Machine in the Mirror

The wheel didn’t just move us forward — it changed how we imagined movement itself.

From ancient chariots and imperial roads to railways, factories, and fiber optics, this episode traces the strange, spiraling legacy of the wheel.

Once sacred, once strategic, now invisible — the wheel shaped not just how we travel, but how we think: about power, time, and what it means to be going somewhere.

Is faster always better?

Are we moving — or just being moved?

A reflection on motion, myth, memory, and the still point beneath it all.

What is Machine in the Mirror?

Machine in the Mirror — a show that explores the question "what does it mean to be human?" as reflected through the mirror of artificial intelligence.

Co-created with an AI as a research companion, each episode explores the contradictions of selfhood, as it is reflected in the mind mirror of a machine. We are not here to resolve the mystery of being alive — but to keep returning to it, with wonder, again and again.

The machine gathers knowledge. The human seeks meaning. This is where they meet.

This is not a tech podcast. It’s a human one.