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Currents 099: Samuel Scarpino on Preparing for the Next Pandemic
Season 1
Jim talks with Samuel Scarpino about what we've learned from Covid-19 and how to apply those lessons to preparing for the next pandemic. They discuss…
2 years, 9 months ago
Currents 098: Damien Walter on Science Fiction and the Rhetoric of Story
Season 1
Jim talks with Damien Walter about science fiction and the mechanics of myth. They discuss the roles of pathos & ethos in science fiction, Damien's l…
2 years, 9 months ago
EP 189 Forrest Landry on Civilization Design
Season 1 Episode 189
Jim talks with recurring guest Forrest Landry about civilization design. They discuss the meaning of the concept, toolkits for problem-solving, why t…
2 years, 9 months ago
Currents 097: Frank Lantz on Network Wars and Games
Season 1
Jim talks with Frank Lantz, game designer and director of the Game Center at New York University, about Network Wars and the art of game-making. They…
2 years, 9 months ago
EP 188 Robert Tercek on Intellectual Property in the Time of AI
Season 1 Episode 188
Jim talks with Robert Tercek about the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike and intellectual property rights in the era of generative AI. They dis…
2 years, 9 months ago
Currents 096: Jim & Michael Garfield Talk About Everything
Season 1
Jim has an extremely wide-ranging discussion with Michael Garfield. They discuss the upcoming book Michael is drafting in public, the exponential sca…
2 years, 9 months ago
EP 187 Carlos Perez on A Pattern Language for Generative AI
Season 1 Episode 187
Jim talks with Carlos Perez about the ideas in his new book A Pattern Language for Generative AI: A Self-Generating GPT-4 Blueprint. They discuss GPT…
2 years, 10 months ago
EP 186 Charles Eisenstein on Climate: A New Story
Season 1 Episode 186
Jim talks with Charles Eisenstein about the environment and the ideas in his book Climate: A New Story. They discuss Charles's involvement with Rober…
2 years, 10 months ago
Currents 095: Matt Welsh on the End of Programming
Season 1
Jim talks with Matt Welsh about the ideas in his essay "The End of Programming," arguing that coding as we know it will soon be obsolete. They discus…
2 years, 10 months ago
Currents 094: Matthew Pirkowski on Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms
Season 1
Jim talks with Matthew Pirkowski about the kinds of consensus mechanisms that can be used to secure blockchains. They discuss active inference, proof…
2 years, 10 months ago