17: California Tumbles into the Sea

This week we're discussing Octavia Butler's novel Parable of the Sower, tracking how well this 1993 book predicted the world in which we now find ourselves. Is her vision of a violent, environmentally tormented, violence-ridden California really so far off? We also get into a couple of recent AI-related controversies regarding recent episode topic Her as well as the continuing decline of the now-AI-infected Google. Spoilers in this episode for Parable of the Sower.Send us Fan Mailhttps://www.instagram.com/theendoftheworldwms/https://youtube.com/@TheEndoftheWorldwMS?si=xmj-2e0s58JdN8-Bhttps://linktr.ee/endoftheworldwithmichaelandstu