The last gasps of democracy?

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this episode we are joined by Professor Nicholas Dungey from the Dungey State University Podcast and James Blaha CEO of Vivid Vision. Here is a snippet of some of the things we discussed: (This podcast gave me a month of straight up anxiety. ) 20: WARNING AUDIO LEVELS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE. 1:25 The challenges confronting the nature of information in the 21st century. 4:30 Is there room for philosophy in Silicon Valley? (capitalism) 7:40 A crisis of alienation is impending. 12:00 The potential power of individuals is increasing thanks to technology. To what degree? 13:00 What are we preparing for? 21:10 How can the centralization of power co habit within the same sphere as democratic institutions? 25:00 How will societies adapt to automation? 31:00 Our socio political systems will become authoritarian partly due to their failure in anticipating the crisis of automation. 40:00 What now? Are we hopeless? 45:20 What will world look like in the 5, 10 years? 49:00 Universal basic income will come once the suffering becomes too much to bear. 51:00 Robot armies will make violent human revolutions obsolete. 54:00 What's the difference between reality and narratives? 59:00 The probabilities of a race war under a Bannon administration? 1:01:00 What is the meaning of tolerance? 1:09:00 Preparing for the worst case scenario for the next 4 years. 1:15:00 What are people going to do once all the jobs are automated? 1:17:00 Integrating artificial intelligence with political systems. 1:18:00 Using VR to simulate political scenarios before trying them out in the real world. 1:23:00 Using fear for good? 1:31:00 How to stop fear from being used against you? 1:35:00 What will happen the day millions of people won't be able to tell the difference between reality and virtual reality. 1:41:00 Creating VR experiences that point out philosophical lessons for humanity. 1:44:00 What philosophical questions will trans humanism bring about? 1:45:00 Would you want to live another 500 years? 1:47:00 Everybody read the "Genealogy of Morals" and "On Discipline and Punishment". 1:48:00 Biggest fears and hopes. 1:50:00 How to stay in touch with professor Dungey. Thanks again to professor Dungey for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality. Connect with professor Dungey with the links below: https://twitter.com/UrDSU http://www.dungeystate.com/ Song in the intro clip is : I dreamed a dream by Ann Hathaway Please support the artists! (Views are my own) Thanks for listening!