I'm a Very Bad Man

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i'd love to have Ted Chang on and again if anybody knows him i assume that he's been too busy to respond to the many many people who have personally reached out to him he must be very busy because you know he produces like one story every four years. I do support him for president though oh wait can i keep that in as a benign violation you can keep that in i know the difference all right join us next very bad with itWho are you who are you i'm very bad man i'm a very good man good man he's blazing feet fast and with no more brains than you have hey no i'm teaching you like that anybody can have a brain you're a very bad

Is character destiny, or can fluky decisions or tiny shifts in weather patterns fundamentally change who we are? Does the existence or non-existence of alternate universes have any bearing on freedom and responsibility? David and Tamler conclude their discussion of Ted Chiang’s “Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom” along with another very short piece by Chiang called “What’s Expected of Us” that was first published in Nature.

Plus, do you have low likability in the workplace? It could be because you’re too moral and therefore not that funny. But don’t worry, we have a solution that’ll help you increase your humor production and likability with no reduction in morality. All you have to do is listen!