http://mondoglobo.net/neofiles Visions of Things to Come Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:58:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Part 2 of a live panel from City Lights books promoting the RU Sirius book "True Mutations: Conversations on the Edge of Science, Technology and Consciousness." RU Sirius was joined by David Pescovitz, Lynn Hershman and Jamais Cascio for this program. Sponsor: Life Enhancement Products | Producer: Jeff ... http://mondoglobo.net/neofiles/show-87-true-mutations-live-at-city-lights-part-2/ A live panel from City Lights books promoting the RU Sirius book "True Mutations: Conversations on the Edge of Science, Technology and Consciousness. RU Sirius was joined by David Pescovitz, Lynn Hershman and Jamais Cascio for this program. We'll run part 2 next week. Sponsor: Life Enhancement Products | ... http://mondoglobo.net/neofiles/show-86-true-mutations-live-at-city-lights-part-1/ Our friend Mark Frauenfelder is originator and ongoing contributor to the fabulous Boing Boing and Editor of Make magazine. We fought stormy skype weather to bring you this discussion of his most recent book, "Rule The Web: How to do Anything and Everything on the Internet -- Better, Faster, ... http://mondoglobo.net/neofiles/show-85-rule-the-web-with-mark-frauenfelder/ Moira Gunn, host of Tech Nation and Biotech Nation on NPR, joins us to talk about her new book, "Welcome to Biotech Nation: My Unexpected Odyssey into the Land of Small Molecules, Lean Genes, and Big Ideas." Sponsor: Life Enhancement Products | Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | ... http://mondoglobo.net/neofiles/show-84-moira-gunns-biotech-nation/ Apple legend Steve Wozniak joined us to talk mostly about the many pranks he's pulled over the years. Sponsor: Life Enhancement Products | Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | Co-Host: Jamais Cascio | Intro & Outro: Scrappi DuChamp Steve Wozniak http://mondoglobo.net/neofiles/show-83-steve-wozniak-talks-about-his-favorite-pranks/ James Kent, co-editor of the fun drug blog DoseNation joins us on the show today to talk about mind-altering drugs in contemporary society and pop culture from Vioxx to Salvia; from The Simpsons to The Sopranos. Sponsor: Life Enhancement Products | Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | ... http://mondoglobo.net/neofiles/show-82-from-vioxx-to-salvia-everybody-takes-drugs/ Kevin Poulsen is Senior Editor of Wired News and the Editor of their blog, Threat Level, covering all things fearful from "homeland security" to pedophilia to hacks, coverups and privacy concerns. He joins us today and concludes that while the paranoia level may be high, the threat level is ... http://mondoglobo.net/neofiles/show-81-kevin-poulsens-threat-level-is-a-ok/ Chaos Mathematician Ralph Abraham talks about chaos, gaia, eros, psychedelics, skepticism, Terence McKenna... btw, we're off for two weeks. See you in June! Sponsor: Life Enhancement Products | Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | Intro & Outro: Scrappi DuChamp Ralph Abraham http://mondoglobo.net/neofiles/show-80-chaos-in-theory-practice/ David Weinberger, author of "Everything Is Miscellaneous" joined us to talk about his new book and how we organize chaos, socially, into meaning. We fought against inexplicablly harsh skype weather conditions to bring you this program. Sponsor: Life Enhancement Products | Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | ... http://mondoglobo.net/neofiles/show-79-everything-is-everything/ Michael Anissimov, spokesperson for the Lifeboat Foundation and a leading figure in the Transhumanist world joins us to talk about immortalism, existential risk, and Smarter AIs. Sponsor: Life Enhancement Products | Producer: Jeff Diehl | Host: RU Sirius | Intro & Outro: Scrappi DuChamp Lifeboat Foundation Michael Anissimov http://mondoglobo.net/neofiles/shohw-78-immortality-or-oblivion/