203: There's Rocks Everywhere!

The Next Generation has a number of episodes exploring the
definition of life and the rights of different types of life
forms. A memorable example of this type of episode is "The
Quality of Life," in which versatile machines called exocomps
demonstrate the ability for self-awareness and making decisions
that affect their survival.



In this episode of Earl Grey, hosts Justin Oser and Richard
Marquez are joined by Patrick Devlin of The Briar Patch to
provide a commentary for the episode "The Quality of Life" from
season six of The Next Generation. They discuss cute exocomps,
orbital mining platforms, the definition of life, and why rocks
seem to be everywhere.



Chapters
Intro (00:01:20) 
Listener Feedback (00:01:57) 
Commentary (00:06:16) 
Final Thoughts (00:51:10) 
Closing (00:57:23) 
 
Hosts
Justin Oser and Richard Marquez

Guest
Patrick Devlin
 
Production
Justin Oser (Editor and Producer) Richard Marquez (Producer) Amy
Nelson (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew
Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer)
Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Michael E Hueter (Associate
Producer) Justin Oser (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez
(Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)