Hard fork

About this episode

A man struggles to keep his family together when a simulation allows people to choose their reality.

When a simulation discovers a way to copy itself and have people choose their reality, one man fights to keep his family together. Visit programaudioseries.com/36-hard-fork/ for full transcript, credits, and list of references. Join the show's Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/programaudioseries FOR FREE and get monthly updates, quizzes, polls, and chat with fellow Program listeners. Upgrade at any time to get subscriber-exclusive episodes, ad-free listening, early-access, and behind-the-scenes for as little as $3/mo. Episode art by Carlos Da Costa , sponsored by Dad full of hope. Sponsor a future artwork at programaudioseries.com/art . If you enjoyed this episode, you will probably enjoy ep 25 Planned obsolescence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Topics covered

• simulation
• reality
• family
• science fiction
• drama

Keywords

• simulation
• copy
• reality choice
• family
• sci-fi

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Acast, programaudioseries.com

Books & works: Hard fork, Planned obsolescence

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