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Implementing Science Fiction

Latest episodes

  • Our KPI Is Death — Chris Kantrowitz 5/6

    October 10, 2026 · 19 min

    Chris Kantrowitz and I get into Quorum Earth’s fungus-based plan to save bees from Varroa mites, then follow the science, regulation, and scrappy manufacturing behind a biopesticide company whose KPI is death.

  • Hired by Sony at 14 — Chris Kantrowitz 4/6

    October 9, 2026 · 34 min

    Chris Kantrowitz and I trace the hustle that got him hired by Sony at 14, then connect dyslexia, ADHD, and instinct to the unlikely path from early video-game testing to Quorum Earth’s bee-saving biopesticides.

  • Accidental Authenticity — Chris Kantrowitz 3/6

    October 8, 2026 · 34 min

    Chris Kantrowitz and I get into accidental authenticity: what Frank Zappa's house taught him about sycophants, how fame and money distort friendship, and how he hustled Gobbler through the venture clock.

  • Language Is a Technology — Chris Kantrowitz 2/6

    October 7, 2026 · 22 min

    Chris Kantrowitz and I get into the hidden technology of language: what remote work strips out of company culture, what his non-speaking son taught him about communication, and why telepathy, dreams, and the brain deserve serious…

  • The Death Star in Century City — Chris Kantrowitz 1/6

    October 6, 2026 · 19 min

    Chris Kantrowitz and I compare pre-deal venture investing with music lawyers and Hollywood agents, then get into hacker-advising WarGames, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the CAA machine Andreessen Horowitz borrowed.

  • Reasoning from Fictional Evidence — Byron Reese 4/4

    October 3, 2026 · 20 min

    Byron Reese and I trace how stories shape what people fear and build—from biased machine learning and Hollywood’s dystopian AI to Star Trek, Agora, and the fight for a more optimistic technological future.

  • Stories, Dice & Rocks that Think — Byron Reese 3/4

    October 2, 2026 · 11 min

    Byron Reese and I follow the invention of probability into computer chips, then ask how stories, simulations, spreadsheets, sensors, and shared machine learning can help us choose a better future.

  • Where Are the Bronze Age Beavers? — Byron Reese 2/4

    October 1, 2026 · 17 min

    Byron Reese chases a weird question—why are there no Bronze Age beavers?—through Homo erectus, cave art, language, and the human superorganism he calls Agora.