08 August 2013
By StephenTorrence
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Artisanal mayonnaise, punks and hippies, and one very persistent puppy. Kevin and Stephen have fun discussing it all.
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artisans, Batman, culture, Daft Punk, Detroit, disco, free will, gift economy, Grant Morrison, haul videos, Kevin, Makers, mayonnaise, Metropolis, murder, plumbing, punk, Shinola, Stephen, Superman, Texas Tech, Vimeo, Will Farrell
13 June 2013
By StephenTorrence
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We could be wrong, but we think you’ll love this episode on fallibilism, featuring Kevin, Stephen, and our least favorite philosopher Dr. Mark Webb.
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business, cartography, Dr. Webb, education, empiricism, epistemology, Eric Ries, fallibilism, FOX News, Graham Priest, Guide to Online Schools, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, John Hawthorne, John Maynard Keynes, Kevin, navigation, Pittsburgh University, poststructuralism, prostitution, religion, skepticism, Spain, Spanish, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stephen, Texas Tech University, The Grammar of Meaning, The Lean Startup, The West Wing, Tim Kreider, Total Recall, uncertainty, William Sellers
07 May 2013
By StephenTorrence
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What do trees, brains, and pants have in common? Kevin, Stephen, John Elliott, and Matt Epperson explore our complex world through the works of Manuel Lima.
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Amazon, Amsterdam, Anatta, brain, Buddhism, Charles C. Mann, complex networks, complexity, connectome, consciousness, cyborgs, data, data visualization, dialup, Dunbar's Number, education, emergence, Facebook, functionalism, Google Fiber, identity, Inca, individualism, intelligence, Janet Jackson, John Elliott, Kevin, Leonhard Euler, Manuel Lima, Matt Epperson, memory, Monkeysphere, network visualization, New Hampshire, philosophy of mind, rhizome, Royal Society of the Arts, self-awareness, SkyNet, Star Wars, Stephen, stock market, The Internet, The Power of Networks, Traveling Salesman Problem, trees, Visual Complexity
22 April 2013
By StephenTorrence
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Bitcoins are back! Or are they? Simon Ponder joins Kevin and Stephen to find out whether they’re worth Beliebing in.
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Bitcoin, Boston Marathon bombing, Carlos Arredondo, cocaine, currency, Dot Com bubble, drugs, economics, fiat currency, gambling, Kevin, Lindon Dollars, PBS Idea Channel, ponzi scheme, Prague, real estate bubble, Satoshi Nakamoto, Scotland, Second Life, Silk Road, Simon, speculation, Stephen, The Love Guru, Val Kilmer, value, Yap
07 April 2013
By StephenTorrence
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Old friend Greg Briley joins Kevin and Stephen to discuss ancient Soviet gamification and the core concepts of Marxism. Also, puppies full of candy.
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achievements, Action Philosophers, Bastion, Braid, bronies, Charlie Chaplin, China, communism, Communist Manifesto, FarCry, Foxconn, Fred Van Lente, games, gamification, Greg, Guns Germs and Steel, John Ratzenberger, Kevin, late stage consumer capitalism, Mark Nelson, Marxism, materialism, McDonald's, minimum wage, Modern Times, progress, RadioShack, Raisin Canes, Roman Empire, Russia, Ryan Dunlavey, socialism, Stephen, Super Hexagon