Welcome to another episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast.
As usual, I am joined by my wife, Abbie, and our friend Nate, as we discuss:
The next 3 episodes of season 2 of Star Trek: The Original Series – By Any Other Name, The Omega Glory, and The Ultimate Computer
Interstellar from the perspective of the other planets
Callbacks to earlier episodes
What I’ve come to expect from Star Trek, but does that mean they’re running out of ideas?
Kirk, the man-whore
What does it mean to be human?
What does it mean to be living?
Life is more than just elements, but without the elements, there is no life
Some Brazilian Jiu Jitsu analysis
Episodes starting a lot stronger than they finish
Was this propaganda?
Subtlety vs heavy-handedness
A successful letter-writing campaign
A brief history lesson about The Scorpions
Seeing more recurring story lines and trends
Negative views on technology?
Saying “Thank you” to Alexa
In real life we make the same mistakes and tell the same stories over and over again
Different experience between binge watching and watching weekly over the course of many years
Similar shows, books, and movies released around the same time
Will the AI conversation actually change? Has the conversation surrounding AI changed in the past 60 years?