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6 Episodes 2023 - 2023
Episode 1
Thu, Nov 9, 2023
James connects the dots between Napoleon's toothpick and the Nielsen TV ratings to see how scientists have built the quantum computer - a data-processing machine so powerful that it can predict the future.
Episode 2
Thu, Nov 9, 2023
James jumps in the sensory deprivation tank with a man who took LSD with dolphins to discover how syphilis in the French aristocracy kicked off a journey to the nanofabricator; a machine that can build anything.
Episode 3
Thu, Nov 9, 2023
James opens a cabinet of curiosities to discover how the French Revolution, wallpaper, and NORAD brought about the rise of big data - and a world where humans finally merge with the internet.
Episode 4
Thu, Nov 9, 2023
Dog pee, the Polaroid camera, and rocket fuel lead us to a future where AI is indistinguishable from human intelligence. If we can't tell machines and people apart, what will that mean for humanity?
Episode 5
Thu, Nov 9, 2023
A cup of coffee in the 18th century takes James to the pioneering woman who discovered the structure of DNA, and a future with genetically engineered people. Will we want to be Super-Human?
Episode 6
Thu, Nov 9, 2023
How did a journey that began thousands of years ago with the Inca and the potato, connect to a mad scientist in a castle, and German beer, then bring us to the brink of a future with limitless energy? And what will that mean for humanity?