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EP 205 Matthew Pirkowski on Time Preference and Cooperation

Posted October 24, 202301:08:09

Jim talks with Matthew Pirkowski about the ideas in a recent tweet thread on time preference and its relationship with cooperation. They discuss the...

EP 204 Matt Bennett on the Case Against No Labels

Posted October 19, 202301:03:55

Jim talks with Matt Bennett about his arguments against the third-party political campaign No Labels. They discuss Matt's steelman of the campaign,...

EP 203 Robert Sapolsky on Life Without Free Will

Posted October 17, 202301:47:54

Jim talks with Robert Sapolsky about the ideas in his book Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will. They discuss what motivates his writing...

EP 202 Neil Howe on the Fourth Turning

Posted October 12, 202301:39:26

Jim talks with Neil Howe about the ideas in his new book, The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us About How and When This Crisis...

EP 201 Tobias Dengel on the Age of Voice Technology

Posted October 10, 202301:10:11

Jim talks with Tobias Dengel about the ideas in his book The Sound of the Future: The Coming Age of Voice Technology. They discuss the idea that voice...