EPISODE · Jul 27, 2021 · 42 MIN
A Crash Corpse in Zombies: Wicked Discoveries
from The Wicked Opportunities Podcast · host The Futures School
Braaaains! Historically, this is how zombies have been portrayed: as undead, flesh-eating corpses. Unlike other monsters - which are mostly a product of superstition or fear - today's zombies reflect our viral subjugation to technology in the form of social media, algorithms, and screens. What if we reframed the Zombie Apocalypse as the Global Brain - a mutual consumption of knowledge that creates a worldwide superorganism?
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Braaaains! Historically, this is how zombies have been portrayed: as undead, flesh-eating corpses. Unlike other monsters - which are mostly a product of superstition or fear - today's zombies reflect our viral subjugation to technology in the form of social media, algorithms, and screens. What if we reframed the Zombie Apocalypse as the Global Brain - a mutual consumption of knowledge that creates a worldwide superorganism?
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