Series Three This episode of #TheNewAbnormal features the writer, philosopher and technologist Gary F Bengier - who is probably most known for being eBay’s first CFO and the person who was in charge of taking the company public.  As a Silicon Valley executive, Gary also worked for several other tech companies and had a

This week on Excelsior Journeys, host & producer George Sirois welcomes award-winning author, philosopher, and technologist Gary F. Bengier. With a background in technology that includes acting as the first CFO of eBay, Gary's knowledge of the field combined with a lifelong love of science-fiction led to him writing th

What does it mean to be human when your colleague"s a bot? Can AI ever truly understand us? This week, we"re thrilled to welcome Gary F Bengier, eBay"s first CFO and author of the award-winning novel, Unfettered Journey, as we dive into the future of work and the role of AI. Gary"s background in Silicon Valley and his

As a careful study of the world, science is reflective and reactive — it constrains our flights of fancy, anchors us in hard-won fact. By contrast, science fiction is a speculative world-building exercise that guides imagination and foresight by marrying the known with the unknown. The field is vast; some sci-fi writer

Jim talks with Gary Bengier about his science fiction novel Unfettered Journey, depicting a hard-science view of a possible world 140 or so years in the future... Jim talks with Gary Bengier about his science fiction novel Unfettered Journey, depicting a hard-science view of a possible world 140 or so years in the futu

We talk to writer and technologist Gary Bengier about AI and his new science fiction novel Unfettered Journey. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds