Podcasts that mention 📚 Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Age of Science Fiction by Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg

so this week why don't we offer Harry's new book the ride share guide as a fourth alternative for someone that leaves us a written review

Jonathan announces this book by Harry (the guest from the previous episode) as a fourth option listeners can win by leaving a review.

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actually yeah you know they're very tempted to uh quote uh one of the stories stories by uh uh isaac asimov actually um actually titled appropriately titled the last question uh short story where you know the plot is that you know humans build this super computer you know this this this ai intelligence and you know once it's get power gets powerful enough they pose this question to it you know um how can the entropy in the universe be reduced all right so your computer replies and as of yet insufficient information to give a meaningful answer

Dmitri Dolgov mentions Isaac Asimov's short story 'The Last Question' and recounts its plot in response to the question about the meaning of life.

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and now here's my conversation with Colin angle in his 1942 short story runaround from his iRobot collection as a Asimov proposed the Three Laws of Robotics in order don't harm humans obey orders protect yourself

Lex Fridman introduces the topic by mentioning Isaac Asimov's collection 'iRobot collection' (likely referring to 'I, Robot'), from which the short story 'Runaround' and the Three Laws of Robotics originate.

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is the right question. - Interesting. - And taking a cue from Isaac Asimov, in an essay he once wrote called "The Relativity of Wrong," - "The Relativity of Wrong," you know--

Neil deGrasse Tyson mentions an essay by Isaac Asimov to illustrate his point about the importance of asking the right question over getting the right answer.

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I'm reading an Isaac Asimov book from 1950 right now. I know this is obvious for fans of science fiction, but I'm always blown away by how close they get it in the 50s, like what modern civilization looks like and what technology of the future actually looks like.

Matt, one of the podcast hosts, shares that he is currently reading an Isaac Asimov book from 1950. He reflects on how impressively accurate science fiction from that era can be in depicting future technology and modern civilization.

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