In my last post I wrote about "white noise" podcasts -
Campfire Sht Shows?
Well, I guess one person's "white noise" is another's "monolith" and the 'Future Fossils' podcast is one of those podcasts I like to think of as a monolith floating through the "white noise" of the podcast world.
Not that I agree with everything discussed at 'Future Fossils', but it is certainly good ear food for thought.
FUTURE FOSSILS #64 – BARRY VACKER (OUR DESTINY IN SPACE & SCI FI’S FAILURES OF IMAGINATION)
"This week: Science Fiction Übermenschen & A Critique of Space Colonization with film scholar Barry Vacker, a professor at Temple University in Philadelphia.
We talk about the critique of contemporary science fiction cinema in his new book, Specter of the Monolith – pointing past the spiritual shortcomings of our relationship to space, and toward a future human being that has both grown in both technology and wisdom."
UPDATE: 14th March, 2018
A few hours after posting this post news came through that Stephen Hawking had passed away on the same day -
Not that I agree with everything discussed at 'Future Fossils', but it is certainly good ear food for thought.
FUTURE FOSSILS #64 – BARRY VACKER (OUR DESTINY IN SPACE & SCI FI’S FAILURES OF IMAGINATION)
"This week: Science Fiction Übermenschen & A Critique of Space Colonization with film scholar Barry Vacker, a professor at Temple University in Philadelphia.
We talk about the critique of contemporary science fiction cinema in his new book, Specter of the Monolith – pointing past the spiritual shortcomings of our relationship to space, and toward a future human being that has both grown in both technology and wisdom."
UPDATE: 14th March, 2018
A few hours after posting this post news came through that Stephen Hawking had passed away on the same day -
Fascinating, Daz!
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