James Myers and Lantern Jack, host of the Ancient Greece Declassified podcast, discuss the relevance of ancient philosophy to modern technology. We explore technological mindsets, communication and the meaning crisis, the linearity or circularity of time, and the importance of memory. As humanity's technological power increases, is there a fundamental role for ancient philosophy in answering the "why" questions as we become more knowledgeable about the "how"? Is there a common language that can reconnect science and philosophy? In The Republic, Socrates states that number and calculation are the first order of knowledge for a philosopher; it's a connection that may seem unusual today but we consider the consequences if Socrates' ideal were to become modern reality.
This episode is also featured on The Quantum Record, at https://thequantumrecord.com/).
