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Distributed Future Podcast

In this podcast we interview interesting people who are doing new things in tech that may give us some insight into future society.

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Glowstep: A microcommunity helping people through career transitions.

Established companies are laying off staff, the job market has changed, AI is a challenge. Meng and I discussed her microcommunity Glowstep, which helps people navigate the new jobs landscape together with their peers.

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The state of the world and the future of social media.

A chat about the future of AI and social media.

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South African Solar power

We discuss the finances, pros and cons of solar power in a country where the grid is unreliable.

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Astronomy, Starlink, light pollution and Planet Nine

Prof Sam Lawler describes the impact that huge numbers of new satellites are having on astronomy

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Inclusive opensource

Why inclusiveness is good for your opensource project and how to achive it.

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The future of music distribution

A chat about the past, present and future of music distribution with a musician who's been at it for more than 50 years.

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Will we regret computers as much as we do cars?

Vim and Tim get together to chat about techological regret, paths not taken and the decisions we are taking now.

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How should opensource be funded?

Our guest's pilot project is using government money to fund development and maintenance of essential opensource projects.

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Education in large cohorts

We discuss a new style of on-line learning, self paced and voluntary along with other community driven education activities.

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Misogyny, pornography and malignant stereotypes in AI

We discuss auditing computational models of human behavior and the large-scale datasets they are trained on. Our guest gives examples of the consequences of a badly curated model.

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