The Outside Context
"An Outside Context Problem was the sort of thing most civilizations encountered just once, and which they tended to encounter rather in the same way a sentence encountered a full stop." — Iain M. Banks, Excession. This podcast discusses challenges that fall into the outside context with the innovators and visionaries who are the forefront of technological change. It considers the big picture of technology, and why this matters for the future of human civilisation.
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Beam Me Up, Securely: The Expanding Horizons of Space Policy & Security
In episode 2, Jannah and Elise speak to Juliana Suess, an associate with the Strategic Threat Analysis and Nuclear Disorder team within the International Security Team at the German Institute for International Security Affairs.
Jannah and Elise ask Juliana to explain more about her work on space security and what its implications are for society. They discuss where space sits in the geopolitical landscape, who are the main players vying for control of space and what are their various motivations.
In the episode the also dive into the balance is being struck between military and civilian dependence on space and, as a society, how should we globally govern space and attempt to mitigate some of the risks taking place as the use of space for different purposes becomes more crowded and contested?
Link to Cold Magic: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7114825-cold-magic
Link to Century Rain: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22824019
Link to Types of Counterspace Weapons in Context: https://aerospace.csis.org/aerospace101/counterspace-weapons-101/
Link to Carrington Events: https://www.space.com/the-carrington-event
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