San Junipero is a Place on Earth: Black Mirror and the Afterlife
Can your consciousness–and your immortal soul–be uploaded into the cloud?
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Technology on Overthinking It
Episode 234: 3-7-2-6
Ryan, Rachel, and Matt listen to and discuss D.R.A.M.’s debut LP “Big Baby D.R.A.M.”
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What Happened to all the Evil Robots?
Evil robots and artificial intelligence used to dominate the pop culture. So where did they all go?
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Episode 419: Pokemon: The War of All against All
On the Overthinking It Podcast we consider the technological and social phenomenon of Pokemon Go, and wonder whether any of our pets have had a secret life.
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The Definitive Terminator
What makes Terminator so compelling, more than thirty years later? Come with me if you want to think.
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Episode 366: You Drop This Acid, You Will Travel Through Time
On the Overthinking It Podcast we tackle “Terminator Genisys” with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Emilia Clarke.
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Episode 80: The Chvrch of The Chemical Brothers of Latter Day Saints
Ryan and Matt consider Chvrches and their debut LP “The Bones of What You Believe,” addressing songs vs. pieces of music, the blasphemy of mixing genres, and the importance of sucking for a long time.
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Minority Report and Prescient Technology
Do popular visions of the future predict future technologies, or inspire them?
How to Hack into an Alien Space Ship
I’m here today to fight for the little guy, to defend the indefensible: Why the Independence Day hacking scene could have worked.
Inception and Quantum Mechanics: Shared Dream, Shared Reality
Does Inception’s shared dream machine rely on the Many Worlds interpretation of Quantum Mechanics?
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