The Sci Fi Eye

The Sci Fi Eye

We live in a hyper-technological era. We read sci fi. We know how it goes; How technology alters the very fabric of society. Shall we leave the news, the analysis, life, universe etc., to those puny muggles, who can't even recite the 3 laws of robotics, so they would never ask - will autonomous cars follow them, or merely protect their owner?Who can't look at Facebook's attempt on creating the first major non-governmental currency and identify exactly in what kind of SF we're living, and what are the possible endings? Stars no. We look at the world with the Sci Fi Eye. And we podcast about it.

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January 10, 2023 28 mins

המטאוורס!!!! צליל של חצוצרות, צליל של שטיח אדום נפתח....

חלומו הגדול של צוקי והעולם בו כולנו אמורים לבלות את רוב זמננו בסופו של דבר, או האמנם?

למה זה בכלל טוב המטאוורס הזה? ולמה אנחנו צריכים אותו? בחנו כל מיני מטאוורסים אוטופים ודיסטופיים (כאילו ספויילר אבל זה בעצם מסקרן - בסוף הם כולם מנסים להרוג אותנו) ואיך כל סיפור המטאוורס קשור לרצון האנושי בשליטה.

כבונוס מיוחד, שלושתנו זכרנו להצ...

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כל כך הרבה כותרות, כל כך מעט אנשים כותבים אותם! נדמה שבחודשים האחרונים אנחנו חווים תחילתה של מהפכה שתשנה את העולם, מהפכת התבונה המלאכותית שתגרום לפיטורין של כולנו וחיים במנהרות הביוב של קהיר, או חיי תענוגות וגלידה ללא קלוריות - לא ברור עדיין. אבל מה אנחנו יכולים ללמוד על עולמות שחיים עם בינה מלאכותית מהמדע הבדיוני? ולמה אסור לנו לצחוק מבדיחות של AI? כל זאת ועוד בפרק השני והמרגש של העונה השניה והמרגשת של ה sci-fi eye. כ...

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December 6, 2022 33 mins

חזרנו מהפסקה! הידד!

החלפנו שפה! 

את הפרק הראשון שלאחר ההפסקה הקדשנו לנושא שדי מטריד את שלושתינו בהיותנו חובבי טוויטר, אבל צריך לעניין את כולנו - כי מה קורה כשביליונר תמהוני משתלט על פלטפורמה שהפכה להיות ערוץ חדשות מרכזי וחשוב בעולם? 

ובכלל נשאל האם מאסק הוא הנבל או האנטי נבל בסיפור הזה, מה אנחנו יכולים ללמוד מהמד"ב על מה שקורה היום ומה זה לעזאזאל גייזר חייזרי?

הערות וקר...

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לפני הפוקימונים והחייזרים, גזע אחר לגמרי גילה שלב חדש לגמרי בהתפתחות שלו...
אנחנו, בני האדם.
המדע הבדיוני של עשרים השנים האחרונות מלמד שההתפתחות האנושית מילד לבוגר היא דבר מדכא מאוד, ממש דיסטופי. לפני כמה עשורים בכלל לא היה לנו גיל התבגרות, ונאלצנו להמציא אותו. המד"ב עזר.
מה עוד אנחנו יכולים ללמוד מהמד"ב על התופעות החברתיות בעולם שלנו? האם ההתבגרות נהייתה מדכאת כי כל ההבטחות היפות שהבטיחו לנו ע...

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October 19, 2021 32 mins

If Death is the ultimate question, and science fiction the literature of answers, what can one tell us about the other? 
If death is part of what makes us human, would immortality make us something else? Science fiction often comforts us with the former, warns us with the latter, but oddly enough, rarely steps outside this dichotomy.

Death part 1: The Beginning! Next episode: Death - The After Life.

Show Note...

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June 28, 2021 45 mins

Where is our economy going?
Corporations-based currencies, with all its cyberpunk implication? Print-it-all economy that has no scarcity any more, because 3D printers can replicate (ha ha) everything?
Even with those two lines you can see how much a Sci Fi point of view can contribute to understanding the trends starting right now in our economy. So lets dive in!

Show Notes:

Credits:
Becky Chambers -R...

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It seems like conspiracy theories are even more wide spread and fiercely believed in then ever.
How are they born, why do they thrive right now, do they ever die... and what surprising role does Sci Fi play throughout this life cycle? 


Show Notes:

* The QAnon mega-conspiracy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon

* Conspiracy theories as examples of fictional archetypes: https://theconversation.c...

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In this episode we will examine the idea of being human as a spectrum and the "filter" of post humanism. With Special guest Dr. Carmel Vaisman, A lecturer at Tel Aviv University School for digital culture and a fellow podcaster. 

Show notes:

  1. Carmel Vaisman’s Podcast (Hebrew): The Post-Human Condition. https://absolutecarmel.com/posthuman/
  2. The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (1979) - Douglas Adams
  3.  A Cyborg Manifesto (198...
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November 1, 2020 46 mins

In this special (virtually) live episode, recorded in the annual Icon Festival, we discuss the upcoming 2020 US election through a sci-fi eye. We take a look at some of the hot topics characterizing these elections - polarization, mail-in ballots, lizard people, etc. -  and look through sci-fi to see if they could have - or did - predict that's going in. 
We will also discuss current science fiction works, and see what th...

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September 5, 2020 54 mins

How come everybody always talk about the economic divide, and the many social divides - but most of us doesn't even realize how crucial is the digital divide?

It became more evident during the Corona crisis around the world, when most e-learning programs simply assumed everybody had enough computers - and enough broadband! - to support both parents and kid's e-meeting and e-learning.
But it won't end wh...

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June 14, 2020 23 mins

In Part 1 we looked at how people look for love today with that Sci-Fi Eye.
Part 2 of The Search for Love is all about what sci-fi has to say about finding love and relationships - and what we can learn from it about ourselves. 

Why does falling in love with a robot isn’t sustainable?
When does sex become sacred?
And how can love be used as a ruling mechanism? 

Listen and find out.


Show Notes:

Refer...

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June 3, 2020 34 mins

Social distancing is making us all look at our relationships with fresh eyes. Love is one of the most trivial, and yet most important aspects of our life.
And that is exactly why we love sci-fi.
It's a way to deliberately think about things that are too commonplace to pay attention to.

So we took our Sci-Fi Eye - the tendency to look differently at those facets of our lives, dissect it and examine it from a di...

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What can we learn from Scifi about how NOT to handle pandemics, who's REALLY behind the Corona outbreak, and what's the connection to the the Flying Spaghetti Monster and OK Boomer?

Listen and find out!

Hosts: Avner Shahar Kashtan, Talya Vaish, Naomi Karmi
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March 5, 2020 37 mins

In our pilot special, we start with an app that tells you it's improving your photo but actually creates a new photo that is almost - but not entirely - like the one you took. And we end up proving how Science Fiction acts as an immune system for our society, and why we can trust absolutely nothing. Well, nothing but Sci Fi.
How did we get there?
Time to listen and find out!

Hosts: Naomi Karmi, Talya Vaish, ...

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