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b'Phil, Stephen, and Michael D. talk about the future of fun.\\nWill our fun future be jeopardized by\\xa0peak oil?Will we\\xa0allow ourselves to enjoy the great future once it\\xa0gets here? Or will we obsess more and more about less and less serious problems?How much time will we spend in\\xa0virtual reality?Is\\xa0the notion that we would get bored with an indefinite lifespan just a new iteration of the\\xa0Tithonus Error? Maybe we won\'t get bored because - in addition to remaining biologically young - we\'ll also be getting smarter. This is part of Eliezer Yudkowsky\'s\\xa0Theory of Fun\\xa0(MP3 of the speech and transcript is at the link). According to his theory, "fun space" is a function of intelligence. The more intelligent we are, the more possibilities of fun we have.Things we can\'t grasp today will be fun (and funny) to us when we\'re smarter. Consider the Simpson\'s episode "Bart the Genius."\\n[This show first aired 06/23/2008.]'