#001 with Ashton Eaton

from Alien Crash Site · host Ashton Eaton, Caitlin McShea

Learn more about everything referenced in this episode by clicking the links below:Ashton’s 2018 InterPlanetary Festival Appearance, “Living in Space”Ashton’s 2019 InterPlanetary Festival Appearance, “Zen and the Art of Space Exploration”Sam Harris podcast interview with David KrakauerGeneral Systems Theory - Ludwig von BertalanffyLimits to Human Performance Research at the Santa Fe InstituteUrsula LeGuin’s Rocannon’s World (pdf)Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s GameArrival (trailer)Contact (trailer)

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This week we speak with world-record holding, back-to-back Olympic Gold Medalist for decathlon, engineer and friend, Ashton Eaton about his hopes for the Zone. Information on texts referenced can be found below:

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