Future Thinkers Podcast Archives

FTP031: Scott Santens – What Happens When We Give People a Basic Income?

FTP031 - Basic income, Scott Santens interview on Future Thinkers Podcast with Mike Gilliland and Euvie Ivanova

Some of the recorded effects of giving people free money regularly have been very favourable. There was less crime, people’s health improved, people actually worked more and there was a significant rise of entrepreneurship (a staggering 300% increase in one experiment), there was less alcoholism, high school students stayed in school longer and were less likely to get pregnant.

FTP030: Robin Hanson – The Age of Em: 1 Year After We Upload Ourselves to The Internet

FTP030: Robin Hanson - The Age of Em: 1 Year After We Upload Ourselves to The Internet

Brain emulation, also known as mind uploading, is a concept that has fascinated science fiction writers and futurists for decades. This is the theoretical idea of scanning a brain – or a mental state – and copying it into the computer. Although no such technology currently exists, many prominent people have explored it as a likely possibility for the future, from inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil to science fiction author Charles Stross.