The Future And You
This award-winning series explores The Future of Everything. What can we expect of next week, next year, next century? What will we eat, drive, wear, live in, vote for, want to buy, and want to avoid? What mistakes of the past will we make again, and which ones have we learned from? From the next tick of the clock to the ultimate end of the universe, every subject is fair game. Composed of interviews and essays, it's hosted by the author and futurist Stephen Euin Cobb. Guests include: famous authors and the occasional celebrity, but mostly futurists, innovators, technologists, analysts, entrepreneurs, and those pushing the limits of technology, as well as those struggling to understand the trends growing strong around us now--since it is those trends which will create the future in which we will all live. This program is not about magic, or prophecy, or psychic divination. Instead, we attempt to use verifiable facts as our foundation, and from them extrapolate forward. All such extrapolations--regardless of the credentials of those putting them forth--must be considered pure opinion. Time alone, will allow these extrapolations to be verified or nullified. Topics and themes explored include: nanotechnology and biotechnology; organlegging and organ transplants, molecular manufacturing and computers wired directly into the human brain; extropianism, transhumanism and the technology of individual immortality; terrorism, globalization, global warming and nuclear proliferation; cryonics and cryogenics; genetic engineering and the human genome project; embryos, cloning and stem cell research; astronomy and other space explorations (NASA, Hubble, exoplanets, SETI, ESA, CCCP, lasers and space probes); the singularity, robots, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI); remote sensing and waldoes; legal and illegal uses of the Internet (hackers and hacking, viruses and Trojan horses); solar cells, peak oil and alternative energy; aging and medical longevity; FTL (faster than light travel, as in Star Trek and Star Wars) and worm holes (as in StarGate SG-1); progress in health, education and neuroscience, as well as evolution, agriculture and inventions; and how what was once science fiction and fantasy is now biology, chemistry and physics. Everything from futurism to futurology. To learn more, check the show's website at: www.TheFutureAndYou.com
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 486
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2019
The Future And You--Mar 18, 2015
Topic: Artificial Super Intelligence--Part 2. Why it may pose a catastrophic threat to your life and all of human civilization. This is the second half of my interview with James Barrat, author of Ou…
The Future And You--Mar 11, 2015
Topic: Artificial Super Intelligence: why it may pose a catastrophic threat to your life and all of human civilization. This is an interview with James Barrat, author of Our Final Invention: Artifici…
The Future And You--Mar 4, 2015
Topics: A laser-based method for "scrubbing" air for astronauts and scuba divers; the problems of making active armor for individual soldiers; firing a gun underwater in a swimming pool and the stran…
The Future And You--Feb 25, 2015
Topics: How space elevator's work, how they can fail, and why the Europeans will never allow one to be built; a police drone that carries & fires a shotgun; free roaming surgical robots; someone in t…
The Future And You--Feb. 18, 2015
Topics; the multiple impracticalities of the flying cars which have so far been invented and prototyped, a 3D printed 1911 service pistol (45 calibre) tested by firing 5,000 rounds, 3D printers which…
The Future And You--Feb 11, 2015
Three Topics:
[1] General Electric has greatly increased the resolution and speed of a CT scanner. Their new machine will likely save thousands of lives; improve the outcomes of hundreds of thousands…
The Future And You--Feb. 4, 2015
Topics: Life-extension related research from Stanford University; Microsoft's new HoloLens eyeglass computer which is an improvement on Google Glass in that it's a full headup display instead of just…
The Future And You--Jan. 28, 2015
Topic: Information that was formerly unavailable in digital form, or was prohibitively expensive, is now being made available thought the Internet by the US Federal and State Governments for free--pr…
The Future And You--Jan 21, 2015
Topic: Recovering from a Computer Crash. Backups don't always have your back.
Subtopics: Research on the life-expectancy of consumer hard drives; how to download a free (and completely legal) copy of…
The Future And You--Jan 14, 2015
This is not a normal episode of the show. My computer suffered a catastrophic crash on Sunday (Jan 11, 2015) when the hard drive which contains the operating system became unreadable. This little fiv…
The Future And You--Jan 7, 2015
Topic: Ghostwriting (Part 2): How to work with a ghostwriter, who most needs a ghostwriter, and how much ghostwriters typically cost.
Our guest is Claudia Suzanne. Claudia Suzanne has been a professi…
The Future And You--Dec. 31, 2014
Topic: The Year in Review--2014.
Stephen Euin Cobb provides a wide variety of commentary on the wide variety of topics discussed on the show during this past year of 2014.
Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb…
The Future And You--Dec 24, 2014
Topic: "The World's First Robotic Psychiatrist" (Part 2)
Joanne Pransky has spent decades working to alert people to the impact that robots will eventually have on their lives. Dubbed "the real Susan…
The Future And You--Dec. 17, 2014
Topic: "The World's First Robotic Psychiatrist" (Part 1)
Joanne Pransky has spent decades working to alert people to the impact that robots will eventually have on their lives. Dubbed "the real Susan…
The Future And You--Dec. 10, 2014
Topic: Ghostwriting: how the process works, as well as it's limitations and benefits. Also: how ghostwriting has been affected by the powerful trends going on throughout the publishing industry. (A g…
The Future And You--Dec. 3, 2014
Topic: Book Promotion and Marketing: methods, tips and useful advice [Part 2 of 2].
Our guest is Simone Pond.
Simone Pond is an advertising executive with a Los Angeles advertising agency. She gradua…
The Future And You--Nov. 26, 2014
Eight Interviews from Atomacon.
Guests include: Gregory French (actor from the TV show The Walking Dead), Randy Richards (author of novels in the "Hidden History" genre including "The League of Found…
The Future And You--Nov. 19, 2014
Topic: Book Promotion and Marketing: methods, tips and advice based on today's continually shifting trends.
Our guest is Simone Pond.
Simone Pond is an advertising executive with a Los Angeles adver…
The Future And You--Nov. 12, 2014
Topic: What Would War in Space Really Be Like? (Part 2 of 2)
Speakers: John Ringo,Dr. Charles E. Gannon, Timonthy Zahn, and Dr. Travis S. Taylor as the moderator.
[Essay:] Your host describes his exp…
The Future And You--Nov. 5, 2014
Topic: What Would War in Space Really Be Like? (Part 1 of 2)
Speakers: John Ringo, Dr. Charles E. Gannon, Timonthy Zahn, and Dr. Travis S. Taylor as the moderator.
Timothy Zahn is a New York Times be…