Book · 2008 · Fiction
Altered Carbon
Netflix Altered Carbon book 1
- mentions
- 8
- people
- 5
- podcasts
- 4
- episodes
- 6
- recommendations
- 0
I read the Richard K. Morgan book Altered Carbon and at the time I was like this has to be made into something.
What they say about it
- Read years ago“15 years ago I read”2
- Discussed downloading brains“download your brain”2
The best things said about it
Altered Carbon is a great series on this concept.
Altered Carbon. Was that the name of the show? Yeah. Where you can download your brain into like a chip in your neck and then take it out and upload it to a different body.
You got like a thing on your brain you can download yourself and then like put it somewhere else.
Where and when it comes up
Mentions per year
How it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
5 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Altered Carbon is a science fiction novel by Richard Morgan that explores a futuristic world where human consciousness can be digitized and transferred between different physical bodies, or sleeves. The book has frequently surfaced across several prominent podcasts in discussions about technology, science fiction adaptations, and the philosophical implications of advanced cybernetics. On The Joe Rogan Experience, David Pakman brought up Richard K. Morgan's novel to illustrate his shift away from techno-utopianism, noting that he had read the book around fifteen years prior and believed it deserved an adaptation. Other podcast hosts and guests frequently referenced the television adaptation of the book to explore futuristic concepts. On Timcast IRL, Tim Pool and Ian Crossland mentioned the series multiple times while discussing futuristic ideas about digital brain uploading, interstellar travel, and the social classes of the wealthy elite known as meths. Similarly, on the Lex Fridman Podcast, Adam Frank highlighted the series while discussing alien civilizations and the concept of sleeves. On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Brent Hand also referenced the story when discussing what humanity might look like a thousand years in the future. Across these various programs, speakers used the core premise of the book to examine the intersection of human identity, advanced computing, and future technology.
Every mention
Tim Pool if you guys have watched altered carbon have you seen altered carbon at all 3
“if you guys have watched altered carbon have you seen altered carbon at all”
“like in Altered Carbon”
“because we're talking about was it altered carbon yeah that'd be so cool you got like a thing on your brain you can download yourself and then like put it somewhere else yeah it would be cool I mean there's some drawbacks as far as like well they call them meths in the in the show that's that's that's the”
David Pakman so like 15 years ago I read the Richard K Morgan book altered carbon and at the time I was like this has to… 2
“so like 15 years ago I read the Richard K Morgan book altered carbon and at the time I was like this has to be made into something”
“but most recently so like 15 years ago I read the Richard K Morgan book altered carbon and at the time I was like this has to be made into something”
Adam Frank "Altered Carbon" is a great series on this concept. I think it’s on Netflix; it's a really good series wher… 1
“"Altered Carbon" is a great series on this concept. I think it’s on Netflix; it's a really good series where that’s exactly the idea of sleeves.”
Brent Hand what was that in Altered carbon give me a new sleeve 1
“what was that in Altered carbon give me a new sleeve”
Ian Crossland Altered Carbon. Was that the name of the show? Yeah. Where you can download your brain into like a chip in… 1
“Altered Carbon. Was that the name of the show? Yeah. Where you can download your brain into like a chip in your neck and then take it out and upload it to a different body.”
