148 | Henry Farrell on Democracy as a Problem-Solving Mechanism
Democracy posits the radical idea that political power and legitimacy should ultimately be found in all of the people, rather than a small group of experts or for that matter arbitrarily-chosen heredi...
24 Mai 20211h 26min
AMA | May 2021
Welcome to the May 2021 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). I take the large number of questio...
13 Mai 20212h 58min
146 | Emily Riehl on Topology, Categories, and the Future of Mathematics
"A way that math can make the world a better place is by making it a more interesting place to be a conscious being." So says mathematician Emily Riehl near the start of this episode, and it's a good ...
10 Mai 20211h 16min
145 | Niall Ferguson on Histories, Networks, and Catastrophes
The world has gone through a tough time with the COVID-19 pandemic. Every catastrophic event is unique, but there are certain commonalities to how such crises play out in our modern interconnected wor...
3 Mai 20211h 25min
144 | Solo: Are We Moving Beyond the Standard Model?
I've been a professional physicist since the 1980's, and not once over the course of my career has a particle-physics experiment produced a completely surprising new result. We've discovered particles...
26 Apr 20211h 11min
143 | Julia Galef on Openness, Bias, and Rationality
Mom, apple pie, and rationality — all things that are unquestionably good, right? But rationality, as much as we might value it, is easier to aspire to than to achieve. And there are more than a few h...
19 Apr 20211h 32min
AMA | April 2021
Welcome to the April 2021 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). I take the large number of quest...
14 Apr 20212h 41min
