I prefer history and data over fear and anecdotes.
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Searching for awe, when you've never felt it

Exploring the Emotion of Awe

4min
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If Life Is Random, Is It Meaningless? (with Brian Klaas)

The Paradox of Progress and Existential Precariousness

6min
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Interesting metaphor to explain coalitional constraints imposed by rivalrous dynamics and counterfinal conflict at the cost of better sense-making for democracy.
Daniel Schmachtenberger - Pt 1: Solving The Generator Functions of Existential Risks

You don’t want game theory in multi sensory integration

5min
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We need a lot more generalists to fill the gaps. Cognitive diversity, neurodiversity, gender diversity, etc.
Chuck Watson: "From MAD to NUTS: Risk, Nukes, & Climate Change"

Better governance

8min
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A systems-theoretic look at the configuration space of music
Dmitri Tymoczko on The Shape of Music: Mathematical Order in Western Tonality

The Concept of a Configuration Space in Music

6min
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219 | Dani Bassett and Perry Zurn on the Neuroscience and Philosophy of Curiosity

Building Knowledge Structures as Networks from Information Gaps

3min
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Great political analysis of the merits and demerits of states rights or decentralized control in government, and how these structures work or fail to support civil and human rights
The Plot to End Voting Rights with Rick Hasen

The Arguments for and Against Local Control in the US Election System

4min
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The “election integrity” push after the 2020 election is not new.
Episode 3: "The Meanest, Dirtiest, Low-Down Stuff"

The Republican Party's Election Integrity Initiative

8min
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