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EP 278 Peter Wang on AI, Copyright, and the Future of Intelligence
Season 1 Episode 278
Jim has a wide-ranging conversation with recurring guest Peter Wang on AI copyright frameworks and the rapidly changing tech landscape. They discuss …
1 year, 3 months ago
EP 277 Kristian Rönn on Darwinian Traps and How to Escape Them
Season 1 Episode 277
Jim talks with Kristian Rönn, co-founder of the carbon accounting tech company Normative, about his book The Darwinian Trap: The Hidden Evolutionary …
1 year, 3 months ago
EP 276 Carolyn Dicey Jennings on Attention and Mental Control
Season 1 Episode 276
Jim talks with philosopher and cognitive scientist Carolyn Dicey Jennings about her book Attention and Mental Control. They discuss mental control vs…
1 year, 3 months ago
EP 275 Rachel Winkler on Mass Deportation
Season 1 Episode 275
Jim talks with lawyer and former DHS policy person Rachel Winkler about Trump's promise to carry out a large-scale deportation operation. They discus…
1 year, 3 months ago
EP 274 Richard Overy on Why War?
Season 1 Episode 274
Jim talks with historian Richard Overy about his new book Why War? They discuss historians' shyness in thinking about the nature of war, a correspond…
1 year, 3 months ago
EP 273 Gregg Henriques on the Unified Theory of Knowledge
Season 1 Episode 273
Jim talks with Gregg Henriques about his new book UTOK: The Unified Theory of Knowledge. They discuss the problem the book addresses, 3 vectors of kn…
1 year, 3 months ago
EP 272 Loribeth Ford Jarrell on Bespoke Education
Season 1 Episode 272
Jim talks with Loribeth Ford Jarrell, the director of Sumplicity Math, a mathematics enrichment program for children. They discuss working with the n…
1 year, 4 months ago
EP 271 Lorraine Besser on the Art of the Interesting
Season 1 Episode 271
Jim talks with Lorraine Besser about the ideas in her book The Art of the Interesting: What We Miss in the Pursuit of the Good Life and How to Cultiv…
1 year, 4 months ago
EP 270 Nancy Jacobson on No Labels and the 2024 Election
Season 1 Episode 270
Jim talks with Nancy Jacobson, the founder and CEO of the No Labels political organization, in the last of four conversations featuring non-partisan …
1 year, 5 months ago
EP 269 Alex Ebert on the War on Genius
Season 1 Episode 269
Jim talks with Alex Ebert about his recent essay "Suboptimal Revolution: In Defense of Inefficiencies." They discuss what optimization does, genius v…
1 year, 5 months ago