Can technology unlock a deeper sense of human connection, or will it continue to drive us apart? Kris Tyte and Sean Snodgrass are joined by Arielle Emmett, author of "The Logoharp", a visionary sci-fi novel that explores identity, media manipulation, transhumanism, and geopolitical topics. This episode tackles the impact of automation, artificial intelligence, power structures, and humanity's future. With personal experience stories, global perspectives, and literature references, they question how society can reconcile progress with empathy. We invite you to challenge yourself and rethink everything from politics to morality and identity.
Get the book at the author's website, which includes additional information about the character Naomi, excerpts, calls, and purchase links.
Cover of "The Logo Harp: A Cyborg Novel of China and America in the Year 2121" showing a futuristic cityscape with cyberpunk elements.
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“Everything is automations automations. And so you get in there as an engineer and you basically automate yourself out of an up a job.
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Observation about how programmers often work to automate processes, potentially eliminating their own positions through efficiency.
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“Inevitably technology is a down sizer. So the theory goes that, oh, the technology creating these new levels of technology that opens up new careers, higher paying jobs... But it's always long term. It's always a reduction in effort in force.
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Analysis of technology's net negative impact on employment despite promises of creating new types of jobs.
Reference to book and PBS series about successful nonviolent revolutions throughout history, including examples from Chile, Poland, and Denmark.
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“That's how the pyramids were built. That's how any of the great accomplishments of man were pushed through... working together... understanding, empathizing and having common goals and directing resources.
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Argument that human achievements come from cooperation rather than domination, challenging Social Darwinist interpretations of history.
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“The best thing we could have ever done in American education is not to not to destroy the Department of Education, but instead to require that every child have an experience in which they go to a different culture and meet different people.
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Proposal for mandatory cultural exchange experiences as cure for xenophobia and racism.
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“The crave and the impulse and the drive for the strongman leader is just a just a reflection of an internal weakness... the only people that need the strongman leader is the weak.
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Analysis of authoritarian appeal as manifestation of personal insecurity rather than strength.
Neuroscientists explore differences in male, female brains
CBC article about differences between male and female brains, relevant to discussion of gender-based leadership styles and preferences.
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“It is a vision of the choice between free will and a kind of mind slavery... there is a way to remember the lessons, that the good stuff... there is such a thing is doing the right thing and not doing the wrong thing.
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Author's summary of book's central theme about choosing between freedom and mental enslavement.
Author's website with supplemental information about character Naomi, excerpts, calls, and purchase links.
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