#57: Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race with Mary-Jane Rubenstein

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Mary-Jane Rubenstein is Professor of Religion and Science in Society at Wesleyan University, and is affiliated with the Philosophy Department and the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. She holds a B.A. from Williams College, an M.Phil. from The University of Cambridge, and a Ph.D. in from Columbia University. Her research unearths the philosophies and histories of religion and science, especially in relation to cosmology, ecology, and space travel.
I spoke to Mary-Jane about her latest book Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race
Some of the topics we discussed includes:

1. Why should we care about bible stories, in a book about out of space?
2. How integral the Christian victory over paganism was in transforming a world full of living things to objects for us to consume and absorb
3. Should we be wary that the space race will be any different from how the West's exploration of new frontiers in the past has always been at the expense of a people or group?
4. Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos space race ideologies and how they differ from one another.
5. Will the space race be beneficial for everyone on earth or just a select few?
6. Is there a better way to go about space exploration than the way its been so far?

The Book and Audiobook: Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race is out now.


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