Distributed Future Podcast

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In this podcast we interview interesting people who are doing new things in tech that may give us some insight into future society.

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South African Solar power

May 21 2023 47 mins  
We discuss the finances, pros and cons of solar power in a country where the grid is unreliable.

Astronomy, Starlink, light pollution and Planet Nine

Apr 28 2023 52 mins  
Prof Sam Lawler describes the impact that huge numbers of new satellites are having on astronomy

Inclusive opensource

Feb 15 2023 67 mins  
Why inclusiveness is good for your opensource project and how to achive it.

The future of music distribution

Feb 05 2023 63 mins  
A chat about the past, present and future of music distribution with a musician who's been at it for more than 50 years.

Will we regret computers as much as we do cars?

Dec 17 2022 48 mins  
Vim and Tim get together to chat about techological regret, paths not taken and the decisions we are taking now.

How should opensource be funded?

Nov 24 2022 48 mins  
Our guest's pilot project is using government money to fund development and maintenance of essential opensource projects.

Education in large cohorts

Aug 06 2022 48 mins  
We discuss a new style of on-line learning, self paced and voluntary along with other community driven education activities.

Misogyny, pornography and malignant stereotypes in AI

Jul 29 2022 46 mins  
We discuss auditing computational models of human behavior and the large-scale datasets they are trained on. Our guest gives examples of the consequences of a badly curated model.

Building a community for crowdsourced medical research - EverythingALS.org

Jul 07 2022 46 mins  
How can a networked community contribute to medical advances? We talk to Indu Navar about EverythingALS and the change it brings to treatment of brain disease.

Modern and Quantum Cryptography - what does the future hold?

May 29 2022 56 mins  
What is new in cryptography? How quantum computers impact privacy? What are realistic timelines? Do we need to act today? Our guest answers all these questions and more!