Jul 31, 2019
Ursula K. Le Guin’s influence on science fiction is so significant that we dedicated two episodes of this series to her work, as we had so many guests who wanted to talk about her impact. Le Guin’s writing helped expand visions of what society could be, which provided meaningful inspiration for today’s guests, Dr....
Jul 24, 2019
Ursula K. Le Guin is one of science fiction’s most influential writers. Her science fiction philosophy, which underscores our entire SciFi-preneurship podcast series, is that science fiction is meant to be descriptive rather than predictive. A hallmark of her writing is that it tends to be more inclusive of different...
Jul 17, 2019
As technologists continue to build the future, what laws should govern the things they create? Ethical guidelines for technology are essential; Isaac Asmiov presented one version of what they may look like when he introduced the Three Laws of Robotics in his collection of short stories I, Robot. This work of science...
Jul 10, 2019
In the Metaverse, a shared virtual reality space, a character wrestles with a computer-crashing virus that also causes harm in the real world. Thus begins Snow Crash, a Neal Stephenson novel that, when written in 1992, described futuristic systems that eventually became reality. Snow Crash’s impact is so significant...