Episode: 8 Xenogenesis - Dawn: II: Family Chapters 9 & 10

Show Notes

In Episode 8, Richard and Michael discuss the issues with separating social animals from their kind and go on a tangent discussing the lack of security of “smart” devices.

Timestamps

00:00:30 - Intro
00:02:56 - Chapter 9 predictions
00:06:06 - Chapter 9 introduction
00:07:48 - A comparative of separation of social animals from their kind to separation of humans by the Oankali [1, 2]
00:11:21 - Nikanj’s bomb drop
00:15:58 - Continuation on chapter 9 summary
00:17:55 - Back to discussion on genetic memory and clones
00:24:33 - “Permutation City” by Greg Egan - suggestion by Richard
00:25:51 - Back to Chapter 9
00:28:00 - Why it is bad to ignore your children
00:32:32 - Chapter 9 introduction ends and chapter 10 predictions
00:33:55 - Chapter 10 intro
00:34:40 - Another modification to Lilith
00:35:35 - Superhuman mutations
00:36:51 - Chapter 10 introduction part 2
00:39:35 - Privacy in Oankali society and discussion on security [3]
00:47:10 - Chapter 10 tangent finishes and chapter 11 predictions begin
00:49:00 - Outro

References

Social animals:

• [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris%27s_hawk - The Harris’s Hawks mentioned by Richard.
• [2] https://lafeber.com/pet-birds/the-optimal-social-environment-for-your-parrot/ - An interesting article on the social needs of parrots

“Smart” being not so smart and safe:

• [3] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-51706631 - BBC article on the security flaws in “smart” devices and toys

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