Did the ancient world, Greek and Hindu, imagine robots and technology that are coming true today? Dr. Adrienne Mayor at Stanford University, a research scholar in classics, history and the philosophy of science, says yes. She has written a wonderful new book called Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology and spoke in this podcast about the nature of technology, whether human use and abuse of technology and whether artificial intelligence (AI) could ever develop the conscience for mercy, or even crack a dark joke.
Why India needs a new constitution based on Dharma
Where ancient Indians and ancient Indian culture comes from
Why the universe might be conscious
Yoga and globalisation
Meditation during the Covid-19 lockdown with Professor Jeffery D. Long.
How Iceland rediscovered its ancient faith with Hilmar Hilmarsson
The Ancient Language of Everyday Bliss with Oxford-trained Sanskrit scholar and singer Gabriella Burnel
The art of non-violence with teacher of philosophy and religion Prof. Pankaj Jain
Why I chose the spiritual life with Australian author Braja Sorensen
The philosophy of the murder of a Noble laureate with author Zarrar Said
The Song of Consciousness: The Gita in the World with Acharya Vidyabhaskar
Music against war: the magical South Asian Symphony Orchestra with Nirupama Menon Rao.
Naked Poetesses, Divine Singers and Indic Feminism with Prof. Lavanya Vemsani
Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness and God with Prof. Subhas Kak
The Shishupala Principle with award-winning historian and author Hindol Sengupta
Meditation and The Gift of Crisis with Author Bridgitte Jackson-Buckley
Strategic thought in the great Hindu epic the Mahabharata with Dr. Prashant Hosur Suhas.
How to make peace on the brink of nuclear war with Dr. Gautam Sen.
Why the science of the 5,000-year-old Hindu Ayurveda tradition is changing the medicine and health.
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