StarTalk Live: Building the Future

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🗓️ 28 March 2013

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Is humanity on the cusp of momentous change? Neil deGrasse Tyson and futurists Jason Silva and Melissa Sterry explore the possibilities that lie at the intersection of technology, human biology and urban planning.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:13.0	I'm Neil deGrasse Tyson. I'm the host of Star Talk Radio.
0:25.0	I'm an astrophysicist. My day job is with the American Museum of Natural History
0:29.0	and I'm here with my comedian co-host, Eugene Merman, Eugene.
0:33.0	Hello. I'll be loud, bitch.
0:37.0	I've got two futurists. We're going to talk about the future of science,
0:42.0	future of technology in particular, the intersection of technology and the human body,
0:47.0	the intersection of technology, the future and of cities.
0:50.0	And we're going to start with Jason Silva. Jason, welcome.
0:53.0	Thank you so much for having me.
0:55.0	Yeah, this guy's all over the internet, gesticulating what the future should be,
0:59.0	making you feel bad because you haven't done anything to make it happen.
1:03.0	So I'll get back to you on that in a moment.
1:05.0	All right.
1:06.0	And I've got Melissa, Melissa Sterey. Thanks for flying in from London.
1:08.0	Pleasure.
1:09.0	For this, I'd love that. Say it again.
1:11.0	A pleasure.
1:13.0	She's also a futurist and she thinks about what the future of cities would be or should be.
1:20.0	And so we have someone who's thinking about the human body, the human mind.
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