High-low brow conversations about culture, science, and tech. With hosts Joey Camire, Aaron Powers, and executive producer/nerd herder Jess Vander. SYLVAIN is a strategy and design company.
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High-low brow conversations about culture, science, and tech. With hosts Joey Camire, Aaron Powers, and executive producer/nerd herder Jess Vander. SYLVAIN is a strategy and design company.
What if we've become less willing to sacrifice our pawns to take the queen? This week, Jess and Joey talk about Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Obama, game theory, defaulting to passion, and nuclear weapons. They don’t talk about David Lightman. references * The Ezra Klein Show: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-ta-nehisi-coates.html) * Nash equilibrium (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_equilibrium) * Mutual assured destruction (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_assured_destruction) * A Beautiful Mind * Pareto principle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle)
Critical Nonsense
High-low brow conversations about culture, science, and tech. With hosts Joey Camire, Aaron Powers, and executive producer/nerd herder Jess Vander. SYLVAIN is a strategy and design company.
