Chapters 
 Transcript 
 Episode notes 
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31  32  33  34  35  36  37  38  39  40 
 Introduction 
 00:00 • 2min 
 The Discourse in California 
 01:54 • 2min 
 The Politics of Incentives in the US 
 03:45 • 2min 
 The Importance of Organization in a Working Society 
 05:51 • 3min 
 The Disadvantages of Germany and the US 
 08:54 • 3min 
 The Evolution of Planning in China 
 12:03 • 3min 
 The Role of Religion in the Ability to Plan 
 14:39 • 4min 
 The Difference Between GPT-3 and the Human Mind 
 18:34 • 2min 
 The Limits of GPT-3 
 20:15 • 5min 
 How to Make GPT-3 Coherent 
 24:57 • 2min 
 The Complexity of the Human Brain 
 26:52 • 4min 
 The Cost of Determinism in Computer Science 
 30:34 • 3min 
 The Importance of Deterministic Memory 
 33:25 • 2min 
 The Paradox of Free Will 
 35:10 • 4min 
 The Importance of Visual Reconstruction 
 38:53 • 2min 
 The Church Turing Thesis of Quantum Computing 
 41:11 • 4min 
 The Inefficient Mathematics of Quantum Mechanics 
 44:58 • 3min 
 Stephen Wolfram: A Crackpot's Perspective on the Universe 
 47:52 • 2min 
 The Dismissal of Wolfram 
 49:37 • 2min 
 The Degradation of Intellectual Integrity in the US 
 51:13 • 4min 
 The Importance of Discourse in Science and Philosophy 
 55:02 • 3min 
 The Importance of Flexibility in Teaching 
 58:08 • 2min 
 The Importance of Consensus Opinion 
 59:51 • 2min 
 The Problem With Popular Science Books That Are Meant for a General Public 
 01:02:18 • 3min 
 The Dangers of Being an Expert 
 01:05:11 • 2min 
 The Pros and Cons of Killing Cybernetics 
 01:06:51 • 2min 
 The Perceptron: A Deep Learning System 
 01:09:18 • 2min 
 The Importance of Philosophy in AI 
 01:11:02 • 3min 
 The Foundational Physics Community 
 01:13:32 • 3min 
 The Value of Diversity in the US 
 01:16:42 • 3min 
 The Dangers of a Single Leader in the US 
 01:19:36 • 4min 
 The Benefits of Self-Driving Cars 
 01:23:12 • 3min 
 COVID: A Hoax? 
 01:26:12 • 3min 
 The Dangers of Reliance on Authority During COVID 
 01:29:08 • 4min 
 The Incompetence of the FDA 
 01:32:48 • 3min 
 The Authority Issue in the Nursing Home 
 01:36:01 • 2min 
 The Importance of Public Administration 
 01:38:04 • 2min 
 Hillary Clinton's Letter to Trump 
 01:40:16 • 2min 
 The Future of GPT-3 
 01:42:01 • 5min 
 The Dangers of the Pinker Model 
 01:47:03 • 4min 


