Zengineering: A Philosophy of Science, Technology, Art & Engineering

Dec 20 2022 1.8k

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Zengineering Podcast is for everyone who loves Science & Technology and also cares deeply about the beauty of Life's Big Questions. We (Adam & Brian) are obsessed with the spot where modern Science, Technology & Engineering meet Philosophy, Art & Spirituality. We have found this to be the place where the most interesting questions are both formulated and discussed. It's the place where mental models are born, and that's what we're really chasing. Are you?

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100 - On ChatGPT and The A.I. Future - with Ramsay Brown

Dec 20 2022 47 mins

Wassup Zengineers!? It's been a minute. How's stuff? We'll keep it simple. ChatGPT dropped... and it's cool enough that we had to bring in a guest and do an episode about it. That's it. We hope you enjoy it. ✌️ Kerp More Ramsay here: https://twitter.com/_ramsaybrown https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramsaybr/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zengineer

099 - On Star Trek TNG (Mostly Commander Data).

Jun 28 2022 51 mins

Wassup Zengineers! I've had this sitting on my desktop for a couple years at this point. Had some time, so I finally processed it. Enjoy. Hope all is well 🚀 ✌️Kerp --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zengineering-podcast/support

098 - On Open Source Collaboration

Sep 10 2020 61 mins

Howdy, Zengineers! Did you know everything you do all day runs on software? Yup. It’s true. Everything. Well … I mean, not EVERYTHING, but pretty much everything. Your car. Your electricity. Your phone. Your computer. Your TV. Even our dishwashers and blenders, doorbells and lights, all run on software. There’s no way around it. Software is powerful and enables the technologi

097 - On Breaking up Big Tech & The Data Economy

Jul 29 2020 78 mins

Hi, Zengineers! I’m sure you’ve heard of Amazon, right? What about Facebook? Do you use it? Google? Apple? Ma Bell? Carnegie? Vanderbilt? Woot woot!! Ok… enough listing. What’s the topic, you ask? Yeah … we’re going for it, and taking on the roll of the United States Congress and breaking up the tech companies. Why, you might ask, are we doing this? Well, because we can

096 - On Superheroes & Comic Books

Jul 16 2020 81 mins

Hey, Zengineers!! We’ve got one of those easy to do and easy to listen to nerd bomb episodes this week. SUPERHEROES!! Also comic books. Yay. What fun? Yes, we agree. Stoked, so let’s get after it. This one is all about why we care, and why we’re interested. We touch on the persistence of mythology throughout history, and how it’s morphed and evolved into modern mythologies.

095 - On Wolfram's Theory of Everything

Jun 09 2020 54 mins

Hey, Zengineers!! This week we’re going deep into the void of the unknown, to unravel the deepest mysteries of our universe. How will we get there? What will we discover? No one knows, and that’s what’s so exciting about it. So, let’s get right to our conversation about A Grand Unified Theory of Physics. We’re always thinking about this a little bit. After all we’re rec

094 - On Dice

Apr 28 2020 47 mins

Howdy, Zengineers!! Oh boy. We’ve got a real zinger for you this week. We’re discussing one of our favorite toys; one that’s been with us since antiquity; one that enables so many games; one that truly represents some of the best. We’re talking about die. Or, is it dice? Dies? Dices? You have very pretty colored dice? Let me get that eight sided die. Yeah! There we go. Dice

093 - with Dorna Moini - On Access to Justice

Apr 09 2020 64 mins

Hey there Zengineers, This week we've got Dorna Moini on the show. She's co-founder of Documate, a legal tech company that helps lawyers (and other businesses) automate document creation to make their ops more efficient and their services more accessible. But, in true Zengineering fashion, we don't spend to much time talking about that. Instead, we're talking about access to justic

092 - On Cognitive Bias

Mar 25 2020 50 mins

Heyo Zengineers, As you might be able to appreciate, things are a bit nuts out there (and over here) right now. So, we're gonna be shorter on our descriptions for a bit in favor of keeping the episodes coming. But, we know that's what you're here for anyway. So, probably all good, right? This one is about Cognitive Bias. Which, like any good Zengineering topic, could be a whole pod

091 - with Alexsandra Guerra of Nori - On The Stories of Climate Change

Mar 04 2020 54 mins

What’s the happs, Zengineers? We’re back with our old friends at Nori, this week talking to Alexsandra Guerra Co-Founder & Director of Corporate Development, and 30 Under 30 GreenBiz 2019 Award Winner. For those in the know, this continues our collection of the Nori founding team, as we’ve had both Christophe and Paul on as well (see their episodes in the show notes below