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Cardboard Entertainment
This week we talk about Zappers, board games, and Nintendo Labo.
We also discuss barcades, makerspaces, and unusual consoles.
This is a public episode…
8 years, 5 months ago
Geoengineering
This week we talk about contrails, space mirrors, and iron fertilization.
We also discuss stratospheric aerosol injection, meat, and paleoclimatology.…
8 years, 6 months ago
Mergers & Acquisitions
This week we talk about the HHI Index, the Consolidation Curve, and Disney.
We also discuss tax bills, the Panic of 1893, and rightsizing.
This is a p…
8 years, 6 months ago
Quantification
This week we talk about sensors, inventories, and the quantified self.
We also discuss venture capital, fitness trackers, and PARC.
This is a public e…
8 years, 6 months ago
Norms
This week we discuss virtue signaling, hype cycles, and the Overton Window.
We also talk about pronking, online dating, and the Diffusion of Innovatio…
8 years, 6 months ago
Space War
This week we discuss the Strategic Defense Initiative, the X-37B, and Project Excalibur.
We also talk about space treaties, Patriot missiles, and mutu…
8 years, 7 months ago
Prison-Industrial Complex
This week we talk about mass incarceration, sketchy Skype-clones, and private prisons.
We also discuss oubliettes, stop-and-frisk, and the War on Drug…
8 years, 7 months ago
Sex Dolls
This week we talk about the Uncanny Valley, the sex toy industry, and porn addiction.
We also discuss pedophilia, sexual aggression, and the age of co…
8 years, 7 months ago
The Cloud
This week we talk about room-sized computers, server farms, and hackers.
We also discuss teleprinters, Amazon Web Services, and fog computing.
This is…
8 years, 7 months ago
Opinions
This week we talk about intelligence, the limits of language, and belief change.
We also discuss useless opinions, subjectivity, and gullibility.
This…
8 years, 8 months ago