175. Accelerated Climate Change, the Melt and Science Fiction's Role in Saving Humanity | KE Lanning

9 mar 2020 · 46 min. 52 sec.
175. Accelerated Climate Change, the Melt and Science Fiction's Role in Saving Humanity | KE Lanning
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KE Lanning (@kelanningauthor) is an astrophysicist and sci-fi/speculative fiction author of The Melt Trilogy, a series of dystopian fiction novels set in in a world where climate came much faster...

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KE Lanning (@kelanningauthor) is an astrophysicist and sci-fi/speculative fiction author of The Melt Trilogy, a series of dystopian fiction novels set in in a world where climate came much faster than anticipated. She also interviews notable science fiction authors and futurists for FUTURISM magazine.


In today’s episode we discuss:
- How sci-fi helps humanity cope and prepare for big societal changes
- What would happen if climate change happened in a generation
- Advantages of self-funding startups
- What would happen if Antarctica became a landgrab
- Why this will be the century of synthetic biology
- How sci-fi futurists could help government anticipate unintended consequences
- What technology is Karen most worried about and why
- More about Matt’s post-gene-editing dystopian sci-fi (get the 1st five chapters FREE here)
- Why we need to build towards better harmony with the world fast
- The enormous potential of fusion power
- Why science and art are two sides of the same coin
- Are we headed towards robot riots
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