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A reunion of a kind - David Hewlett and David Nykl, aka Rodney McKay and Radek Zelenka, meet again! (The sound is corrected within the first few minutes!)
Follow David Nykl on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dav.nyk/
Books mentioned by David Nykl:
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions — Brian Christian & Tom Griffiths
The Three-Body Problem Trilogy (Remembrance of Earth's Past) — Liu Cixin
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy — Cathy O’Neil
Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire — Roger Crowley
TV Shows mentioned by David Nykl:
3 Body Problem (2024) — Netflix science-fiction series based on Liu Cixin’s novels.
The Sleepers (Bez vědomí) (2019) — Czech espionage thriller miniseries set in 1989, produced by HBO Europe.
Music mentioned by David Nykl:
Kerala Dust
Deep dives on some of the conversation points in our other podcast - "I'm with (Stargate) Genius":
The complexity of time and GNNS and clocks with Dr. Lisa Woerner (DLR): https://www.youtube.com/live/BGTiF4sGZwU?si=dFx719_steAoM-8o
Quantum mechanics with Dr. Lisa Woerner (DLR): https://www.youtube.com/live/RJjPr8gATgY?si=Qt1YYDwIN3rz1niT
0:00 Introduction and technical issues
2:25 The evolution of behind-the-scenes
7:19 Filmmaking, Nolan, and documentaries
14:16 Early acting and career paths
30:17 Book recommendations and algorithms
35:54 Childhood fascinations and curiosities
46:20 Defining awe and the nature of time
49:44 Career, gadgets, and concluding thoughts
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