Episode: 70 Xenogenesis - 3-Imago: III: Imago Chapters 13 & 14

Show Notes

In episode 68, Richard and Michael, after long New Year break, go off tangent about adaptations of various series.

Timestamps

00:00:00 - Start
00:00:32 - Welcome
00:02:19 - Chapter 13 predictions
00:04:21 - Chapter 13
00:07:54 - Neocolonalism [1]
00:16:05 - Chapter 14 predictions
00:17:43 - Chapter 14
00:21:58 - Colony and choices of humans
00:27:00 - Back to chapter 14
00:29:26 - End of chapter and Jodah’s enhanced attractiveness [2]
00:33:37 - Chapter 15 predictions
00:39:09 - Kindred (SPOILERS) and rant about adaptations
00:53:01 - Watch movies first, then read
00:55:26 - Outro

References

Neocolonalism:

• [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neocolonialism - What is Neocolonalism?

Attractiveness, grades and bias:

• [2] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016517652200283X - Article investigating and showing that more attractive students got worse grades if the lessons were online.
• [3] https://www.beapplied.com/post/the-truth-about-name-blind-recruitment-heres-what-the-science-says - Short article about name bias.
• [4] https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1538-3873/ab6ce0 - Research article about name bias.

Intro: L’Etoile danse (Pt. 1) by Meydan Outro: Long Way Home by Spinning Ratio

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