Belief in AI can destroy the world. Responsibility stays human. — Jaron Lanier. youtu.be/DgdelPJTWRo "The Big Lie Behind AI" Listen to the Futurology podcast.

Astrophysicist Adam Frank (@adamfrank4.bsky.social) questions the hype around AI. "How to Spot an Alien Civilization" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast www.youtube.com/watch?v=O95O...

In our lifetime, we learned that nearly every star has its own planets. Earth is one story among trillions. 🎙️Adam Frank (@adamfrank4.bsky.social) on Futurology podcast: “How to Spot an Alien Civilization” www.youtube.com/watch?v=O95O...

Maybe humanity isn’t destroying the planet. Maybe it’s how the planet learns to see itself. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O95O... Adam Frank (@adamfrank4.bsky.social)- "How to Spot an Alien Civilization" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to the Futurology podcast.

Maybe AI won’t replace artists after all. Maybe it’s the next great artistic medium.  youtu.be/q8ZR9-y4ik8 🎙️ Ken Liu (@kyliu99.bsky.social) on Futurology: "When the Machine Becomes the Medium"

“For billions of years, there were no airplanes — until someone imagined them.” youtu.be/q8ZR9-y4ik8 Technology, like art, is an expression of our humanness. 🎙️ Ken Liu @kyliu99.bsky.social on Futurology: When the Machine Becomes the Medium

Through deep time and space, the possibilities of life are endless. Writer, Ross Andersen (@rossandersen.bsky.social) challenges the past as we look to the future. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...  "A Cosmic Voyage Through Deep Time" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to Futurology podcast 🎧

The Atlantic Writer, Ross Andersen (@rossandersen.bsky.social) in conversation with Futurology Producer Grant Slater (@grantslater.bsky.social) get into the dangerous gap between humanity's understanding of time and the consequences of our actions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...

Humanity has written 125 million books. AI read all of them in six months. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...  "A Cosmic Voyage Through Deep Time" is streaming now. Ross Andersen (@rossandersen.bsky.social) in conversation with Grant Slater (@grantslater.bsky.social)

Atlantic Writer Ross Andersen (@rossandersen.bsky.social) asks the questions shaping the future.  www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31... In this episode, Andersen speaks with Futurology Producer Grant Slater (@grantslater.bsky.social) about time defining  the evolution of intelligent life.

Aminah Bradford examines the hierarchy of oversimplifying the spirit to the "good" and the material to the "bad".  www.youtube.com/watch?v=26X4... "The Spiritual Life of the Microbiome" streaming now. 🎧 Subscribe to Futurology Podcast on Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts.

The major paradigm shift that microbiology is facing now is this relational, ecological, emergent, symbiotic understanding of being human.” -Aminah Bradford www.youtube.com/watch?v=26X4... "The Spiritual Life of the Microbiome" streaming now. Listen and subscribe to Futurology Podcast 🎧

What do computer science, quantum physics & Hindu tradition have in common? It’s more than you might think, Swami Sarvapriyananda, @blaiseaguera.bsky.social & Carlo Rovelli write. #consciousness #ai #hinduism #quantumphysics

Microbial theologian Aminah Bradford explores the profound connection between our gut, microbial life, and the divine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=26X4... Catch the latest episode of the Futurology Podcast — live now at the link above or on your favorite podcast app.

“What does it mean to live in a world that we depend upon for life, but that also can make us sick?” youtu.be/26X4EGmQrEc In this episode of Futurology, Aminah Bradford talks with Jonathan Blake about what she calls microbial theology. Listen now! 🎧  "The Spiritual Life of the Microbiome”.

Does the global culture resemble a traditional family dynamic?  Pico Iyer and Nathan Gardels discuss how decades globalization has led to a clash of civilizations and identity www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFaT... Listen now! 🎧 “The Wisdom of Not Knowing”, reflections on culture from novelist Pico Iyer

Drawing on years of global travel and meditative silence, Pico Iyer found that clarity arises not from certainty but stillness in the unknown. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFaT... Listen now! 🎧 “The Wisdom of Not Knowing"

“We can only find eternity in the moment” For novelist Pico Iyer wisdom resides not in mastery but in doubt. From his decades of constant travel to his retreats in silence Iyer describes how humility and stillness can open a clearer view of the world than certainty ever could youtu.be/CFaTxvlMWuY

We live in a culture hooked on speed and certainty. Hot takes, quick fixes, and algorithms that appear to know us better than we know ourselves. Despite living in the “age of information”are humans less connected than ever? The Wisdom of Not Knowing with Pico Iyer and Nathan Gardels, available now

This episode of FuturologyPod, NASA Historian Lois Rosson reflects on AI shaping the future of space. Examine these topics in greater depth with FuturologyPod. Join us each week for thought-provoking conversations and more.

From conquering the West to conquering the stars NASA Historian Lois Rosson describes the way lingering ideas of Manifest Destiny continue to shape visualizations of space to this day. 🎧 Tap the link in bio or find “The History of Imagining the Universe” or tune in wherever you get your podcasts.

Examine these topics in greater depth with @futurologypod. Join us each week for thought-provoking conversations and more.

Lois Rosson and Claire Webb explore how cosmic visualization operates. What do these images reveal? Not just about the universe, but about the historical and cultural moment from which they emerge? Join @futurologypod for a deeper examination of the ideas shaping our future.

From the scientific methodologies that construct these images to the ideological lenses through which they are interpreted, Lois Rosson and Claire Webb examine the epistemological and political dimensions of how we visualize the universe.

In this episode, Lois Rosson and Claire Webb explore the politics behind how we visualize the universe, from the science that shapes the image to the ideologies that color our perception. Explore these ideas more deeply with @futurologypod. Subscribe for weekly episodes.

Join @futurologypod for a deeper examination of the ideas shaping our future. New conversations released weekly.

Why Globalization Can't Stop War Anymore with Pascal Lamy and Lorenzo Marsili From the collapse of the WTO consensus to the rise of U.S.–China rivalry, from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the splintering of the internet, he explains why globalization can no longer guarantee harmony.

Why Globalization Can’t Stop War Anymore with Pascal Lamy and Lorenzo Marsili Economic interdependence- The logic that shaped the global institutions of the late twentieth century, and defined the worldview of Pascal Lamy, former head of the World Trade Organization.

Why Globalization Can't Stop War Anymore with Pascal Lamy and Lorenzo Marsili For decades, world leaders told us that global trade would keep the peace. Markets would bind nations together, and economic interdependence would make conflict too costly to pursue. Futurologypod now streaming.

Why Globalization Can't Stop War Anymore with Pascal Lamy and Lorenzo Marsili From the collapse of the WTO consensus to the rise of U.S.–China rivalry, from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the splintering of the internet, this is why globalization can no longer guarantee harmony

Unlock the future. New episodes of FuturologyPod now available streaming every week. #berggrueninstitute #futurologypod #podcast

Nicolas Berggruen and Nathan Gardels explores participation without populism, the pre-distribution of wealth, and the concept of planetary realism. It highlights the continued relevance of philosophy and the transformative power of ideas #futurologypod #berggrueninstitute

From bipartisan reform efforts in California to high-level dialogues in Beijing, they chart the emergence of some of the Institute’s most innovative frameworks. Unlock the future. New episodes of FuturologyPod launch every week. #berggrueninstitute #futurologypod #california

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The Making of Ideas That Matter with Nicolas Berggruen and Nathan Gardels Out of the wreckage of the 2008 financial crisis the Institute's co-founders Nicolas Berggruen and Nathan Gardels set out to build an independent think tank that would imagine bold new futures.

A Breakdown in Global Governance with Nathan Gardels and Anne-Marie Slaughter @slaughteram.bsky.social From climate cooperation to civilizational conflict, from multipolar diplomacy to local democratic renewal, they explore what comes after the end of the nation-state’s monopoly on the future.

A Breakdown in Global Governance with Nathan Gardels and Anne-Marie Slaughter @slaughteram.bsky.social The liberal world order was built for a different era -more centralized, more hierarchical, more predictable. Join us on FuturologyPod #futurologypod #berggrueninstitute #usa #politcs #system

A Breakdown in Global Governance with Nathan Gardels and Anne-Marie Slaughter @slaughteram.bsky.social In the 21st century, power has gone fluid. It flows through supply chains and satellites, networks and platforms, alliances that shift issue by issue. #futurology #berggrueninstitute #china

In this episode, the conversation moves through buried waterways, the choreography of permits and politics, and the search for a civic identity grounded in the flow of water rather than the lines on a map. #futurologypod #berggrueninstitute #new #country #water #govt

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The Cyborg Watershed – part natural, part machine, and wholly entangled with the myths and machinery of the region. Futurology available now on all podcast platforms #futurology #berggrueninstitute #water

The Cyborg Watershed of the American West with Lauren Bon and Grant Slater. The ever-branching network of lakes, rivers, and streams that flow west from the Rockies enable human life to flourish in one of the hottest places on Earth. This is a “cyborg watershed”.

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Noema is a magazine whose goal is not to “keep up” but to slow down and think. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how we do what we do. #noema #magazines #independentpublishing

In this episode, writer and thinker Rana Dasgupta joins Jonathan Blake to explore the spiritual and political collapse of state power. Futurology Pod now available on all podcast platforms.

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The Death Knell of the Nation-State with Rana Dasgupta and Jonathan Blake. The modern nation-state wasn’t just a conglomeration of laws and armies. It was a belief in the promise that citizenship could ground identity in a chaotic world. Futurology Pod available now on all podcast platforms.

In this episode, philosopher Thomas Moynihan joins Benjamin Bratton to trace the history of a shift in thinking: that the future isn’t guaranteed. Futurology Pod now available on all podcast platforms. #berggrueninstitute #futurologypod

How We Discovered Our Own Extinction with Thomas Moynihan and Benjamin Bratton. For most of human history, the end of the world was a divine promise, inevitable and liberating for the holy alone. But the invention of extinction changed that. Futurology Pod now available on all podcast platforms.

The Rise of the Cyberocracy with John Markoff and Grant Slater Silicon Valley has coded into existence a vast memetic machinery. Increasingly, it appears this emergent cyberocracy no longer wants to disrupt the world, but to govern it.