Technology

Virtual Reality, Real Feelings

Can virtual reality make people more empathetic, train students in the scientific method, and help people overcome their fears? This week’s episode asks whether VR is a force for good, a force for ill, or not much of a force at all.

What Tech Says

科技公司真的在“让世界变得更美好”吗?“破坏”不就是指规避法律法规和无视劳动法吗?硅谷真的相信自己的炒作吗?On this week's show we’re thinking about “The Rhetoric of Big Tech.”

Is the Sentence Becoming Passé?

In an age of emojis, memes, and reaction gifs, are complete sentences becoming passé? Do outmoded forms of writing deserve to die? Or could there be room for more than one kind of writing? These are the questions we're asking on this week's show.

#FrancisOnFilm: I Am Mother

科幻惊悚片《我是妈妈》将于明天在Netflix上上映。这是一部很棒的哲学电影,它提出了各种各样的哲学问题,关于堕胎,生育,增强,人口政策,尤其是如何成为一个好母亲。

Hacking Our Sense Perceptions

Are humans limited to the senses we’re born with? Or is it possible to hack the brain and create new senses? Even if we could, would we want more senses than we already have? This week we’re thinking about hacking the brain: perception beyond the five senses.