The Glass Half-Empty: Debunking "New Optimism", with Rodrigo Aguilera: Part II
This week, we have a guest on the show - Rodrigo Aguilera. Specifically, we're talking to him about his book "The Glass Half-Empty: Debunking the Myth of Progress in the 21st Century". We shouldn't be...
16 Mar 20211h 20min
Thermonuclear Takes: Greensill Collapses and Uber in Court
Listeners to our series on Softbank Vision Fund will be interested - albeit perhaps not surprised - to hear that one of its major investments, Greensill Capital, which we covered in the episode "The N...
13 Mar 202139min
The Glass Half-Empty: Debunking "New Optimism", with Rodrigo Aguilera - Part I
This week, we have a guest on the show - Rodrigo Aguilera. Rodrigo is an economist - born in Mexico, lives in London, and his writing has appeared all over the place in various forms over the years. S...
8 Mar 20211h 2min
Graphene and the world of 2-D materials
From the discovery of graphene to the invention of Van Der Waals heterostructures, this episode explores the potential and possibilities surrounding 2D materials - and how a particular twist between l...
2 Mar 202119min
Short-Circuiting the Meaning of Life (II)
In the concluding part of this mini-series on technological implications for being human, we discuss the idea that humans will manipulate their psychology to "short-circuit" the meaning of life - and ...
25 Feb 202144min
Short-Circuiting the Meaning of Life (I)
In this experimental, unusual, and wildly speculative episode, we'll discuss philosophy, and the implications of the imagined techno-future for the unanswerable questions that have been with us since ...
22 Feb 202153min
The Democratic Challenge of Climate Change, with Professor Rebecca Willis
I sat down with Professor Rebecca Willis, author of the new book Too Hot To Handle, about the democratic challenge of climate change, how politicians deal with climate issues, the Climate Assembly her...
16 Feb 20211h 17min
Climate 201: Drawdown, Part III: Cookstoves, Co-benefits, and Conclusions
On this episode, we conclude our series examining the work of Project Drawdown and its climate mitigation solutions, and discuss the additional benefits that arise from implementing many of them.
8 Feb 202130min
