Gary’s Q&A

Listener question & Gary’s response · Transcript passage

Tom Allen from Patreon asks, What is your rule-of-thumb for how “stable” a topic needs to be before you make an episode? Historical stuff is pretty stable — interpretations change slowly, but technology topics that are very important to our lives may evolve quickly. I’m thinking of energy, EVs, AI, humanoid robotics…

It isn’t an issue of stability. There needs to be something to actually talk about. Of the topics you’ve listed, I’ve actually done episodes on most of them, including electric cars and most forms of energy.I’ve seen lots of theoretical technologies that have been talked about that never really pan out. So, until something has actually been developed, I don’t think there is much to talk about.I have done episodes on the James Webb Telescope and Starship, both of which were in its early stages when I did the episode, and I’ve done follow up episodes since. That said, I’ve been researching topics like Artificial Intelligence and quantum computers, but I’m not really sure I’m ready to do an episode that makes sense given the show’s time constraints.