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b'The times are a\\u2019changing \\u2013 rising temperatures, growing population, and new technology coming at us faster than a greased cheetah.\\nSo how will humans respond? Find out about future farming in the city \\u2013 your vegetables might be grown in downtown, hi-rise greenhouses. Also, a population expert tells us how our planet can cope with billions more people, and the man who invented the term \\u2018cyberspace\\u2019 describes what the future might hold for the techno-savvy.\\nDarwinian evolution takes a long time to accommodate to new environments. But Homo sapiens can beat that rap by wielding the right technology \\u2013 and becoming early adapters.\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nDickson Despommier - Emeritus professor of public health and microbiology at Columbia University, author of The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century\\n\\n\\n\\nWilliam Gibson - Author, most recently, of Zero History\\n\\n\\n\\nJoel Cohen - Mathematician and biologist at Rockefeller University\\n\\n\\nDavid DeGusta - Paleoanthropologist at the Paleoanthropology Institute in California\\n\\nDescripci\\xf3n en espa\\xf1ol\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'