A Dystopia Where AI Runs U.S. Healthcare and Asks Patients to Die
CYBER
VICE
4 • 645 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Some days, it feels like all you can do is watch worlds burn.
This is especially true for the millions of people living in hospice care. Health in the U.S. isn’t what it used to be. The population is aging and it’s not just the Baby Boomers. If you think Millennials will age more gracefully than their parents, well, I have a counselor I’d like you to speak with. It’s specially trained for the job and It knows all about you. It really does keep the cost of healthcare down.
Today on Cyber, we’ve got something special. Motherboard has published a book. It’s called Terraform and it’s out now. It’s a collection of short stories about the near future and the dystopian present. With me today on the show are the book’s editors, Claire L. Evans and Brian Merchant as well as special guest Robin Sloan. He’s the author of the new novel The Suitcase Clone and … the Terraform story “The Counselor.”
Terraform’s stories are all about possible futures. “The Counselor” is a window into one of those worlds.
Terraform is out now. Buy it here.
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| 0:00.0 | Tadden, it's got the code it's going to launch. |
| 0:10.4 | It's a unique system. |
| 0:12.7 | I know this. |
| 0:14.7 | It's how the files of the whole park. |
| 0:16.9 | It tells her everything. |
| 0:18.6 | Sir, he's uploading the virus. |
| 0:21.4 | Eagle One. The package is being delivered. |
| 0:25.1 | Hello out there on the internet. |
| 0:27.0 | I'm Matthew Galt, and this is cyber. |
| 0:29.8 | Some days, it feels like all you could do is watch worlds burn. |
| 0:33.2 | This is especially true for the millions of people living in hospice care. |
| 0:37.6 | Health in the U.S., it ain't what it used to be. |
| 0:40.3 | The population is aging, and it's not just the baby boomers. |
| 0:43.8 | If you think millennials will age more gracefully than their parents did, |
| 0:47.5 | well, I have a counselor I'd like you to speak with. |
| 0:50.2 | It's specially trained for the job, but knows all about you. |
| 0:52.6 | Hell, it's been with you most of your life, in fact. And it really does keep the cost of health care down. Today on cyber, we've got something special. Motherboard has published a book. Here it is. It's called Terraform. It drops today. It's out right now. You can go buy it in bookstores as we speak. |
| 1:11.6 | It's a collection of short stories about the near future and the dystopian present. |
| 1:15.7 | With me today on the show are the book's editors, Claire L. Evans, and Brian Merchant, as well as special guest Robin Sloan. |
| 1:22.8 | He's the author of the new novel, The Suitcase Clone, and the Terraform Story, The Counselor. |
| 1:28.3 | Terraform stories are all about possible futures. |
| 1:31.6 | The counselor is a window into one of those worlds. |
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