Episodes (Page 17)
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Gary Marcus critiques current AI limitations and the hype surrounding it.
Rebooting AI
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Rob Ashton advises on effective communication for Google and Buckingham Palace.
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Anastacia Marx de Salcedo discusses living with multiple sclerosis and diet.
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James Kirchick reveals the hidden history of gay Washington D.C.
Secret City
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Lucy Cooke challenges traditional evolutionary views of female animals.
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Bobby Azarian explores life's purpose through complexity science.
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Kevin McCaffree examines theories on societal change and evolution.
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Helen Joyce analyzes the intersection of gender ideology and reality.
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Yoram Hazony advocates for traditional conservatism over Enlightenment liberalism.
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Discussed irrationality's role in driving scientific progress and the "knowledge machine."
The Knowledge Machine
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Explored how matter gives rise to consciousness and the "hard problem."
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Challenged reliance on gut instinct for life decisions, highlighting data's reliability.
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Analyzed postwar US political polarization, duopoly, gerrymandering, and voting restrictions.
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Explored Big/Deep History, comparing Western dominance with Russia and China.
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Pioneered Big History, surveying the entirety of the past and future.
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Examined conspiracy theories, their societal role, and why people believe them.
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Discussed the Forward Party and challenges to the political duopoly.
Not Right. Forward
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Explored how brain disease and injury disrupt identity and the self.
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Compared human and primate sex and gender, questioning biological determinism.
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Discussed Florida's "Don't say 'gay'" law and age-appropriate sex/gender education.