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November 30, 2020: Adrian Hon, author, "A New History of the Future in 100 Objects"
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Tonight: Adrian Hon, author, "A New History of the Future in 100 Objects"
Adrian Hon is co-founder and CEO at Six to Start, creators of gamelike stories and story-like games including the world's bestselling smartphone fitness game, "Zombies, Run!" with four million players. In addition to "A History of the Future in 100 Objects," he has written a column about technology for the Telegraph. He originally trained as a neuroscientist at Cambridge, UCSD, and Oxford.
Links:
• A New History Of The Future In 100 Objects, by Adrian Hon
• On Twitter: @adrianhon
• mssv, Adrian's blog
• Six to Start, Adrian's game company, creator of Zombies, Run!
• The Cultures, Adrian's podcast
• What ARGs Can Teach Us About QAnon (by Adrian Hon, Aug 2, 2020). See also QAnon Is Like a Game - a Most Dangerous Game in Wired, Sep 22, 2020, by Clive Thompson, past Techtonic guest (see the April 15, 2019 episode), and this NYT interview by Charlie Warzel (Aug 4).
• Technology and the Virtues: A Philosophical Guide to a Future Worth Wanting, by Shannon Vallor
• The Aug 30, 2019 episode of Sophisticated Boom Boom with Sheila B., featuring an interview with Nabihah Iqbal
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Adrian Hon discusses his book "A New History of the Future in 100 Objects." | ||||||||||
Tomaš Dvořák |
Game Boy Tune
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Machinarium Soundtrack | ||||||||
Mark's intro | ||||||||||
Interview with Adrian Hon | 0:05:56 (MP3 | Pop‑up) | |||||||||
Mark's comments | 0:40:47 (MP3 | Pop‑up) | |||||||||
Sheila B. |
Excerpt from Sophisticated Boom Boom 11-27-20
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Nabihah Iqbal |
hashtag IRL
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