This is episode thirty-six of the Baehr and Curadh podcast. We are going to talk about technology.

  • Will technology be humanity’s salvation, downfall, or neither?
  • Who single-handedly changed the course of the entire human race?
  • What old fashioned way of doing things is better than how they are currently done?
  • What are some occupations that machines will soon replace?
  • What human trait is useful now but would have been disadvantageous in the past?
  • Do you think humans will survive long enough to evolve into something different or will we make ourselves extinct before we have the chance to?
  • If we could screen babies for psychopathic or sociopathic tendencies, what should we do with the babies that are likely to become psychopaths?
  • If a machine could exactly duplicate your mind right down to the same pattern of synapses firing, would it be you?
  • Could such a machine predict how you would react in every situation?
  • Is there an app that you hate but use anyways?
  • What piece of technology brings you the most joy?
  • What’s something that can’t be found or bought on the internet?
  • If there were internet Olympics, what sports would be in it?
  • What’s the most important file on your computer?
  • What fact do you wish you had never learned?
  • What fun activity from your childhood has been completely ruined for kids today?