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Whose Awesome Future? -- FastForward Radio Apr 05, 2012

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How do we get from here to the technological singularity? And once we're there, who benefits? Hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon discuss whether there are winners and losers in the game of accelerating change and (if so) who they are.

The Shores of Possibility -- FastForward Radio Mar 29, 2012

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We stand on the shoreline. A vast sea of possibility spreads out endlessly before us. The waters are beautiful beyond description and powerful beyond imagination. The sea is in constant motion, ready to carry us to limitless fortune or sudden ruin. The sand is wet beneath our feat and the waves lap at our shoes. The future calls to us, beckons us, and we must answer. Hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon discuss The Upgrade Conundrum Mars on the Cheap Instant Genius A Back Step Forward with Stem Cells ...and other items that have washed up on shore this week. Join us!

Abundance, Dematerialization, and Newt -- FastForward Radio Mar 22, 2012

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Hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon welcome presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich to FFR to discuss how energy and space policy factor into our national dialog about the future. Plus, Phil and Stephen continue their discussion of Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler’s new book, Abundance: The Future Is Better Than Yout Think, which argues that we are much closer than most people think to solving some of the oldest and most intractable problems we have faced — including poverty, hunger, disease, and violence. Phil and Stephen explore the role that dematerialization plays in bringing those changes about. Dematerialization is a powerful force and maybe something of a double-edged sword. What challenges and risks do we face in making the move from a scarcity-based to an abudance-based world?

Abundance! -- FastForward Radio Mar 15, 2012

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Hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon discuss Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler's amazing new book, Abundance: The Future Is Better Than Yout Think. How close are we to solving some of the oldest and most intractable problems we have faced -- including poverty, hunger, disease, and violence? We might be closer than you think. Tune in and find out. About the Book "Since the dawn of humanity, a privileged few have lived in stark contrast to the hardscrabble majority. Conventional wisdom says this gap cannot be closed. But it is closing—fast.In Abundance, space entrepreneur turned innovation pioneer Peter H. Diamandis and award-winning science writer Steven Kotler document how progress in artificial intelligence, robotics, infinite computing, ubiquitous broadband networks, digital manufacturing, nanomaterials, synthetic biology, and many other exponentially growing technologies will enable us to make greater gains in the next two decades than we have in the previous two hundred years. We will soon have the ability to meet and exceed the basic needs of every man, woman, and child on the planet. Abundance for all is within our grasp."

Future Day -- FastForward Radio Mar 02, 2012

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Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon welcome PJ Manney back to FastForward Radio for our first annual Future Day celebration. Future Day -- what is it? How should we celebrate it? Tune in and find out!

Better and Better -- FastForward Radio Feb 23, 2012

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Hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon discuss their new website Better All The Time, which explores evidence that the world is improving at an accelerating rate.

Coffee Shop Future --FastForward Radio Feb 16, 2012

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Hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon discuss life in a world where everything, or almost everything, has become a coffee shop.

Amazing Things -- FastForward Radio Feb 09, 2012

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We live in a highly connected world, a world in which change occurs at a blindingly fast pace. The sheer number of people we encounter combine with the seemingly endless new events and circumstances that unfold before us to produce a richness of possibility that is unprecedented in human history. It's the era of maximizable seredipidity. It's time to do something amazing. No excuses. Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon and Stephen explore just a few of the amazing possibilities: 10-year-old discovers new molecule Transparent Iron Zap your brain into the zone Moon as source of rare minerals Business Is Good

Let's Talk Moon Colony -- FastForward Radio Feb 02, 2012

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Newt Gingrich surprised a lot of people when he put a permanent moon settlement out there for discussion in the 2012 Presidential race. Is this an idea whose time has come? Phil and Stephen discuss with special guests Brian Wang and Rand Simberg. About Our Guests Rand Simberg is an expert on space technology and policy, particularly with regard to NASA and commercial human spaceflight. He has published lengthy essays on these topics at The New Atlantis, and done many columns for Fox News, Popular Mechanics, AOL News, and Pajamas Media. Brian Wang is a long-time futurist and writer of some 8000 articles covering a host of future-related topics on nextbigfuture.com. Nextbigfuture is a top 5 science website (per Technorati) and has over one million page views per month (RSS feed reads and regular website).

Do-It-Yourself Life Extension -- FastForward Radio Jan 26, 2012

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Hey, want to live longer? Our friend Christine Peterson joins us to discuss how people are taking achieving a longer and healthier life into their own hands. The second Personalized Life Extension Conference is coming to the South San Francisco Conference Center March 31- April 1 2012. This looks like a tremendous follow-up to the 2010 event, with a program focused on anti-aging strategies and tactics for a long, healthy life. A jam-packed agenda will cover myriad important topics, including Food wars: Paleo, Mediterranean, vegan, raw? To supplement or not to supplement?Does a DNA test give actionable results? Can too much exercise hurt lifespan? The event boasts a terrific lineup of speaker, including World Transformed / FastForward Radio guests David Asprey, Terry Grossman, and Christine Peterson, founder and organizer of the event. (When you register, don’t forget to use the code SPECULIST to get the discounted rate of $100.)

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