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May 2024
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154. Alternative Futures with SB Divya

VIKRAM PRAKASH
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Today we are joined by SB Divya who wrote the science fiction novel Meru and helps us think about potential futures on Earth. Meru as we discuss in this episode is a future in which tech is developed based on imaginations of current technology and science and possibilities unknown but conceivable.

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