36: Technology and Listener Questions

Peter and Susannah discuss with L. M. Sacasas the perils and promise of technology: how it shapes our lives and how it changes how we think about ourselves. Will artificial intelligence become sentient? How will we understand ourselves if we believe they are sentient? What can we do about it, and how can we live in a more human and embodied world? Then, Peter and Susannah take listener questions. How can we go about living in a society which feels as though it’s falling apart?