (00:38) US Bowling Iran (01:52) Trump's Mask (03:20) Blockade, Blockade (06:28) Drunken Hegseth (08:00) Truth

    15 min
  7. Asteroid Mining And The Politics Of Space

    APR 15

    Asteroid Mining And The Politics Of Space

    Space! The final frontier. Today we think on paper about the future of the space economy, asteroid mining, orbital infrastructure, and the geopolitical battle over who owns space. We discuss SpaceX, the Outer Space Treaty, lunar resources, military space strategy, satellite warfare, China’s growing space ambitions, and whether humanity can expand beyond Earth without exporting conflict into orbit. Please enjoy the show. -- Thinking on paper is a technology podcast on The Social, Environmental, Cultural & Business Impacts Of Technology. -- Chapters (00:00) Global Conflict and Space Resources (02:04) Human Nature and Space Exploration (03:28) The Economics of Asteroid Mining (05:53) Legal Frameworks for Space Mining (11:05) The Space Resource Exploration Act (13:01) International Reactions to Space Mining Legislation (17:19) Philosophical Perspectives on Space Ownership (20:14) The Role of National Security in Space (20:40) The Role of Government in Space Innovation (21:34) National Security and the Space Industry (23:10) Weaponization of Space: A New Era (24:47) The Prisoner's Dilemma in Space Cooperation (26:40) Humanity's Moral Compass in Space Exploration (27:03) The Future of Humanity in Space

    28 min
  8. The Biggest Space Industry Raises of 2026

    APR 9

    The Biggest Space Industry Raises of 2026

    Top of the space charts. Today we run down the biggest space tech funding rounds of 2026, including Axiom Space, Vast, Sierra Space, Stoke Space, Xona Space, and China’s iSpace. You'll learn about orbital infrastructure, reusable rockets, satellite communications, space stations, defence technology, asteroid mining, and why investors are betting billions on the future space economy.Please enjoy the show. -- 🎧 Listen to every podcast⁠ 📺 Follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠ 🏠 Follow us on ⁠X⁠ 🏠 Follow Jeremy on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ To suggest guests or sponsor the show, please email: hello@thinkingonpaper.xyz Chapters (00:00) Starcloud (00:52) Xona Space (03:27) Tomorrow IO (06:01) PLD Space (08:00) Stoke Space (10:18) Axiom Space (12:29) Cesium Astro (14:50) VAST Space (19:02) Sierra Space (21:47) I-Space (Beijing Interstellar Glory Space Technology Ltd.)

    29 min
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The Human Story Of Technology: Conversations about the human impact of artificial intelligence, quantum computers, NASA, asteroid mining, coordination, trust, books, robotics, space technology, web3, physics, chemistry, sustainability, music, art, science, neuroscience, work, rest and play. New episodes every Thursday. Tech book club every month.

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  • Creator
    Mark Fielding and Jeremy Gilbertson
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    121
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Mark Fielding and Jeremy Gilbertson
  • Show Website
    Thinking On Paper

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