Why we still have 12,000 Nukes
History and present of nuclear weapons
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Alien Civilizations and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
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How Stockholm Stuck
St9ckholm Syndrom isn’t what you think it is [Radiolab] How Stockholm Stuck #radiolab https://podcastaddict.com/radiolab/episode/187850848 via @PodcastAddict
Why Do So Many People Think That Trump Is Good?
And what is good? “Then came the 17th-century wars of religion, and the rivers of blood they produced. Revulsion toward all that contributed to the Enlightenment, with its disenchantment with religion and the valorization of reason. Enlightenment thinkers said: We… Read More »Why Do So Many People Think That Trump Is Good?
Brandon Ogbunu on Fitness Seascapes and the Course of Evolution
A lot of interesting insights into evolution [Sean Carroll’s Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas] 296 | Brandon Ogbunu on Fitness Seascapes and the Course of Evolution #seanCarrollsMindscapeScienceSocietyPhilosophyCultureArtsAndIdeas https://podcastaddict.com/sean-carroll-s-mindscape-science-society-philosophy-culture-arts-and-ideas/episode/186292226 via @PodcastAddict
Why is Food SO Expensive Right Now?
Often it is not the reason why you think it is so
Efficiency Paradox
How most stuff is a waste and how it kills the world.
AI Downsides
It is also about breaking culture and common understanding “It turns out we don’t use code review to prevent errors. We use it to help other developers understand and accept our proposed changes to the source code. It is a… Read More »AI Downsides
Equality and Economics
How is American Dream doing
Manufactured Consensus
This is what I dislike most about LLMs “Large language models are manufacturing consensus on a planetary scale. Fine tuned for “helpfulness”, they nod along to our every hunch, buff our pet theories, hand us flawless prose proving whatever we… Read More »Manufactured Consensus