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EP 281 Jeff Hawkins and Viviane Clay on the Thousand Brains Theory

Posted February 4, 202501:32:15

Jim talks with Jeff Hawkins and Viviane Clay about the Thousand Brains Project and Jeff's book A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence. They...

EP 280 Rob Henderson on Luxury Beliefs

Posted January 30, 202501:14:01

Jim talks with Rob Henderson about his book Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class and the concept of luxury beliefs. They discuss...

EP 279 Samuel Scarpino on H5N1 (Bird Flu) and Pandemic Risk

Posted January 9, 202501:06:19

Jim talks with epidemiology expert Samuel Scarpino about the recent spread of H5N1 (bird flu) in dairy cows and its implications for public health....

EP 278 Peter Wang on AI, Copyright, and the Future of Intelligence

Posted January 2, 202501:31:55

Jim has a wide-ranging conversation with recurring guest Peter Wang on AI copyright frameworks and the rapidly changing tech landscape. They discuss...

EP 277 Kristian Rönn on Darwinian Traps and How to Escape Them

Posted December 20, 2024

Jim talks with Kristian Rönn, co-founder of the carbon accounting tech company Normative, about his book The Darwinian Trap: The Hidden Evolutionary...