Episode 372: The Ripple Effect Podcast (Aaron Franz | Transhumanism: The Future of Man & Machine)
The Ripple Effect Podcast
Ricky Varandas
4.6 • 603 Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2021
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
Aaron Franz is the creator of the 2008 documentary on transhumanism called The Age of Transitions & author of Revolve: Man's Scientific Rise to Godhood. He is also the host of multiple shows, including The Age of Transitions podcast, Themes & Memes, and Uncle (the podcast).
AARON FRANZ
Website: https://theageoftransitions.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Franzimulation
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | believe in the ripple effect. |
| 0:25.6 | The ripple fact. I'm I'm I'm |
| 0:38.3 | I'm |
| 0:39.3 | I'm |
| 0:40.3 | I'm your host, Rikada, friend. This is also known as Rick and a great episode for you today. |
| 1:13.0 | Today we have returning guest, Aaron Franz. |
| 1:15.9 | Many of you guys might not have heard the last episode he was on because it was in 2015. |
| 1:21.3 | He had this amazing book called Revolve Man's Scientific Rise to Godhood. |
| 1:26.3 | Also an amazing documentary called The Age of Transitions |
| 1:29.5 | that came out in 2008. It went deep into the man versus machine discussion, transhumanism, |
| 1:35.6 | artificial intelligence, the singularity theory, consciousness, eugenics, all these different things |
| 1:41.4 | and more. And it's all stuff that we talked about way back in 2015 |
| 1:45.5 | on episode 60. His documentary was so ahead of its time. So definitely check out his documentary, |
| 1:52.6 | his book, and enjoy this conversation. So with that aside, it is a value for value show. |
| 1:58.0 | As you guys know, if you can't support me financially, don't worry about it. |
| 2:02.2 | Rate the show, review the show, tell people about the show, and that goes a long way. It's |
| 2:06.3 | absolutely amazing just to hear how many people are finding this show every day and people in my |
| 2:12.7 | personal life. I get friends and relatives of mine that are running into people who listen to |
| 2:17.3 | the show, all the emails and messages I get on all relatives of mine that are running into people who listen to the show, |
| 2:17.9 | all the emails and messages I get on all the social media platforms. So I appreciate everybody, |
| 2:23.5 | everybody who's been listening to the show all these years and all the new listeners that are now |
| 2:28.5 | looking for shows like these and are intrigued in the topics and discussions I'm having. So I thank you everybody. |
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