Singularity Bros   /     Episode 111: Michael Garfield on Paleontological Futurism

Let’s study the future with Michael Garfield. Come on, let us!

Michael Garfield is the host of the Future Fossils podcast, as well as a writer, fine artist, and musician. And he’s our buddy now, yay! Travel with us to the edges of the Broosphere, won’t you?

Notes

• Want some superhero satire? Michael recommends Alan Moore’s Top 10 and Ben Edlund’s The Tick (also adapted for television in 2001 and 1994; the comics, however, are harder to find).
• Hardcore History episode 48: “Prophets of Doom”
• Douglas Rushkoff: “Silicon Valley’s push for universal basic income is — surprise! — totally self-serving”
• Hadn’t heard of Zipf’s law before? Neither had I.
• Oh, UBI. You’ve come a long way. Once upon a time, you were just a twinkle in Scott Santens‘s eye. Now you’re being taken seriously by elected officials, such as Keith Ellison and Chris Lee. What’s next for you, I wonder.
• The real-life Lex Luthor: Frank Luntz
• Though Tom abandoned ship after the first book, Michael insists that the Hyperion Cantos are worth the while.

Media Mentions™

Michael

• Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership by Lewis Hyde
• The Gift (also) by Lewis Hyde
• More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory by Franklin Veaux and Eve Rickert
• Tangentially Speaking
• Angel Tech: A Modern Shaman’s Guide to Reality Selection by Antero Alli
• Rick and Morty
• Kaki King’s latest, Live at Berklee
• Kishi Bashi
• The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly

Tom

• Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
• Snow Crash (also) by Neal Stephenson
• Pink Floyd
• Ozark
• Jerry Before Seinfeld
• Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

Scott

• Seinfeld (hell yeah)
• The Persuaders
• Antranik.org

Zach

• “The Science of Loneliness” by Judith Shulevitz
• Zach’s Reluctant Recommendations™ for recent superhero flicks:
  • Wonder Woman
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
  • Doctor Strange
  • Spider-Man: Homecoming