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Currents 084: Mirta Galesic on Global Collective Behavior

Posted March 7, 202301:12:00

Jim talks with Mirta Galesic about the ideas in her co-authored paper "Stewardship of Global Collective Behavior." They discuss the meaning of collective...

EP 180 Lynne Kiesling on the Electrical Grid

Posted March 3, 202301:20:21

Jim talks with Lynne Kiesling about the electrical grid and what could and should change in its architecture in the years to come. They discuss electricity...

EP 179 Gregg Henriques Part 3: Addressing the Enlightenment Gap

Posted February 24, 202301:45:16

Jim talks with Gregg Henriques in the third and final part of a series on his book A New Synthesis for Solving the Problem of Psychology: Addressing...

Currents 082: Dan Shipper on Practical Applications of GPT-3

Posted February 22, 202300:58:31

Jim talks with Dan Shipper about practical uses of GPT-3 and ChatGPT at the personal scale. They discuss how Dan started playing with these tools, the...

EP 178 Anil Seth on A New Science of Consciousness

Posted February 21, 202301:45:30

Jim talks with Anil Seth about his book Being You: A New Science of Consciousness. They discuss the curious non-experience of general anesthesia, defining...