The Local Maximum with Max Sklar

This interview with Brandon Quittem covers generational theory, the fourth turning, and Bitcoin. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe

Max returns for an in-person recording. Discussion of political comedy and the return of Jon Stewart. Then we ask: how do you form uninformed Bayesian priors? Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe

Max brings up a bunch of new news topics and expands on some old ones that are likely to be important in the new year.- Is the New York Times being sneaky in the Tech Section?- Would you like an alexa that moves around in your house?- Recognizing that there is a war for truth. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe

Max exchanges views with author Erik Deitrich on the drawbacks of software engineering organizations and what to do about it.localmaxradio.com/205 Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe

Max talking to Johnny Nelson (@generativist) about how platforms that use a top-down approach to content moderation can lead to the worst of all worlds, and how we might build a bottom-up system. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe

Max and Aaron discussion the rule change that the Iraqi government has made in their elections and what this means from a social choice theory stand point. They compare world political systems, and discuss the problem of apportionment and the mathematical paradoxes it creates.localmaxradio.com/203 Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe

December 12, 2021Max shares a personal update to long time Local Maximum listeners. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe

Max discusses recent developments in Twitter, Facebook, and Google, all tech giants who have reached their saturation points and how they are dealing with it. Jack Dorsey ditches Twitter and hands it off to go off the rails towards a editorial/propaganda network. Facebook's "Meta" change is like Mark Zuckerberg's Mid-Life Crisis according to Marc Cenedella. Chris Dixon's Tweet Storm about Web 3 explains what's happening. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe

Max interviews Professor Andrew Gelman of Columbia on Bayesian Inference, Research, Political Prognostication, Descriptive vs Causal work, and areas of computational research.localmaxradio.com/201 Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe

Max and Aaron pull out some interesting stats from the first 200 episodes of the Local Maximum Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe