Podcast appearances and mentions of Ed Finn

Ed Finn, from Ed Finn Travels

Welcome back to the Click&Go Travel Podcast! This week, Paul and Gill are joined in studio by a very special guest — the award-winning Irish travel journalist, broadcaster, and podcaster, Ed Finn. With his suitcase barely unpacked, Ed shares his recent adventures through the vibrant streets of Seville, the sun-soaked charm of Malta, and the exotic energy of Marrakech. Tune in for insider tips, hidden gems, and expert travel advice from one of Ireland's best-loved voices in travel.

Ed Finn, from Ed Finn Travels

You only have to look out your window to see that summer is nearly upon us!A lot of people are now looking to book their summer trips away, but what if you are looking for an alternative to some of the more popular tourist destinations?What are some of the overlooked gems? The areas that are maybe slightly off the beaten track?Andrea is joined by Sarah Slattery, Founder of the travelexpert.ie, Melanie May, Solo Travel Writer & ‘Talk Travel' Presenter on Dublin City FM and Ed Finn, award-winning Travel Journalist to give their recommendations!

Welcome to my winter activities in Gstaad and Interlaken special with the Irish travel journalist Ed Finn. I always say the Swiss Alps are not just for skiers to enjoy. This stunning country has much to offer with snow covered mountainous landscapes, picturesque old world villages, delicious cuisine and activities like show-shoeing, hiking, kayaking and raclette rafting at nighttime and all of these activities are there to be enjoyed by non-skiers and skiers alike. Listen to Ed Finn as he transports us to the wonderful towns of Gstaad and Interlaken in Switzerland and regales us with all this stunning part of Switzerland has to offer. Listen next to Part 1 of this Swiss Special "Skiing in Gstaad" with Rob “Robsski” Rees. Gstaad has an understated classy charm but the real treasure is its stunning, magical Alpine landscape and some of the best skiing in the Alps.Information on SwitzerlandGstaad Holiday Region For more information on Gstaad, visit gstaad.chInterlaken Holiday RegionFor more information on Interlaken, visit interlaken.chTravel SwitzerlandTravel Switzerland's Swiss Travel Pass offers international visitors to Switzerland unlimited travel on consecutive days across the rail, bus and boat network, plus scenic routes (seat reservation fees apply) and local trams and buses in around 90 towns and cities. It also includes the Swiss Museum Pass, which grants free entry to 500 museums and exhibitions, visit travelswitzerland.comGoldenPass Belle Epoque from Zweisimmen to SaanenmöserThe GoldenPass MOB Belle Epoque train that runs on the Zweisimmen-Montreux line offers a journey with a romantic, retro-style ambience. Its coaches are inspired by the Golden Mountain Pullman Express from the 1930s, a luxury train in the style of Orient Express. The current train is a reproduction of the Belle Epoque style of its predecessors. mob.ch/en/stories/belle-epoque Golfhotel Les Hauts de Gstaad****,Saanenmösergolfhotel.ch/enLunch at the Lochstafel mountain restaurant lochstafel.chLunch at Miradi in Gstaad's newest hotel, The Mansard miirohotels.com/the-mansardDinner at the Restaurant La Gare Bernerhof in Gstaad bernerhof-gstaad.ch/en/gastronomy/restaurant-la-gareIf you haven't already, I'd ask you to give me a follow on whichever platform you listen to your podcasts and you will be the first to get a new episode. Fergal O'Keeffe is the host of Ireland's No.1 Travel Podcast Travel Tales with Fergal which is now listened to in 130 countries worldwide. The podcast aims to share soul-lifting travel memoirs about daydream worthy destinations. Please follow me onInstagram @traveltaleswithfergalFacebook @traveltaleswithfergalTwitter @FergalTravelYouTube @traveltaleswithfergal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Listen to Rob “Robsski” Rees tell us all about skiing in the wonderful Swiss ski resort of Gstaad. Gstaad is long associated with the glitz, glamour of 5 star hotels like the fairytale Disney like castle Gstaad Palace and celebrities like Hemingway, Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and most famously Julie Andrews.The town has an understated classy charm but the real treasure is its stunning, magical Alpine landscape and nature and some of the best skiing in the Alps.Check out part 2 next week when Irish broadcaster of the year Ed Finn tells us all about the wonderful winter activities in Gstaad and Interlaken.Information on SwitzerlandGstaad Holiday Region For more information on Gstaad, visit gstaad.chInterlaken Holiday RegionFor more information on Interlaken, visit interlaken.chTravel SwitzerlandTravel Switzerland's Swiss Travel Pass offers international visitors to Switzerland unlimited travel on consecutive days across the rail, bus and boat network, plus scenic routes (seat reservation fees apply) and local trams and buses in around 90 towns and cities. It also includes the Swiss Museum Pass, which grants free entry to 500 museums and exhibitions, visit travelswitzerland.comGoldenPass Belle Epoque from Zweisimmen to SaanenmöserThe GoldenPass MOB Belle Epoque train that runs on the Zweisimmen-Montreux line offers a journey with a romantic, retro-style ambience. Its coaches are inspired by the Golden Mountain Pullman Express from the 1930s, a luxury train in the style of Orient Express. The current train is a reproduction of the Belle Epoque style of its predecessors. mob.ch/en/stories/belle-epoque Golfhotel Les Hauts de Gstaad****,Saanenmösergolfhotel.ch/enLunch at the Lochstafel mountain restaurant lochstafel.chLunch at Miradi in Gstaad's newest hotel, The Mansard miirohotels.com/the-mansardDinner at the Restaurant La Gare Bernerhof in Gstaad bernerhof-gstaad.ch/en/gastronomy/restaurant-la-gareIf you haven't already, I'd ask you to give me a follow on whichever platform you listen to your podcasts and you will be the first to get a new episode. Fergal O'Keeffe is the host of Ireland's No.1 Travel Podcast Travel Tales with Fergal which is now listened to in 130 countries worldwide. The podcast aims to share soul-lifting travel memoirs about daydream worthy destinations. Please follow me onInstagram @traveltaleswithfergalFacebook @traveltaleswithfergalTwitter @FergalTravelYouTube @traveltaleswithfergal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ed Finn from Ed Finn Travels

Ed Finn, from Ed Finn Travels

I'm delighted to say my guest is the esteemed Irish travel journalist from print, radio and television Ed Finn and we discuss our recent trip to Zaragoza, the capital of Aragon in Spain.Zaragoza is the fifth largest city in Spain. Zaragoza has impressive sites like the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Pilar, the Cathedral of the Saviour, known as the SEO and the Aljafería Palace, the northernmost Spanish-Moorish palace in Europe.Zaragoza is home to Aragon's Mudejar architectural treasures, which were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2021, including the SEO and the Aljafería.Zaragoza is also famous for his links when chocolate came to Europe and as the world capital of Garnacha wine.For more information on Zaragoza visit https://www.zaragoza.esIf you haven't already, I'd ask you to give me a follow on whichever platform you listen to your podcasts and you will be the first to get a new episode. Fergal O'Keeffe is the host of Ireland's No.1 Travel Podcast Travel Tales with Fergal which is now listened to in 130 countries worldwide. The podcast aims to share soul-lifting travel memoirs about daydream worthy destinations. Please follow me onInstagram @traveltaleswithfergalFacebook @traveltaleswithfergalTwitter @FergalTravelYouTube @traveltaleswithfergal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ed Finn, from Ed Finn Travels

Prague city councillors have banned nighttime pub crawls organised by travel agencies, because the city wants to target “more cultured” tourists.The Czech capital has been a long time popular destination for noisy stag parties and pub crawlers. Prague Deputy Mayor Zdenek Hrib has said that they are now “seeking a more cultured, wealthier tourist … not one who comes for a short time only to get drunk”.What do you think about this approach? Would you like to see it come into play here in Ireland?To discuss, Andrea is joined by Ed Finn from edfinntravels.com, Adam Zabransky, Prague City Councillor, Cat Kiveney, owner and Manager of TheHen.ie & TheStag.ie, Broadcaster Stefanie Preissner, Comedian Katherine Lynch and more.

Ed Finn from Ed Finn Travels

Ed Finn from Ed Finn Travels

Ed Finn of Ed Finn Travels

Ed Finn, from Ed Finn Travels

Dr Primrose Freestone Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology at the University of Leicester and Ed Finn from Ed Finn Travels

As we begin 2024, Lauren and Bill would love to hear from you! Please send your suggestions, feedback, and ideas for topics and guests to .  Welcome to our special year-end 2023 review of the Cohere podcast. This year, we marked a significant shift in our approach. We moved away from the constraints of seasonal formats, embracing topical series that have allowed us to delve deeper into various themes, synchronizing seamlessly with our ongoing work and research. Let's walk down memory lane and revisit some of the most insightful moments from this year's episodes. Venessa Paech sheds light on the evolving definition of AI and its interplay with power dynamics. John Hovell joined us to discuss the essence of conversational leadership. A key part of this conversation was defining what conversation truly means. Meena Palaniappan's insights into impact measurement, resilience, and behavioral change in human-centered social networks were compelling. Esteban Kolsky joined us to discuss how we might navigate the customer experience landscape.  In our episode with Ed Finn,Ed Finn, the founding director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University we discuss how to build imaginative capacity. Social learning theorists, the Wenger-Trayners, joined us to help us explore the concept of learning partnerships in communities of practice. Dr. Mihaela Vorvoreanu came on the show to help us unpack trust and fabrication in large language models. This conversation is crucial for understanding generative AI. We explored the rich history and the exciting future of the Maker Movement with Dale Dougherty. Jeremiah Owyang helped us consider how we might navigate the AI surge. Jeremiah tackles the rapid evolution and acceleration of digital technology cycles. Dr. Rob Hopkins to help us imagine tomorrow and to teach us how to travel to a better future. We ended the year looking back at the hype of cryptocurrency and exploring what is still happening in this space with Reneé Barton. Reneé offers insights into cryptocurrency market trends. We thank our listeners for joining us on this enlightening journey and look forward to another year of engaging and insightful conversations in 2024. Stay tuned! Again, please send us your feedback, ideas and suggestions to hosts@coherepod.com.

Ed Finn from Ed Finn Travels and Heather Snelgar, from Outsider.ie

Michelle Walsh Jackson, Travel Expert and Ed Finn, Award winning travel journalist joined Andrea LIVE at the Friends Experience in Dublin to give their advice for travel to America...

Ensuring frontline workers are equipped with the essential tools to elevate and enrich the overall patient experience is paramount. In this episode, Ed Finn, Business Development Manager of Fiber at Crown Castle, dives into the vital role infrastructure plays in advancing healthcare technologies. Crown Castle, a health facilities-based carrier, offers services such as dark fiber, and Wi-Fi managed fiber and owns 40% of the nation's towers, enabling customized Wi-Fi solutions. Ed explains why he collaborates with regional partners to promote healthcare solutions that align with their key performance indicators. He also highlights the use of ambient intelligence, emphasizing the importance of supporting those workers with the right tools and technologies to enhance the overall patient experience. Stay tuned to discover how Crown Castle is reshaping the future of healthcare infrastructure. Resources: Connect with and follow Ed Finn on LinkedIn and email him here. Email Karen Fetters and Jon Rosen. Follow Crown Castle on LinkedIn. Explore Crown Castle's Website.

Ed Finn, Travel writer & Danielle Wilcox, Resident Astronomer and Telescope Operator at Blackrock Castle Observatory in Cork

On this episode of the Cohere podcast, co-hosts Bill Johnston and Dr. Lauren Vargas chat with Ed Finn, the founding director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University. As an associate professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the School of Arts, Media, and Engineering, Finn provides fascinating insights into the Center's endeavors, the collaborative imagination and writing project 'Hieroglyph,' and the pioneering Imaginative Collaboration Framework. Throughout the discussion, Finn emphasizes the influential role of hopeful stories in shaping collective visions for the future and shares examples demonstrating how these narratives can drive innovation, learning, and societal transformation. Mentioned in this episode:  [Book] by a partnership of Slate, Arizona State University, and New America [Book] edited by David H. Guston and Ed Finn [Book] edited by Ed Finn and Kathryn Cramer [Book] by Ed Finn [Article] by Ed Finn and Ruth Wylie [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]   About our guest(s):  Ed Finn is the founding director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University where he is an associate professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the School of Arts, Media and Engineering. He also serves as the academic director of Future Tense, a partnership between ASU, New America and Slate Magazine, and a co-director of Emerge, an annual festival of art, ideas and the future. Ed's research and teaching explore imagination, digital culture, creative collaboration, and the intersection of the humanities, arts and sciences. He is the author of What Algorithms Want: Imagination in the Age of Computing (MIT Press, spring 2017) and co-editor of Future Tense Fiction (Unnamed Press, 2019), Frankenstein: Annotated for Scientists, Engineers and Creators of All Kinds (MIT Press, 2017) and Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future (William Morrow, 2014), among other books. He completed his PhD in English and American Literature at Stanford University in 2011 and his bachelor's degree at Princeton University in 2002. Before graduate school, Ed worked as a journalist at Time, Slate, and Popular Science.   Call-to-Action(s): If you liked this episode, check out: and For more reflections about the intersection of community and futures literacy, subscribe to the Cohere Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. Share about future guests / topics of exploration. Check out #BookDNA for a list of books, articles, and whitepapers featured on the Cohere Podcast.  

We all have an idea of what our dream holiday looks like, but when we're given the opportunity to book that once in a lifetime travel experience, what's the best way to go about it? Travel journalist Ed Finn joined Sean to give the experts advice on organizing your trip.

We all have an idea of what our dream holiday looks like, but when we're given the opportunity to book that once in a lifetime travel experience, what's the best way to go about it? Travel journalist Ed Finn joined Sean to give the experts advice on organizing your trip.

Sean and Punya talk with Steven Zuiker and Ed Finn about the importance of imagination and futures thinking in K12 learning environment. We explore the core research question of their Learning Futures Collaborative: How can we prepare youth to think critically about and take agency for their futures?In this episode we explore the ongoing work through the Imagination and Futures Thinking for K12 Learning Futures Collaborative, where Ed and Steve discuss the core issues of why does every school teach history but hardly any have courses on the future? They discuss their aims in this project to establish a working group around futures thinking and foresight in K-12 education with an aim of building community and developing an interdisciplinary program of research. Guest InformationDr. Ed FinnEd Finn is the founding director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, where he is an associate professor with a joint appointment in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the School of Arts, Media and Engineering. He also serves as the academic director of Future Tense, a partnership between ASU, New America and Slate Magazine and a co-director of Emerge, an annual festival of art, ideas and the future.Dr. Steven Zuiker Steve Zuiker is an associate professor of the learning sciences in the division of educational innovation and leadership. His research is broadly based on the notion that ideas are only as important as what we can do with them.Additional LinksCenter for Science and the Imagination (ASU) https://csi.asu.edu/Imagination and Futures Thinking for K12 Learning Futures Collaborative (ASU)The Learning Futures Podcast is jointly produced by Enterprise Technology and the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University.

In this episode Chris Gondek interviews Ed Finn, author of the new book What Algorithms Want. Tune in for an interesting discussion on algorithm disconnect revolving around things humans regularly use, like Siri. And listen in for a definition of the phrase "culture machines". We depend on--we believe in--algorithms to help us get a ride, choose which book to buy, execute a mathematical proof. It's as if we think of code as a magic spell, an incantation to reveal what we need to know and even what we want. Humans have always believed that certain invocations--the marriage vow, the shaman's curse--do not merely describe the world but make it. Computation casts a cultural shadow that is shaped by this long tradition of magical thinking. In this book, Ed Finn considers how the algorithm--in practical terms, "a method for solving a problem"--has its roots not only in mathematical logic but also in cybernetics, philosophy, and magical thinking. Finn argues that the algorithm deploys concepts from the idealized space of computation in a messy reality, with unpredictable and sometimes fascinating results. Drawing on sources that range from Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash to Diderot's Encyclopédie, from Adam Smith to the Star Trek computer, Finn explores the gap between theoretical ideas and pragmatic instructions. He examines the development of intelligent assistants like Siri, the rise of algorithmic aesthetics at Netflix, Ian Bogost's satiric Facebook game Cow Clicker, and the revolutionary economics of Bitcoin. He describes Google's goal of anticipating our questions, Uber's cartoon maps and black box accounting, and what Facebook tells us about programmable value, among other things. If we want to understand the gap between abstraction and messy reality, Finn argues, we need to build a model of "algorithmic reading" and scholarship that attends to process, spearheading a new experimental humanities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In this episode Chris Gondek interviews Ed Finn, author of the new book What Algorithms Want. Tune in for an interesting discussion on algorithm disconnect revolving around things humans regularly use, like Siri. And listen in for a definition of the phrase "culture machines". We depend on--we believe in--algorithms to help us get a ride, choose which book to buy, execute a mathematical proof. It's as if we think of code as a magic spell, an incantation to reveal what we need to know and even what we want. Humans have always believed that certain invocations--the marriage vow, the shaman's curse--do not merely describe the world but make it. Computation casts a cultural shadow that is shaped by this long tradition of magical thinking. In this book, Ed Finn considers how the algorithm--in practical terms, "a method for solving a problem"--has its roots not only in mathematical logic but also in cybernetics, philosophy, and magical thinking. Finn argues that the algorithm deploys concepts from the idealized space of computation in a messy reality, with unpredictable and sometimes fascinating results. Drawing on sources that range from Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash to Diderot's Encyclopédie, from Adam Smith to the Star Trek computer, Finn explores the gap between theoretical ideas and pragmatic instructions. He examines the development of intelligent assistants like Siri, the rise of algorithmic aesthetics at Netflix, Ian Bogost's satiric Facebook game Cow Clicker, and the revolutionary economics of Bitcoin. He describes Google's goal of anticipating our questions, Uber's cartoon maps and black box accounting, and what Facebook tells us about programmable value, among other things. If we want to understand the gap between abstraction and messy reality, Finn argues, we need to build a model of "algorithmic reading" and scholarship that attends to process, spearheading a new experimental humanities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/systems-and-cybernetics

In this episode Chris Gondek interviews Ed Finn, author of the new book What Algorithms Want. Tune in for an interesting discussion on algorithm disconnect revolving around things humans regularly use, like Siri. And listen in for a definition of the phrase "culture machines". We depend on--we believe in--algorithms to help us get a ride, choose which book to buy, execute a mathematical proof. It's as if we think of code as a magic spell, an incantation to reveal what we need to know and even what we want. Humans have always believed that certain invocations--the marriage vow, the shaman's curse--do not merely describe the world but make it. Computation casts a cultural shadow that is shaped by this long tradition of magical thinking. In this book, Ed Finn considers how the algorithm--in practical terms, "a method for solving a problem"--has its roots not only in mathematical logic but also in cybernetics, philosophy, and magical thinking. Finn argues that the algorithm deploys concepts from the idealized space of computation in a messy reality, with unpredictable and sometimes fascinating results. Drawing on sources that range from Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash to Diderot's Encyclopédie, from Adam Smith to the Star Trek computer, Finn explores the gap between theoretical ideas and pragmatic instructions. He examines the development of intelligent assistants like Siri, the rise of algorithmic aesthetics at Netflix, Ian Bogost's satiric Facebook game Cow Clicker, and the revolutionary economics of Bitcoin. He describes Google's goal of anticipating our questions, Uber's cartoon maps and black box accounting, and what Facebook tells us about programmable value, among other things. If we want to understand the gap between abstraction and messy reality, Finn argues, we need to build a model of "algorithmic reading" and scholarship that attends to process, spearheading a new experimental humanities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society

In this episode Chris Gondek interviews Ed Finn, author of the new book What Algorithms Want. Tune in for an interesting discussion on algorithm disconnect revolving around things humans regularly use, like Siri. And listen in for a definition of the phrase "culture machines". We depend on--we believe in--algorithms to help us get a ride, choose which book to buy, execute a mathematical proof. It's as if we think of code as a magic spell, an incantation to reveal what we need to know and even what we want. Humans have always believed that certain invocations--the marriage vow, the shaman's curse--do not merely describe the world but make it. Computation casts a cultural shadow that is shaped by this long tradition of magical thinking. In this book, Ed Finn considers how the algorithm--in practical terms, "a method for solving a problem"--has its roots not only in mathematical logic but also in cybernetics, philosophy, and magical thinking. Finn argues that the algorithm deploys concepts from the idealized space of computation in a messy reality, with unpredictable and sometimes fascinating results. Drawing on sources that range from Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash to Diderot's Encyclopédie, from Adam Smith to the Star Trek computer, Finn explores the gap between theoretical ideas and pragmatic instructions. He examines the development of intelligent assistants like Siri, the rise of algorithmic aesthetics at Netflix, Ian Bogost's satiric Facebook game Cow Clicker, and the revolutionary economics of Bitcoin. He describes Google's goal of anticipating our questions, Uber's cartoon maps and black box accounting, and what Facebook tells us about programmable value, among other things. If we want to understand the gap between abstraction and messy reality, Finn argues, we need to build a model of "algorithmic reading" and scholarship that attends to process, spearheading a new experimental humanities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/technology

This is a conversation with teacher, linguist, and writer Rob Cameron about Solarpunk and Afro-Solarpunk. Book Recs: - Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures edited by Christoph Rupprecht, Deborah Cleland, Norie Tamura, Rajat Chaudhuri and Sarena Ulibarri - Cities of Light: A Collection of Solar edited by Joey Eschrich and Clark A. Miller - Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future edited by Ed Finn and Kathryn Cramer - Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and Zelda Knight - Humankind by Rutger Bregman You can support The Fire These Times on Patreon with a monthly or yearly donation. You can also find it on Twitter @firethesetimes, Instagram @firethesetimes and TikTok @thefirethesetimes. Joey Ayoub can be found on Mastodon @joeyayoub@social.thefirethesetimes.com, Twitter @joeyayoub and Instagram @joeyayoub91. The newsletter is available on Substack @ thefirethesetimes.substack.com

Now, Christmas may be fast approached, but if you want a break after it all in January, where should you go? Emmet Oliver was joined on The Hard Shoulder by Ed Finn from Travel Talk...

Ed Finn might be best described as an imaginer. The rest of the many things that he is and does kind of fall into place with that foundation. He started and for the past decade has been Director of the unexampled Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University. Origins Podcast WebsiteFlourishing Commons NewsletterShow Notes:Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter (06:20)Specialization vs generalization (07:00)N Katherine Hayles (12:00)We have never been modernby Bruno Latour (19:00)Franco Moretti (24:15)Center for Science and the Imagination (26:15)"Innovation Starvation" by Neal Stephenson (28:00)Meeting Neal Stephenson (31:40)Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future co-edited by Ed Finn (33:30)Thoughtful optimism and hope (36:30)Adjacent possible (38:00)David Foster Wallace "This is water" (41:00)Collaborative Imagination: A methodological approach (42:30)What Algorithms Want: Imagination in the Age of Computing by Ed Finn (48:20)Effective computability (50:00)Halting Problem (50:30)Turing Machine (50:30)Curriculum of the future (57:30)"Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid" by Jonathan Haidt (58:20)Flourishing Salons with the Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences (01:03:00)Lightning Round (01:04:00): Book: The Diamond Age by Neal StephensonPassion: travel and the fine art of hospitalityHeart sing: veteran's imagination project and K-12 futures literacyScrewed up: conference callsFind Ed online:Center for Science and the ImaginationTwitter: @zonalWebsite'Five-Cut Fridays' five-song music playlist series  Ed's playlist

Kieran was joined on The Hard Shoulder by Ed Finn, award winning travel journalist and journalist Harry McCann to discuss the dip in popularity for accommodation website Airbnb in favour of the traditional hotel...

Featured Books: Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future. Edited by Ed Finn and Kathryn Cramer. Men At Arms by Evelyn Waugh The Jewish Journey: 4000 Years in 22 Objects From the Ashmolean Museum by Rebecca Abrams with a Foreword by Simon Schama Cryptid Club by Sarah Anderson Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash by Elizabeth Royte 2022 Cumulative Featured Books via Good Reads Follow or Contact Book Club of One: Instagram @bookclubofuno bookclubofuno@gmail.com Goodreads --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, Flora and Ulrich speak to Ed Finn about the complex world of algorithms. Ed tells us about the ever-increasing role that computational systems play in the 21st century. We discuss the threat that our increasingly technology-focused lifestyle poses to imagination and creativity, and what the future might hold in a world where Apple and Google determine, and often dominate, our every move: from dating and shopping, to securing good A Level grades or choosing a film to watch on Netflix. What's the difference between a useful algorithm and a damaging algorithm? And what responsibility do we have when it comes using algorithmic and computational systems?

In this episode, Cody Half-Moon and Hailey Osborn join Todd Gonzales (Lowell Education Manager) and Ed Finn of ASU's Center for Science and the Imagination to talk about what it […] The post What Does It Mean To Imagine? We Talk To Ed Finn of ASU's Center for Science and the Imagination appeared first on Lowell Observatory.

Ed Finn is Director at Arizona State University's Center for Science and the Imagination and Associate Professor at the School for the Future of Innovation in Society. In our conversation we wonder through a variety of topics including the nature of the imagination and education, Design Fiction, CSI's work on Climate Futures and Climate Fiction and a whole lot more! Please support this podcast at patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory or buy me a coffee ☕ — thanks! Check out my linktree for links to the Near Future Laboratory Discord server, my portfolio site, and newsletter and all the rest. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/julian-bleecker/support

Con José Miguel Tomasena y Emma Rodero. Ya es posible generar música o imágenes a través de inteligencia artificial. Ya las máquinas ganan a los humanos, de modos inesperados, al ajedrez y al go. Este podcast termina pensando la creatividad de los algoritmos. Y con una confesión de Vosotres, que es toda una sorpresa final. AUTORES CITADOS: Marcus du Santoy, Ed Finn, Kai-Fu Lee, Gred Kohs, Cathy Pearl, Trevor Cox, Jason Mars, Clifford Nass, Diana Deibel, Rebeca Ivanhoe, Kat Vellos, James Vlahos, Holly Herndon.

This week's conversation with scientist turned author SB Divya and philosophy student turned conceptual artist Jonathon Keats continues our series on climate futures by beginning with the notion of a thought experiment, and how that is manifested in both Divya’s fiction and Jonathon’s art projects. They discuss the tools each of them uses to invite their audiences to participate with them in optimistic speculation about the future, and how they try to overcome resistance to that journey through entertainment and playfulness. In questioning why we tend to look for definitive answers and discount our own subjective experiences, they lead us to home in on the commonalities between creativity or “the artistic mindset” and the scientific method, which are often presented as opposing each other. And recalling our previous episode with James Paul Gee, if we are able to let go of the assumption of human exceptionalism—for example considering time in terms of the cycle of a river, or the life of a tree—we are able to gain new perspectives on our humanity.A Full transcript of this episode will be available soon!Here are some of the references from this episode, for those who want to dig a little deeper:SB Divya’s work:MachinehoodContingency Plans for the Apocalypse and Other Possible SituationsRuntimeJonathan Keats’ work:Thought ExperimentsPornography for PlantsStrange Skies - Travel documentaries for plantsDIY Universe KitThe Century CameraThe Millennium CameraFables: The Book of the UnknownWork with the Earth Law CenterFlux ExchangeBlack Mirror (Netflix)Stanley MilgramCaesium Standard (for the atomic clock)What Is a Human? By James Paul GeeEpisode #80: James Paul GeeHenry’s course: Science Fiction as Media TheoryBuckminster Fuller: Operating Manual for Spaceship EarthEpisode 84: Sarena Ulibarri and Ed Finn on SolarpunkEpisode 83: Indigenous Voices for Environmental Justice with Candis Callison & Julian Brave NoiseCatShare your thoughts via Twitter with Henry, Colin and the How Do You Like It So Far? account! You can also email us at howdoyoulikeitsofarpodcast@gmail.com.Music:Koyaanisqatsi - reverse ( ISTAQSINAAYOK ) (from the original by Philip Glass)“In Time” by Dylan Emmett and “Spaceship” by Lesion X.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––In Time (Instrumental) by Dylan Emmet  https://soundcloud.com/dylanemmetSpaceship by Lesion X https://soundcloud.com/lesionxbeatsCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/in-time-instrumentalFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/lesion-x-spaceshipMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/AzYoVrMLa1Q––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

This week's media recommendations come from two writers/scholars of the Solarpunk movement: Sarena Ulibarri, Editor-in-Chief of World Weaver Press and a science fiction writer whose works include Glass and Gardens and Biketopia, and Ed Finn, the Director of the Center for Science and Imagination at Arizona State University.

This week, we’re joined by Sarena Ulibarri, Editor-in-Chief of World Weaver Press and a science fiction writer whose works include Glass and Gardens and Biketopia, and Ed Finn, the Director of the Center for Science and Imagination at Arizona State University, to talk about how solarpunk can shape our understanding of climate change, social issues, and the future. They discuss the immense potential of storytelling in defining an achievable vision for a more sustainable world through a version of science fiction that offers a balance of realism and imagination. In fact, this imagination, Ulibarri and Finn argue, is one of our greatest tools; because issues such as climate change and various sociopolitical concepts have many solutions, applied imagination can help us explore the wide variety of potential solutions as an alternative to fatalism or denial. They also touch upon the unique optimism of solarpunk, particularly in how proposing a better future through the lens of fiction has the ability to excite and invigorate readers towards enacting change. They note that people’s innate desire to feel good means that we must create a new language for debating the immense changes coming our way. This kind of optimism might be niche now, but Solarpunk literature and culture models alternatives and recruits people who actively work to achieve them. A full transcript of this episode will be available soon!Here are some of the references from this episode, for those who want to dig a little deeper:Some of Ullibarri’s works:Glass and GardensBiketopiaAdventures in Zookeeping Organizations, programs, and foundations mentioned:World Weaver Press (Ulibarri is Editor-in-Chief) Center for Science and Imagination at Arizona State University (Finn is Director) Projects include:Future Tense, a collaboration between ASU, New America, and Slate magazine Luna CityThe Weight of LightCities of LightThe Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ WorkshopResearch Institute for Humanity and NatureThe National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)Media mentioned:Solarpunk Chobani commercialAuthors mentioned:Jeff VanderMeerMarian Womack, author of The SwimmersNeal Stephenson, author of “Innovation Starvation”Margaret AtwoodKim Stanley Robinson, author of ”The Coronavirus and Our Future”Raymond WilliamsFrancesco VersoFor more on Solarpunk:Imaginary Worlds Podcast: “Solarpunk the Future”Trajectory of “Punk” artistic movements:Punk RockCyberpunkSteampunkCheck these past episodes we referenced:Episode 45: “Radicalized” with Cory DoctorowEpisode 64: Japanese Science Fiction with William O. GardnerEpisode 65: Design Fiction and the Pandemic with Bruce Sterling and Jasmina TešanovićEpisode 66: The Legacy of Octavia E. Butler with Damian E. Duffy, John Jennings, and Shelley StreebyEpisode 36: Korean Science Fiction: Imagining other worldsShare your thoughts via Twitter with Henry, Colin and the How Do You Like It So Far? account! You can also email us at howdoyoulikeitsofarpodcast@gmail.com.Music:Sieudiver: Solarpunk City“In Time” by Dylan Emmett and “Spaceship” by Lesion X.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––In Time (Instrumental) by Dylan Emmet  https://soundcloud.com/dylanemmetSpaceship by Lesion X https://soundcloud.com/lesionxbeatsCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/in-time-instrumentalFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/lesion-x-spaceshipMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/AzYoVrMLa1Q––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Según los planes de la NASA y otras agencias espaciales, durante la tercera década se establecerá una base permanente en la Luna y, durante la siguiente, una nave tripulada llegará a Marte. ¿Qué hay en ese planeta que nos atrae desde hace tiempo? ¿Qué podremos descubrir allí sobre la humanidad y sobre la Tierra? Autores citados: Ridley Scott, Tim Burton, Carlos Briones, Andy Weir, Inma Martínez, Ed Finn, Daniel Defoe, Andrew Hinderaker, Robert Sheckley.

In this episode, special guest Ed Finn joins us for discussion on everything MMA and UFC! We kick off the episode investigating each of our ideal fighting styles; then onto favourite and funniest MMA nicknames; hottest ring girls; best fight IQ; Jon Jones; perspectives on breaking down becoming a beginner MMA and what may be the ideal styles to train. We discuss the worst/funniest referees; favourite fighter lately; funny fights and much more! Segments include: Would You Rather, Lightning Round Trivia, What's Weird in the World Today?, and Epic Rant

Professor Ed Finn joins the podcast to discuss why Americans have become less future-oriented over the past few decades and how we can reverse this trend by offering hopeful stories about the future. The post https://www.aei.org/multimedia/ed-finn-telling-stories-of-a-better-future/ (Ed Finn: Telling stories of a better future) appeared first on https://www.aei.org (American Enterprise Institute - AEI).

Many Americans think about the future with trepidation. Broadly speaking, our culture lacks a hopeful view of the future — one in which human ingenuity continues to make our lives better. So today I’m speaking with Ed Finn to discuss his work: pursuing better, more optimistic understandings of the future. Ed is the founding director […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/political-economy-james-pethokoukis/ed-finn-telling-stories-of-a-better-future/.Now become a Ricochet member for only $5.00 a month! Join and see what you’ve been missing: https://ricochet.com/membership/.Subscribe to Political Economy with James Pethokoukis in Apple Podcasts (and leave a 5-star review, please!), or by RSS feed. For all our podcasts in one place, subscribe to the Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed in Apple Podcasts or by RSS feed.

Netflix y Herbert Marcuse, o los peligros de tener exactamente lo que deseamos. Pensar las realidad del cine en la era de Netflix con la obra de Marcuse y What Algorithms Want de Ed Finn

In this episode, we hear a recent interview Click&Go’s CEO, Paul Hackett, did on Sunshine 106.8’s Travel Talk with Carol Dooley and Ed Finn. In the interview, they discuss Coronavirus COVID-19 and the impact it’s having on travel.    You can read Click&Go’s FAQs about Coronavirus here (https://www.clickandgo.com/welcome/coronavirus-travel-faqs?campaignCT=Podcast&utm_source=Podcast&utm_medium=Content&utm_content=coronavirus-faq&utm_campaign=podcast_coronavirus-travel) .   UPDATE: Since this interview was recorded, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has released a ‘Do Not Travel’ status for the entire country of Italy. You can read more about it here (https://www.dfa.ie/travel/travel-advice/a-z-list-of-countries/italy/) .    If you've been enjoying our podcast so far, we would love if you could fill out a short survey so we can create even better podcasts for you: http://bit.ly/TravelPodcastSurvey.    If you have any questions or suggestions about the destinations covered or the podcast in general, send us an email at podcast@clickandgo.com (mailto:podcast@clickandgo.com) .   Our podcast was recorded in and edited by the lovely people at HeadStuff (https://thepodcaststudios.ie) .

After years of Netflix and YouTube dominating streaming video, a raft of new services is arriving, yours for the price of a subscription. What does this mean for the future of how we watch? That, plus exploring the surprising role the pornography industry has played in the technology of streaming.Spark host Nora Young speaks with Patrick Keilty, a professor and archives director of the Sexual Representation Collection in the Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of Toronto; Ed Finn, the Director of the Centre for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University; Dan Rayburn, a principal analyst with Frost and Sullivan, and JP Larocque, a TV writer and journalist.

On this episode of Casual Space, Beth meets Ed Finn! Ed shares his origin story for how the Center for Science and Imagination got started at ASU when a great question is presented to the college president We review some of Ed’s favorite movies that opened his mind to merge Hollywood with space and science exploration… We touch upon the recent The Boeing 737 Max as an AI story; what it means to trust the machine over the human “Storytelling is one of our best tools for dealing with complexity.”- Ed Finn [At the Center for Science and the Imagination] We do this through story telling. We bring people together with many different backgrounds engineers, social science managers, ask them to come up with technically grounded compelling exciting stories about the world that we might live in… we do this in different media- theater, comic books, etc. …. From all over the world. “The best thing about (reading/ writing) science fiction is not inhabiting other worlds, but inhabiting other people’s lives.” “We’re confronted with impossible situations all the time…We all confront these impossible things from time to time, this is how we learns, where we demonstrate our resilience, and adapt to something we never thought was going to be possible.” Great links to find more related to Ed Finn, his essays and books, and The Center for Science and the Imagination www.edfinn.net Why Exploration Matters; “Why do we go to Space Now? Not about technical challenges, but now the question is about, what are we going to do there, who’s going to get to go, WHY are we going to go, and what is our global relationship to the things that are happening off of planet Earth? When you start to think about space in that way, you can start to recognize what’s meaningful. We will always want to explore, but what about all the other stuff…what about how we’re going to LIVE in space? How are we going to have careers?  All of these questions are economic, they’re social, and they’re about how we make meaning and dwell in the world and how we make our lives interesting. Space on it’s own is spectacularly gorgeous (so I’ve heard), but it is empty. So it’s what we bring, and what we make of it that will make it worthwhile. So we have to have good answers to that questions. Because if we don’t, then it’s never going to happen.  We’ll just end up staying here with all of the interesting complicated messes we have on this planet.”  About Ed Finn: Ed Finn is a writer, researcher, editor, speaker, and incorrigible experimentalist. He is the kind of person who writes poetry during boring meetings and always has extra snacks. He is the founding director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University. He is also an associate professor jointly appointed in the School of Arts, Media and Engineering (which is all one thing) and the Department of English (which is a different thing). He reads, writes, and owns a number of books, and he enjoys traveling, launching into conversation in languages he doesn’t really know, and being a dad.

Ed Finn knows what algorithms want: brains. In this episode we explore how technology has been changing our capacity for autonomous action, how monsters are more than just a metaphor for our relationship with technology and how algorithms deployed by powerful tech companies zombify us. Hold on to your brains for this one.

In this week’s episode of the Click&Go Travel Podcast, we’re talking all about Wroclaw in Poland! Eleanor and Stephen are joined by Ed Finn, an award-winning travel journalist to talk about Poland’s 3rd largest city, Wroclaw. In our interview, we’re getting to know Ed a bit more and finally, Stephen shares his top tips for your [Wroclaw city break](https://www.clickandgo.com/destinations/city-breaks/wroclaw?campaignCT=Podcast&utm_source=Podcast&utm_medium=Content&utm_content=destination-page_wroclaw&utm_campaign=podcast_wandering-through-wroclaw). If you want to jump ahead, our Resort Report begins at 00:32, our interview with Ed is at 31:00 and top tips are at 40:11. If you've been enjoying our podcast so far, we would love if you could fill out a short survey so we can create even better podcasts for you: [http://bit.ly/TravelPodcastSurvey](http://bit.ly/2vdal1y). If you have any questions or suggestions about the destinations covered or the podcast in general, send us an email at podcast@clickandgo.com. Our podcast was recorded in and edited by the lovely people at HeadStuff. Our jingle is Stock Media provided by lokohighman / Pond5 and our airplane resort report sound is from Zapsplat.com.

This episode features "Death on Mars" written by Madeline Ashby. Originally published in Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities: A Collection of Space Futures, edited by Ed Finn, Joey Eschrich, and Juliet Ulman and reprinted in the November 2018 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ashby_11_18_reprint Support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/clarkesworld

This episode features "Death on Mars" written by Madeline Ashby. Originally published in Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities: A Collection of Space Futures, edited by Ed Finn, Joey Eschrich, and Juliet Ulman and reprinted in the November 2018 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ashby_11_18_reprint Support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/clarkesworld

"There are a lot of horrifying things lurking in the autocomplete field...People used to confess to their priest or some sort of trusted figure and now people spell out their secrets to the search bar, to the machine."

It took Michael “Meek” Prouder half an hour to magtube from Claremont to the Coachella Valley desert, near the Nestlé Reservoir entertainment pier. In this oasis of hot dogs, pinwheel fireworks, and whirlygigs, he could lounge and marinate himself, soak up rays as he listened to the music radiating from the dam wall, and sink under the rhythmic roar of artificial waves crashing against the artificial shore. He could walk out into the desert away from the city lights. | Copyright 2017 by Steven Barnes. Originally published in Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities, edited by Ed Finn, Joey Eschrich, and Juliet Ulman. Reprinted by permission of the author. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.

Fiona Sampson, Daisy Hay, Christopher Frayling and David H. Guston join Matthew Sweet to discuss Mary Shelley's story in film, fiction and the view of AI scientists now.In Search of Mary Shelley: The Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein by the poet and writer Fiona Sampson is out now.Christopher Frayling has published Frankenstein: The First Two Hundred YearsDr Daisy Hay is Senior Lecturer, English Literature and Archival Studies at the University of Exeter and a BBC Radio 3 and AHRC New Generation Thinker who will be publishing later this year a book on The Making of Frankenstein. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Annotated for scientists, engineers and creators of all kinds edited by David H. Guston, Ed Finn and Jason Scott Robert Late Junction tonight is looking at music and AI, asking can we create a digital version of the ideal Late Junction collaborator using computer code alone?The Radio 3 Sunday feature Select, Edit, Paste presented by Clemency Burton-Hill has been exploring new technologies and the arts. Producer: Zahid Warley

Are we prepared for a future where robots are the most sought after employees? Maybe not. Lawmakers will blame anything but automation for job losses and flat wages -- but sci-fi writers are up to the challenge. In her debut novel Autonomous, Annalee Newitz imagines humans taking designer drugs to try and compete with A.I. for jobs. Lee Konstantinou writes about the last worker at a pit stop for self-driving trucks. And the authors of The Expanse depict a future where under-employed Earthers leave for a rugged life in space. Also featuring Arizona State University professor Ed Finn, and Erik Bergmann lending his voice for dramatic readings.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Chris Gondek interviews Ed Finn, author of the new book What Algorithms Want. Tune in for an interesting discussion on algorithm disconnect revolving around things humans regularly use, like Siri. And listen in for a definition of the phrase "culture machines".  Ed Finn is Founding Director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, where he is also Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in the School of Arts, Media, and Engineering and the Department of English.

We were promised flying cars but we got Twitter instead. That's the common complaint against science fiction writers and the visions of the future they presented us in the 20th century. But many sci-fi authors did envision something like the Internet and social media -- and we might be able to learn something about our time from the people who tried to imagine it. Cory Doctorow, Ada Palmer, Jo Walton and Arizona State University professor Ed Finn look at the cyberpunks and their predecessors, and artist Paul St. George talks about why he's fascinated by a Skype-like machine from the Victorian era. Featuring readings by Erik Bergmann.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the 32nd episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Ed Finn. Ed is the founding director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, where he is assistant professor with... The post 32: Ed Finn appeared first on LIVE IN LIMBO.

Ed Finn, director of ASU's Center for Science and the Imagination, joins Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about his new book, What Algorithms Want: Imagination in the Age of Computing. Show Notes •Ed Finn: http://csi.asu.edu/people/ed-finn/ •Center for Science and the Imagination: http://csi.asu.edu/ •What Algorithms Want: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/what-algorithms-want

Ed Finn is the founding director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, where he is an assistant professor with a joint appointment in the School of Arts, Media and Engineering and the Department of English. Ed’s research and teaching explore digital narratives, contemporary culture and the intersection of the humanities, arts and sciences. He is the author of What Algorithms Want: Imagination in the Age of Computing (MIT Press, Spring 2017) and the co-editor of Frankenstein: Annotated for Scientists, Engineers and Creators of All Kinds (MIT Press, Spring 2017) and Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future(William Morrow, September 2014). He completed his PhD in English and American literature at Stanford University in 2011. Before graduate school Ed worked as a journalist at Time, Slate and Popular Science. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Princeton University in 2002 with a Comparative Literature major and certificates in Applications of Computing, Creative Writing and European Cultural Studies.

Madeleine Ashby's short story By the Time we get to Arizona was first published in the Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future anthology, edited by Ed Finn. By the Time we get to Arizona tells the story of a couple trying to emigrate from Mexico to America. Have you read it? What did you think? Leave a comment on my website www.joncronshaw.com - I'm posting these episodes along with my own short fiction. #scifi #SFF #podcast

Charlie Jane Anders's short story The Day it all Ended Was first published in the 2014 anthology Hieroglyph: Stories & Visions for a Better Future, edited by Ed Finn. It tells the story of a disillusioned executive working for a design company that produces desirable, exoensive, but seemingly pointless gadgets. Have you read this story? What did you think? Let me know on Twitter @shortSFreview. #sciencefiction #scifi #environmentalism

Cory Doctorow's novella The Man Who Sold the Moon was first published in the 2014 anthology Hieroglyph, edited by Ed Finn. The Man Who Sold the Moon is a near-future story about the potential of 3D printing and the fun that can be had at Burning Man. Have you read this story? What did you think? Follow the podcast on Twitter @ShortSFReview and if you enjoy the show, please take a moment to leave a review on iTunes. #scifi #nearfuture #3Dprinting

Damien heads to California to drive the Jeep Renegade and David heads to Spain to drive the Volvo XC90. Australia’s Shitbox Rally is coming to New Zealand and guests Ed Finn and Lance Roskilly of BMW discuss the electrifying (sorry) new BMW i3 and i8. Running time: 0:56:26

Damien heads to California to drive the Jeep Renegade and David heads to Spain to drive the Volvo XC90. Australia’s Shitbox Rally is coming to New Zealand and guests Ed Finn and Lance Roskilly of BMW discuss the electrifying (sorry) new BMW i3 and i8. Running time: 0:44:26

Before Apollo 11, there was Jules Verne’s novel From the Earth to the Moon. Before the Internet, there was Mark Twain’s short story From the ‘London Times’ of 1904. In other words, before the appearance of many spectacular technologies, a writer imagined it first. This truth underscores one of science fiction’s abiding strengths: its ability to test concepts, both technological and social, without spending vast sums on research and development. The editors and writers behind Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future (William Morrow, 2014) think many science fiction writers in recent years have lost their way in this regard. As evidence, they point to the proliferation of what Hieroglyph co-editor Kathryn Cramer calls “tired dystopias.” Rather than provide “cautionary tales that show us what to avoid,” she explains in her New Books interview, these novels use “dystopias as furniture”–backdrops for a plot centered on a central character’s adventures. In contrast, Hieroglyph seeks something different. “We’re asking for a science fiction that actually addresses problems and tries to solve them,” Cramer says. “And what they [the authors of the 17 stories in Hieroglyph] thought of were the problems is almost as interesting as what they think the solutions are.” Among the topics Cramer covers in her interview are how she overcame her initial skepticism about the Hieroglyph initiative, how she and co-editor Ed Finn selected the writers included in the volume, and how the authors worked with scientists and researchers at Arizona State University to postulate plausible technologies based on current scientific understandings. Don’t forget to follow New Books in Science Fiction and Fantasy on Facebook and Twitter, post a review on iTunes, and follow host Rob Wolf on Twitter and his blog. Here are some links related to the interview: * Read more about Project Hieroglyph on its website. * Hieroglyph was inspired in part by Neal Stephenson’s essay “Innovation Starvation“. It was originally published by the World Policy Institute and now serves as a preface to the collection. * Cramer uses the term “neo-Gernsbackian,” which refers to Hugo Gernsback, who published the first science fiction magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before Apollo 11, there was Jules Verne’s novel From the Earth to the Moon. Before the Internet, there was Mark Twain’s short story From the ‘London Times’ of 1904. In other words, before the appearance of many spectacular technologies, a writer imagined it first. This truth underscores one of science fiction’s abiding strengths: its ability to test concepts, both technological and social, without spending vast sums on research and development. The editors and writers behind Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future (William Morrow, 2014) think many science fiction writers in recent years have lost their way in this regard. As evidence, they point to the proliferation of what Hieroglyph co-editor Kathryn Cramer calls “tired dystopias.” Rather than provide “cautionary tales that show us what to avoid,” she explains in her New Books interview, these novels use “dystopias as furniture”–backdrops for a plot centered on a central character’s adventures. In contrast, Hieroglyph seeks something different. “We’re asking for a science fiction that actually addresses problems and tries to solve them,” Cramer says. “And what they [the authors of the 17 stories in Hieroglyph] thought of were the problems is almost as interesting as what they think the solutions are.” Among the topics Cramer covers in her interview are how she overcame her initial skepticism about the Hieroglyph initiative, how she and co-editor Ed Finn selected the writers included in the volume, and how the authors worked with scientists and researchers at Arizona State University to postulate plausible technologies based on current scientific understandings. Don’t forget to follow New Books in Science Fiction and Fantasy on Facebook and Twitter, post a review on iTunes, and follow host Rob Wolf on Twitter and his blog. Here are some links related to the interview: * Read more about Project Hieroglyph on its website. * Hieroglyph was inspired in part by Neal Stephenson’s essay “Innovation Starvation“. It was originally published by the World Policy Institute and now serves as a preface to the collection. * Cramer uses the term “neo-Gernsbackian,” which refers to Hugo Gernsback, who published the first science fiction magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before Apollo 11, there was Jules Verne’s novel From the Earth to the Moon. Before the Internet, there was Mark Twain’s short story From the ‘London Times’ of 1904. In other words, before the appearance of many spectacular technologies, a writer imagined it first. This truth underscores one of science fiction’s abiding strengths: its ability to test concepts, both technological and social, without spending vast sums on research and development. The editors and writers behind Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future (William Morrow, 2014) think many science fiction writers in recent years have lost their way in this regard. As evidence, they point to the proliferation of what Hieroglyph co-editor Kathryn Cramer calls “tired dystopias.” Rather than provide “cautionary tales that show us what to avoid,” she explains in her New Books interview, these novels use “dystopias as furniture”–backdrops for a plot centered on a central character’s adventures. In contrast, Hieroglyph seeks something different. “We’re asking for a science fiction that actually addresses problems and tries to solve them,” Cramer says. “And what they [the authors of the 17 stories in Hieroglyph] thought of were the problems is almost as interesting as what they think the solutions are.” Among the topics Cramer covers in her interview are how she overcame her initial skepticism about the Hieroglyph initiative, how she and co-editor Ed Finn selected the writers included in the volume, and how the authors worked with scientists and researchers at Arizona State University to postulate plausible technologies based on current scientific understandings. Don’t forget to follow New Books in Science Fiction and Fantasy on Facebook and Twitter, post a review on iTunes, and follow host Rob Wolf on Twitter and his blog. Here are some links related to the interview: * Read more about Project Hieroglyph on its website. * Hieroglyph was inspired in part by Neal Stephenson’s essay “Innovation Starvation“. It was originally published by the World Policy Institute and now serves as a preface to the collection. * Cramer uses the term “neo-Gernsbackian,” which refers to Hugo Gernsback, who published the first science fiction magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition host David Gordon visits Northern Ireland's famous Balmoral Show and then hosts a studio discussion with Ed Finn and Muriel Bolger about visiting the United Arab Emirates (courtesy of The Travel Show) Regular contributor Frances Beasley then reports on the German Easter Markets. You can find the show page at facebook.com/travelbitesradio and on Twitter at @trvlbitesradio  

Ed Finn is the Director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University.  The Center was conceived as a place where people from radically different intellectual backgrounds come together to dream about the future—to "reignite humanity's grand ambitions for innovation and discovery," in their words.  To this end, they sponsor everything from collaborative science fiction projects to big conferences about the future.  We learned about the Center through this article and, if you want to dig a little deeper into their history, it's a good place to start. My conversation with Ed focuses on two interrelated subjects: dreams and narratives.  Are we, as a society, adequately dreaming about the future or have we outsourced our dreams to distant experts?  Do we have adequate time for dreaming?  Has increasing specialization made it difficult for the kind of interdisciplinary thinking needed for the creation of radical new ideas?  Ed advocates "thoughtful optimism" as he segues from dreams into narratives, suggesting that our more ambitious hopes can be realized through the right collective narrative.  You will hear echoes of David Korten and Mark Mykleby, but I think one of the most interesting moments of the conversation comes when we talk about Lawrence Torcello and ask whether ambiguous narratives can get us further than a reasonable conversation. Neil and I conclude the episode by discussing Douglas Rushkoff, Ethan Zuckerman, and whether a fragmented media landscape makes it harder (or impossible) to develop a unifying narrative.  We also explore the idea of an ambiguous narrative in more detail, asking if a vague narrative is more or less likely to bring people together than an Enlightenment-style conversation about the Good.