Seldon Crisis: Beyond Foundation

We Are Writing the Story

From divine plan, to existential freedom, to what?

Jan 30

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Why does it matter?

A personal philosophical slant on the Assembling Gaia post

Jan 18

1

Assembling Gaia

What if intelligence isn’t confined to individuals, but is something that can emerge at the scale of a planet?

Jan 16

4

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From Asimov to Planetary Intelligence

Why a decades-old sci-fi epic still helps us think about collapse, intelligence, and human futures

Jan 7

3

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Story Episodes: Read or Listen in Order

The complete story of the Foundation trilogy by Isaac Asimov, told as narrative, audio drama, commentary and analysis.

Jan 3

3

January 2025

Being Bayta with Amanda Kreitler

Listen now (63 mins) | In this episode of Seldon Crisis,host Joel McKinnon is joined by voice actor Amanda Kreitler, the talent behind Bayta Darell and…

Jan 24, 2025

1:02:50

December 2024

Beyond Asimov's Humanism with Jamie Woodhouse

Ethicist Jamie Woodhouse has some challenging questions for humanity: should we care about the suffering of all sentient beings, or just the ones who…

Dec 15, 2024

1:35:40

October 2023

A Meeting at Stars End with Jon Blumenfeld

Listen now (106 mins) | A conversation on Asimov and Foundation on and off the page.

Oct 13, 2023

1:46:27

August 2023

The Golden Age of Science Fiction with Cora Buhlert

Cora Buhlert is a Hugo award winning indy Sci Fi writer and an expert on the Golden Age of Science Fiction, from the 1930s to the 50s, the period when…

Aug 19, 2023

1:29:20

July 2023

Who is Hari Seldon?

Who is Hari Seldon really?

Jul 20, 2023

10:17

May 2023

Asimov and Reason

Space based solar energy generation was originally imagined in 1941 by none other than Isaac Asimov, in the robot story Reason.

May 31, 2023

53:47

AI and Humanity, a conversation with GPT-4

Everyone is talking about AI these days, or talking to it.

May 3, 2023

31:15