In episode 71, Richard and Michael reach the finale of the Xenogenesis trilogy. Timestamps 00:00:00 - Start 00:00:32 - Welcome 00:02:01 - Chapter 15 predictions 00:04:44 - Chapter 15 00:05:06 - Consensus and radio signals 00:18:31 - Chapter 15 again 00:21:39 - End of chapter 15 and consensus again 00:28:43 - Chapter 16 predictions 00:31:53 - Chapter 16 00:32:50 - Accurate stem cell representation 00:34:33 - End of the book, end of the trilogy 00:35:01 - The trilogy’s open-endedness 00:36:24 - Mars colony issues and future 00:44:53 - Short summary of the book 3 00:59:45 - Topics we discussed in part 3 of book 3 01:03:15 - High-level summary of the trilogy 01:08:46 - Question: are Oankali heros or villains? 01:13:58 - Question: is Humanity still a thing? [1 - 3] 01:22:26 - Question: What is our opinion about the Oankali society and what choice would we make? 01:27:48 - Question: Is it a utopian or a dystopian society? 01:39:26 - Question: Will we re-read the trilogy? 01:41:50 - Some data on our recordings 01:44:40 - We owe You a drink if you meet us 01:45:41 - Future plans 01:49:55 - Outro References Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens: [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal - Wiki about Neanderthals. [2] https://www.britannica.com/science/human-evolution - Encyclopaedia Britannica article about human evolution. [3] https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/what-happened-to-the-neanderthals-68245020/ - What happened to the Neanderthals? Intro: L’Etoile danse (Pt. 1) by Meydan Outro: Long Way Home by Spinning Ratio