Review the Future was a futurology podcast that speculated about the impact of technology on culture. Throughout our 99 episode run, we explored topics such as artificial intelligence, transhumanism, technological unemployment, and more.
We've collected a list of our favorite 15 episodes and posted them here.
All Episodes
- 099: Review of Review the Future
- 098: Review of WALKAWAY
- 097: Review of I AM MOTHER
- 096: Review of BLACK MIRROR Season 5, Part 3
- 095: Review of BLACK MIRROR Season 5, Part 2
- 094: Review of BLACK MIRROR Season 5, Part 1
- 093: Review of EXHALATION, Part 2
- 092: Review of EXHALATION, Part 1
- 091: Review of Philip K Dick’s ELECTRIC DREAMS
- 090: Review of AUTONOMOUS
- 089: Discussion of Ray Kurzweil’s 2019 Predictions
- 088: Discussion of Hypocralypse and the Future of Punishment
- 087: What is the Future of Sex Robots?
- 086: Discussion of Malicious Uses of AI
- 085: Grab Bag of Short Topics
- 084: Discussion of Conversational AI and Digital Currency
- 083: Discussion of Moore’s Law and Optimism vs. Pessimism
- 082: Discussion of Subvocal Recognition and Domestic Robots
- 081: Discussion of Facebook and Privacy
- 080: Discussion of Self Driving Cars and Body Scanning
- 079: Discussion of AI Risk
- 078: Discussion of Black Mirror and Altered Carbon
- 077: Robin Hanson on The Elephant in the Brain
- 076: What Happens When We Design Babies?
- 075: What Happens in a World of Perfectly Fakeable Audio and Video?
- 074: Are We Living in a Simulation?
- X012: Future Express | Categorizing Interactive Systems
- X011: Future Express | The Replication Crisis and Challenges to Progress
- X010: Future Express | Attention Economics and Loyalty of Digital Assistants
- X009: Future Express | What Changes Under Trump?
- X008: Future Express | How to Train Your Personal AI and Mailbag
- X007: Future Express | AI in the Legal System and More on Technological Unemployment
- X006: Future Express | Listener Questions and Calum Chace Followup
- 073: Can Capitalism Survive an “Economic Singularity?”
- X005: Future Express | Robot Used in Dallas and Pokemon Go!
- X004: Future Express | More on Kevin Kelly’s THE INEVITABLE
- 072: Kevin Kelly on “The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future”
- X003: Future Express | ConsScale and the Threat of Cheap Weapons
- X002: Future Express | Autonomous Weapons and Brain to Brain Interfaces
- X001: Future Express | More on Robin Hanson’s AGE OF EM
- 071: Robin Hanson on “What Does a Future of Emulated Minds Look Like?”
- 070: Review of BLACK MIRROR: WHITE CHRISTMAS
- 069: What are the Possibilities of Augmented Reality?
- 068: Does Life Have Meaning in a World Without Work?
- 067: Should You Sign Up for Cryonics?
- 066: George Dvorsky on “What is the Future of Human Advancement?”
- 065: What is the Future of Virtual Assistants?
- 064: Calum Chace on “Is it Time to Start Worrying About AI?”
- 063: Bonus Episode: Kickstarter Launch, Social VR, and ADVANTAGEOUS Review
- 062: What is the Future of Brain-Computer Interfaces?
- 061: What is the Future of Movies?
- 060: Scott Santens on “Is Basic Income Part of Our Future and Should It Be?”
- 059: What is the Future of Advertising?
- 058: What are the Top Ten Ways Science Fiction Fails to Predict the Future?
- 057: Nikola Danaylov on “What Do Experts Think About the Singularity?”
- 056: Steve Anderson on “What are the Limits of Hollywood’s Portrayal of Technology?”
- 055: What’ll be the Impacts of Perfect Speech Recognition?
- 054: Martin Ford on “Are We Heading for a Jobless Future?”
- 053: Review of EX MACHINA
- 052: What is the Future of Synthetic Meat?
- 051: Review of VRLA Expo 2015
- 050: Jesse Lawler on “What is the Future of Brain Enhancement?”
- 049: Mark Lewis on “Have We Reached Peak Education?”
- 048: Sarah Perry on “Should We Have Control Over Our Consciousness?”
- 047: David Pearce on “What is the Future of Suffering?”
- 046: James Hughes on “What is Technoprogressivism?”
- 045: Dave Ross on “What is the Future of Comedy?”
- 044: Jason Ganz on “What is the Future of Virtual Reality?”
- 043: Review of THE IMMORTALISTS
- 042: John Danaher on “Will the Future be Ruled by Algorithm?”
- 041: What are the Reasons to Protect Privacy?
- 040: What is the Future of Education?
- 039: What is Transhumanism?
- 037: What is the Future of the Sharing Economy?
- 036: What is the Future of Hell?
- 035: How Do You Filter Content in an Age of Abundance?
- 034: We’ll Be Back in September
- 033: What’ll be the Impacts of Self Driving Cars?
- 032: Are we Wielding Technology or Yielding to It?
- 031: Who are the Top Ten Living Futurists?
- 030: What is the Future of Emotional Computing?
- 029: What is Mind Uploading?
- 028: Review of Thomas Piketty’s CAPITAL IN THE 21ST CENTURY, Part 2: Futurist Perspective and Criticism
- 027: Review of Thomas Piketty’s CAPITAL IN THE 21ST CENTURY, Part 1: Summary
- 026: What is Ephemeralization?
- 025: What Does Utopia Look Like?
- 024: Will the Future be More or Less Unequal?
- 023: What is the Future of Net Neutrality?
- 022: Will the Future be Dominated by Games?
- 021: What Are the Different Types of Intelligence Augmentation?
- 020: What is the Future of Television?
- 019: Who Controls a Future of Decentralized Technologies?
- 018: What is the Future of Money?
- 017: What New Job Opportunities Will Exist in an Automated Future?
- 016: What is Super-Now Prediction?
- 015: What Would be the Cultural Impacts of Increased Longevity?
- 014: How Might We Respond to Technological Unemployment?
- 013: What is the Future of Communications Interfaces?
- 012: How Plausible is Dystopia?
- 011: Review of McAfee and Brynjolfsson’s SECOND MACHINE AGE
- 010: What Will Remain Scarce in the Future?
- 009: Is Storytelling More Difficult in a World of Accelerating Change?
- 008: Review of Tyler Cowen’s Average Is Over
- 007: Review of Spike Jonze’s HER
- 006: What is an Intelligence Explosion, and Will It Kill Us All?
- 005: Are We Addicted to Technology?
- 004: Are Generation Gaps Going to be Relevant in the Future?
- 003: Is Privacy Dead?
- 002: Should We Be Worried About Technological Unemployment?
- 001: Is Technological Progress Accelerating?