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Existential Hope Podcast: David Deutsch | On Beauty, Knowledge, and Progress

The Foresight Institute Podcast

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David George is the creator of one of my favorite child-waines philosophies. He wrote a few really fantastic books, including fabric of reality and Beginning of Eternity. I think if anyone, you know, reads anything really like that, I think it gets the kernel of existential hope across. Why I Have Flowers Beautiful is also very dear to my heart.

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Speaker 2

Yeah, coffee with that. They can't exactly swear by the can they?

Speaker 1

It's stuck to the track. Right. Thought that I'd wait until it's safe to cross and make sure the road's clear on the other side.

Speaker 2

Yeah, and unlike that bloke last week, I forgot about the length of these trailers. Yeah,

Speaker 1

I heard about that one. It's not really funny though when you think about a four-hour train driver. Probably been having nightmares ever since. Yeah, I reckon. We're all in the same boat really late. Everyone just wants to get over safe at the end of the day. Yeah, no wrong on that one. There goes the last carriage. Looks like we're safe to head off now. Thanks Mike.

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A long way to go. After you all mate.

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Here's Andy's Music Time Machine. Time Machine. Time

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Machine. As we take another

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spin in the Time Machine for our summer music series, this week we're back into the early 80s with a great Aussie band that many of you will remember. There are a band that sat on the edges of the mainstream music scene due to their distinctive 60s psychedelic music vibe. They were like no other band at the time, or probably for that matter since, but they enjoyed a huge loyal following that still exists to this day.