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Thee Optimist wrote this novel more than a decade ago, in the guise of his alter ego, the author Patrick Quinlan. It is a thriller about mind downloading and humanoid robots. Mind downloading is still pretty far out. Listen to a ten-year-old podcast about these emerging technologies. |
Back in the mists of pre-history, Thee Optimist was invited onto a futurism podcast called "Robot Overlordz," to talk about his novel Sexbot and the then-emerging robot revolution.
While going through his archives recently, Thee Optimist wandered into the deep end of the vault, and stumbled upon a digital file of the interview.
Enjoy this humorous conversation about mind downloading, sex robots, and the perils of actual human relationships with hosts Mike Johnston and Matt Bolton on Robot Overlordz:
Words of Wisdom:
"The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance.”
- Carl Sagan
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