Episode 19: Space Colonization, with Lucian Walkowicz and Erika Nesvold
About this episode
The episode discusses the drawbacks of space colonization with astrophysicists Lucian Walkowicz and Erika Nesvold.
It's a triple astrophysicist episode! This week, Adam talks with Lucian Walkowicz and Erika Nesvold about why space colonization is a terrible idea, and what would be a better idea for the future. They also talk about science fiction (of course) and the danger of miscalibrated bummer meters. Messages: • Support the show at patreon.com/DreamingAgainstTheMachine • Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram • Subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts! • Check out other great podcasts from Multitude like Tiny Matters About the show: Dreaming Against the Machine is a podcast about envisioning a realistic and hopeful future. Each week, the show’s host, journalist and astrophysicist Dr. Adam Becker, will have an earnest (and entertaining!) conversation with a guest about possible futures, seen through the lenses of history, science, and culture. In a world where tech oligarchs and their power fantasies are driving visions of the future, Dreaming Against the Machine aims to take back the terms of the public conversation about what our world can and should be. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice…
People in this episode
Host: Adam Becker
Guests: Lucian Walkowicz, Erika Nesvold
Topics covered
- space colonization
- astrophysics
- science fiction
- future planning
- cultural critique
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