This episode from The Big Story podcast presents a piece originally written by Joshua Quittner and published in Wired on October 1st, 1994, titled 'Billions Registered.' The episode examines the early Wild West era of domain name registration, focusing on a specific regulatory gap: at the time, there were essentially…
Worth it if you're interested in internet history and want to understand how early domain registration governance shaped today's web.
This episode presents Bill Joy's seminal 2000 essay 'Why the Future Doesn't Need Us,' which argues that advances in robotics, genetic engineering, and nanotechnology pose existential risks to humanity. The essay, originally published in Wired magazine, contends that these three technologies—often called the 'GNR'…
Worth it if you're interested in the history of AI/tech ethics discourse or want to revisit Joy's influential 2000 argument, but less essential if you've already read the essay or seek current expert analysis.
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