Professor Andy Miah Faces the Future
By Andy Miah
10-15min long-read episodes on the latest discoveries from science, technology and the arts, which are changing our lives in profound ways. Find the text version at Medium
Professor Andy Miah Faces the FutureOct 06, 2020
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The Future of HISTORY
How does the concept of history change as a result of technological transformations? And how should we think about history, when we endlessly record our lived experience? This episode gets into the complexity of time, history, and the future, to consider how we might reorientate ourselves into a healthier way of thinking about the present.
Dec 12, 202013:26
The Future of JOURNALISM
A fascination for journalism and a belief in its importance has been a constant presence throughout my career and this takes you back all the way to the beginning of journalism and how it entered my life in a big way.
Nov 28, 202011:06
The Future of LANGUAGE
It may be said that the origin of human civilisation is to be found in the development of language, those complex systems which enable us to organize our ideas and each other, and which allow us to develop insights that lead us to alter the natural world in complex and sometimes catastrophic ways. But we live in times of mass language extinction. What will the future of our linguistic world look like?
Nov 16, 202012:48
The future of EDUCATION
How should we think about the pursuit of education and the function of assessing knowledge?
This episode asks us to consider the value of exams and the merits of different ways of knowing.
Oct 29, 202015:57
Is the future SUSTAINABLE?
As the world slowly transitions into a more sustainable environment, this episode asks whether it is enough to avoid global catastrophic disaster.
Oct 19, 202013:10
Will MACHINES take all of our jobs?
In times when the rise of robots and artificial intelligence seem to know no limits, today we're talking about whether any of us can expect to have any job at all in the future.
Oct 06, 202010:31
Would you choose IMMORTALITY?
Inspired by the publication of a new book titled The Bloomsbury Handbook of Posthumanism, this episode examines the prospective life extension and the inevitability of immortality.
Sep 30, 202008:52
How should we think about our DIGITAL future?
As the new Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma, asks us to reconsider how are used of social media, what can we do do to better equip ourselves for a future where artificial intelligence will dominate our lives? Find out in this episode.
Sep 23, 202014:13
The future of SPORTS
How is digital technology transforming sports and what can we expect from a future of hybrid events, where the latest immersive technologies expand the possibilities of sports in a Post-Covid world?
Sep 22, 202017:52
Can we PREDICT the future?
This is one of the biggest challenges to face humanity, but is it really possible? And what do we do if it isn't?
Sep 22, 202004:06
Introducing Professor Andy Miah Faces the Future
a podcast where I take a topic for the world's of transhumanism philosophy and science to think through the questions we face and the answers we have that will get us through these remarkable times.
Sep 21, 202000:32