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Currents 008: Christopher Conselice: Finding Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Posted July 5, 202000:53:33

In this Currents episode, Jim talks to astrophysicist Christopher Conselice about his recent paper that estimates the number of communicating intelligent...

EP62 Zak Stein on Education, Tech & Religion

Posted June 29, 202002:00:21

Zak Stein talks with Jim about tech in education, what advertising is teaching us, the role of religion in education, self-transcendence, Zak's 13 social...

Currents 007: David Fuller on the IDW

Posted June 24, 202000:51:58

In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Rebel Wisdom founder David Fuller about what the IDW is & how it relates to GameB, common IDW perspectives...

EP61 Howard Rheingold on Our Digital Past & Future

Posted June 22, 202001:21:57

Howard Rheingold talks with Jim about his involvement in early computing & the internet, collaboration, internet risks, privacy, COVID-19, attention,...

Currents 006: Jim Coan on Our Social Recession

Posted June 19, 202000:47:07

In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Jim Coan about social recession, social origins & impacts on humanity, emergent group collaboration, 'selfing'...