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SciFi-prenuership episode 4: Snow Crash

In the Metaverse, a shared virtual reality space, a character wrestles with a computer-crashing virus that also causes harm in the real world. Thus begins Snow Crash, a Neal Stephenson novel that, when written in 1992, described futuristic systems that eventually became reality. Snow Crash’s impact is so significant that this episode has a record number of guests who wanted to discuss it: Dr. Christine Corbett Moran, Veronica Belmont, Peter Eckersley, Joe Betts-LaCroix, and Sophia Brueckner.

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Digital Culture LA

Brittney Gallagher hosts this show about future science and technology.

1984

This George Orwell novel depicts a dystopian future in which Big Brother monitors citizens’ every move in order to maintain government control.

Dr. Christine Corbett Moran

Cybersecurity engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab.

Veronica Belmont

Product Manager at Adobe Spark and host of the Sword and Laser podcast.

Peter Eckersley

Director of Research at the Partnership on AI.

Joe Betts-LaCroix

The inventor of the world’s smallest computer, and his work in biophysics aims to optimize medical research priorities in the U.S.

Sophia Brueckner

Artist, computer scientist, and professor at the University of Michigan.

Show notes

Intro with Phil Libin and Brittney Gallagher

Brittney Gallagher hosts Digital Culture LA, a show about future science and technology.

Episode 32 of the All Turtles Podcast, Galaxy Quest, served as the inspiration for the SciFi-preneurship series.

Harvard Business School professor Howard Stevenson defines entrepreneurship as “the pursuit of opportunity beyond resources controlled.”

Discussion with Dan Novy on H.P. Lovecraft’s work

Dan Novy is a postdoctoral associate at the MIT Media Lab.

The writings of H.P. Lovecraft have had a profound impact on science fiction and the way people envision the future.

The Call of Cthulhu is one of Lovecraft’s most famous short stories.

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Sci-Fi preneurship

SciFi-preneurship examines how science fiction inspires people to create things that impact our lives today. In SciFi-preneurship, we’re using an expanded definition of entrepreneurship: we don’t just mean Silicon Valley startup founders; we’re talking to people who make things, especially things that are shaping our future.

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