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EP 291 Jeff Sebo on Who Matters, What Matters, and Why

Posted March 13, 202501:23:54

Jim talks with Jeff Sebo about the ideas in his book The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why. They discuss the concept of the moral circle,...

EP 290 Mark Stahlman on Trump as the Avatar of the Digital Paradigm Shift

Posted March 11, 202501:24:55

Jim talks with Mark Stahlman about Trump as an avatar of the current digital transformation. They discuss the GameB movement & complexity theory,...

EP 289 Adam B. Levine on AI-Powered Programming for Non-Developers

Posted March 6, 202501:26:02

Jim talks with Adam B. Levine about AI programming aids for non-techies and the future of Bitcoin. They discuss Adam's background as a "technical non-technical"...

EP 288 BJ Campbell on Cops, Belief, and Chainsaw-Faced Robot Dogs

Posted March 4, 202501:19:03

Jim talks with BJ Campbell about the ideas in his Substack essay "On Cops, Belief, and Chainsaw Faced Robot Dogs." They discuss forms of social control,...

EP 287 Jonathan Rauch on the Epistemic Crisis

Posted February 27, 202501:37:21

Jim talks with Jonathan Rauch about the ideas in his book The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth. They discuss the epistemic crisis, Plato's Theaetetus, Trump...