Show Notes
Theme: Welcome to the fishbowl.
Episode Connections
Authors, stories. Ayn Rand. Despair.com.
Films. The Terminator. Timeline. Mr. Peabody & Sherman. Easy A. 1984. The Truman Show.
TV episodes, series. Dr Who. Continuum. Travelers. The Jetsons. Mr. Peabody & Sherman. Black Mirror.
Ideas. Implications of time peeking. Asimov the world builder. Tech writers as free agents. Bureaucracy, government deception. Obsession with memories, the past. Time, tech, and human motive. Government oppression v. intellectual anarchy. When does the past begin? Privacy and surveillance. Can a bureaucrat be the hero? The psychic probe! Social media as our personal way-back machine. Jeremy Bentham's panopticon. What does free really cost? Social stratification and technology.
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