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Sean Gorman, geospatial entrepreneur extraordinaire, uses Dune to explain security policy, geopolitics, capitalism, sustainability, common knowledge, the erosion of common knowledge, the importance of friction in political institutions, reasons to think harder about opening up data, and why the OpenStreetMap community are basically Fremen.
Note that we recorded this in August 2023, long before Dune: Part Two came out. There are no spoilers from the movie, but we discuss the book at length and Sean spoils a number of random YouTube videos about Dune that he watched to prepare for this discussion.
A few notes and links:
Please check out Zephr, Sean's latest startup which is making GPS more accurate and reliableSean on the AllThingsXR PodcastArticle by Sean on geopolitics and the future of global navigation satellite systemsSRI International (SRI)Buy Dune if you haven't alreadyIf you enjoyed this, please share it.
Produced by Jed Sundwall. Write to jed at techsontexts.net with feedback and suggestions for books or guests.
Intro music by Secret School.
Outro music is "3/10th of the Population" by WE™.
Please donate to Radiant Earth.
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Jason Goldman, one of the world's foremost Dune podcast pioneers (listen to Escape Hatch!), talks about all of the Dune books, all of the Dune movies, the Dune TV shows, democracy, institutions, the dangers of charismatic leaders, the (a)moral arc of technological progress, the potential of governing with data, and how so many technologists miss the point of the literature they love. Our conversation left me wondering: could Obama be a mentat?
A few notes and links:
Escape Hatch - The podcast formerly known as Dune Pod, co-hosted by Jason with in depth discussions of all kind of great films. Check out their episode with Tim O'Reilly from 2020The International Relations of Middle-earthPresident Obama's Farewell AddressMichael D. Higgins, Ireland's President and poet who used to have two beautiful Bernese dogs named Síoda and Bród (may they rest in peace)"The Library of Babel" by Jorge Luis BorgesBuy Dune if you haven't alreadyIf you enjoyed this, please share it.
Produced by Jed Sundwall. Write to jed at techsontexts.net with feedback and suggestions for books or guests.
Intro music by Secret School.
Outro music is "3/10th of the Population" by WE™.
Please donate to Radiant Earth.
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I've listened to this episode countless times as I've edited it and it is such a gift. I'm really grateful to Tim for doing it with me.
A few notes and links:
Frank Herbert, by Tim O'ReillyMany of the works Tim mentions in this post are mentioned in this blog post: Books That Have Shaped How I ThinkAt about 12:10, Tim mentions a passage about how Lao Tzu lists the attributes of a wise man, one of which is "roiled as a torrent." He explains this beautiful image in more detail in this blog post titled Knowing When to Let Go.The Man Watching by Rainer Maria RilkeJacob Wrestling with the Angel by Eugène Delacroix.If you enjoyed this, please share it.
Produced by Jed Sundwall. Write to jed at techsontexts.net with feedback and suggestions for books or guests.
Intro music by Secret School.
Outro music is "3/10th of the Population" by WE™.
Please donate to Radiant Earth.
