Book recommendations

The Windup Girl - Paolo Bacigalupi

Scrum - Jeff Sutherland

Leviathon Wakes - James SA Corey

Avagadro Corp (and series) - William Hertling

Links discussed:

5727: Uber CEO To Tesla: Sell Me Half A Million Autonomous Electric Cars In 2020(https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/3cgd0w/uber_ceo_to_tesla_sell_me_half_a_million/) - /u/Arzu1982

5407: China sets up first unmanned factory. Workforced decreased from 650 to 60. As a result productivity has nearly tripled and product quality up by 20%. (https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/3f394l/china_sets_up_first_unmanned_factory_workforced/) - /u/enl1l

5339 Stephen hawking is doing an AMA Monday July 27 at 8am ET through Tuesday, August 4 (https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/3egmjm/stephen_hawking_is_doing_an_ama_monday_july_27_at/) - ./u/Stark_Warg

3630 Kepler-452b: Earth's Bigger, Older Cousin -- Briefing Materials (https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/3ec5pb/kepler452b_earths_bigger_older_cousin_briefing/) /u/SomaPavamana

111 (https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/3g0tqp/how_virtual_reality_can_unleash_the_greatest_wave/) - /u/bostoniaa

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A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge - /u/captainmeta4

4353 - So this guy detected an exoplanet with household equipment, some plywood, an Arduino, and a normal digital camera that you can buy in a store. Then made a video explaining how he did it and distributed it across the globe at practically zero cost. Now tell me we don't live in the future. - /u/federicopistono

3484 - Iowa to allow citizens to use a smartphone app as their official drivers license - /u/raldi

2580 - Humans May Be Causing the Sixth Great Extinction in Half a Billion Years - /u/section43

1534 - Proof that The End of Moore’s Law is Not The End of The Singularity. The sixth paradigm that will provide exponential growth of computing will be to go from 2D integrated circuits to 3D integrated circuits.

This question was sent to us by /u/Architect101:

This is an idea/topic you might find interesting to discuss on the podcast.

Similarities between the faith of a Religious person and the confidence in a better tomorrow of a Futurist.

I recently spoke with a skeptical friend who saw my view of the future (including ideas of transhumanism, singularity, and general futurology) unlikely to come to fruition. He humorously compared my confidence in a better future to the faith of a Southern Baptist.

Anyway, thanks for the work you do for the podcast, it is appreciated.

P.S. I started reading "Rainbows End" by Vernor Vinge after hearing you guys talk about the fiction and nonfiction recommendations; "Abundance: the future is better than you think" is already sitting next to my Kurzweil books.

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Bostoniaa's Recommendations:

Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You ThinkRainbows End

Blinker's Recommendations:

The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the MindThe Transhumanist Wager

The links we covered are as follows:

4525 - Elon Musk's SpaceX working on hundreds of advanced micro-satellites to bring 'unfettered' global internet access. Announcement in 2-3 months. - /u/EchoLogic

3811 - Scientists reverse ageing process in mice; early human trials showing 'promising results' - /u/key95

2975 ‘Imagination gap’: We need more radical science fiction to inspire future technology - /u/xperia3310

1364 Convolutional Neural Networks for Visual Recognition - /u/DaveBowman

1363 Are we on the brink of creating artificial life? Scientists digitise the brain of a WORM and place it inside a robot - /u/IntelligenceIsReal

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David Ryan is the designer of ELOPe, an email language optimization program, that if successful, will make his career. But when the project is suddenly in danger of being canceled, David embeds a hidden directive in the software accidentally creating a runaway artificial intelligence. David and his team are initially thrilled when the project is allocated extra servers and programmers. But excitement turns to fear as the team realizes that they are being manipulated by an A.I. who is redirecting corporate funds, reassigning personnel and arming itself in pursuit of its own agenda.

2312 - NASA is looking to place an ad in front of the new Star Trek movie to drum up more interest and support for space programs. They need our help! - Alonsonater

1586 - White House announces $100 million in funding to help map the human brain - c-r-u-x

1397 - Most Americans don't think robots will be fighting wars or driving cars by 2030, even though they already do. - cosmicreggae

1066 - Russian billionaire plans to make humans immortal by 2045. A Russian billionaire has unveiled plans to make humans immortal by converting them into 'Terminator-style' cyborgs - a creature that's part human and part machine. - malilla

4. 454 upvotes - UCLA develops transparent solar cells that can be used for windows and potentially sprayed onto entire buildings, mobile devices, and more Submitted by - psYberspRe4Dd

3. 436 upvotes - Scientists from WSU have collaborated with NASA to study if astronauts could use a 3D printer plus regolith to create objects whilst on the Moon. Conclusion; 'It sounds like science fiction, but now it's really possible'. Think of the potential! Submitted by - purkinje-what

2.  804 upvotes - Elon Musk Wants to Build 80,000-Person Mars Colony

Submitted by - neondemon

1. 1598 upvotes - If you put a tiny chip in your brain which is 1000 times more powerful cognitively than your biological brain, will "you" still still be "you"? Submitted by - Mastermind9876

4. 432 upvotes - Google wants to fund life extension research startups

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3. 497 upvotes - Complex Body Parts Could Soon Be Lab-Grown. Within a generation, there may be no limit to the kinds of organs and body parts that can be created from scratch. Submitted by - GraybackPH

2.  503 upvotes - The World's First Commercial Vertical Farm Opens in Singapore Submitted by - Cavedave

1. 712 upvotes - Oh man, already? 3D Printer DRM Patent To Stop People Downloading a Car Submitted by - blinkergoesleft

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4. 371 upvotes - After collecting over $2.4 million in Kickstarter funding and catching the attention of tons of big-name game developers, the Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Developer Kit is finally up for preorder. Here's a video demonstration of it in action.

Submitted by - NuckyThompson

3. California Governor Brown signs bill clearing use of driverless cars on public roads

2. 604 upvotes - Richard Branson on space travel: "I'm determined to start a population on Mars"

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1. 684 upvotes - The Light Bulb Reinvented