Is it moral for someone with no consequences to give advice? What if he stands to only gain and not lose? Is it foolish to receive such advice?
Steadfast in his advice not to look at people's stock advice but their stock portfolio, Taleb explores these questions in 'Skin in the Game'.
In this week's episode, we dive into the work of Taleb, famed for 'Black Swan', which many see as the doomsday prediction before the 2008 financial crisis.
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Is it moral for someone with no consequences to give advice? What if he stands to only gain and not lose? Is it foolish to receive such advice?
Steadfast in his advice not to look at people's stock advice but their stock portfolio, Taleb explores these questions in 'Skin in the Game'.
In this week's episode, we dive into the work of Taleb, famed for 'Black Swan', which many see as the doomsday prediction before the 2008 financial crisis.
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Is it moral for someone with no consequences to give advice? What if he stands to only gain and not lose? Is it foolish to receive such advice?
Steadfast in his advice not to look at people's stock advice but their stock portfolio, Taleb explores these questions in 'Skin in the Game'.
In this week's episode, we dive into the work of Nassim Taleb, famed for 'Black Swan', which many see as the doomsday prediction before the 2008 financial crisis.
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What do you find inside a Kinder Surprise Egg? In this documentary, it is philosopher Slavoj Zizek, squeezing the last drops of ideology from well-loved movies. From Taxi Driver to the Dark Knight to The Sound of Music he takes us through it all.
In this week's episode, the crew shares its thoughts on Slavoj's ideas and our take on the very notion of ideology.
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Does the devil bear fangs? Horns? Visible malice, perhaps? In the work explored this week we meet a seemingly angelic creature that bestows all that a man asks. Except what his heart truly needs and that he realises all too late.
In this week's episode we talk about The Twilight Zone episode "A Nice Place To Visit". We explore the ideas of heaven, hell, and being careful what one wishes for.
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With a background in martial arts and strength training, Ido Portal learnt that the common connection among his interests had been glaring him in the face the whole time. Movement. An online personality who is an expert in the domain of movement, Ido Portal sits with Andrew Huberman, the neuroscientist and podcaster, to discuss just that.
In this week's episode, our crew discusses that conversation and our thoughts about it.
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An unfaithful wife finds herself a suspect in her lover's murder. An abandoned child reunites with his transgender father. A group of kids dabbles in the world of crime after a watch-party goes wrong.
An unfaithful wife, an unrelenting godman, an estranged transgender father, and a foolish group of boys. God, love, and sexuality weave through their stories bringing them together for well or ill. Impacting others' lives they go through a day in their life, pondering questions that deserve a lifetime to ponder. In this week's episode, we ponder those questions.
Super Deluxe is a 2019 Tamil-language Indian film directed by Thiagarajan Kumararaja.
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Is it possible for a single entity, a great big government staffed by millions of highly intelligent members, to efficiently manufacture a typical pencil?
Milton Friedman argues no.
In Free to Choose, Milton attempts to express how complex systems, whether education, healthcare, or gadget production, are more efficiently managed and developed without any top-down coordination in an economy.
In this episode we will explore the ideas embedded into Milton Friedman's TV series Free to Choose.
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Is it possible for a single entity, a great big government staffed by millions of highly intelligent members, to efficiently manufacture a typical pencil?
Milton Friedman argues no.
In Free to Choose, Milton attempts to express how complex systems, whether education, healthcare, or gadget production, are more efficiently managed and developed without any top-down coordination in an economy.
In this episode we will explore the ideas embedded into Milton Friedman's TV series Free to Choose.
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Is religion a scripture? Is it a tolerance (or intolerance) mechanism? Or is it just a broad set of dietary rules?
This week we dive into Nassim Taleb's article 'Religion, Violence, Tolerance & Progress: Nothing to do with Theology'. The 'Black Swan' and 'Anti-Fragile' author dives into the history and social consequences of religion beyond the mere scriptures. Speaking of diets and even intolerance as methods for the propagation of religion he opens new avenues in thinking about religion.
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Have you ever wondered why you believe what you believe? What about certain claims made you believe in them? Was it the evidence? Or perhaps the trust you had in the person who shared those ideas with you? Or what about the logic behind them?
Today we explore the ideas embedded in Dr. Peter Marston's brilliant article: "The Rhetoric of Extraordinary Claim".
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Young Frankenstein is Mel Brooks' take on a classic. The 1974 film that interprets the Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, 'Frankenstein', stars Gene Wilder in the titular role.
This week, we discuss the influence of 'Frankenstein', the movie's interpretation of the original work, the homages it pays to other movies portraying it, and it's interesting brand of comedy.
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Young Frankenstein is Mel Brooks' take on a classic. The 1974 film that interprets the Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, 'Frankenstein', stars Gene Wilder in the titular role.
This week, we discuss the influence of 'Frankenstein', the movie's interpretation of the original work, the homages it pays to other movies portraying it, and it's interesting brand of comedy.
Music by @fyahpundrums
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What is a man's relationship with the world? Can one relate to the world beyond the discrete borders of one's being? Austrian philosopher Martin Buber explores.
'Ich and Du', translated as 'I and Thou', is this week's topic of discussion. Written by Martin Buber in 1923, it discusses a borderless way of viewing the world, of seeing a greater 'Thou' beyond a simplistic 'it'.
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What is a man's relationship with the world? Can one relate to the world beyond the discrete borders of one's being? Austrian philosopher Martin Buber explores.
'Ich and Du', translated as 'I and Thou', is this week's topic of discussion. Written by Martin Buber in 1923, it discusses a borderless way of viewing the world, of seeing a greater 'Thou' beyond a simplistic 'it'.
Music by @fyahpundrums
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In a moment of frustration against the industry that gave him his life, a little known chef sets upon writing a tell-all into the dark secrets of his industry. He talks about how ordering steak well-made is for suckers and informs the best days to visit restaurants. That insider article, and later book, shot that chef to stardom.
This week we discuss Anthony Bourdain's 1999 New Yorker article, 'Don't Eat Before Reading This'. We dive into restaurants, the inner machinations, and the work of the legend, Anthony Bourdain.
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The Great Debaters - Words As Weapons
This week we discuss The Great Debaters, a 2007 film directed and starred in by Denzel Washington. We discuss race, the power of advocacy through debate, and the idea of civil disobedience.
In the Jim Crow south of the 1930s, an all black debate team finds an opportunity they could only dream of: debating a white college debate team. As they string together success after success, they bump into the greatest opportunity of all, debating Harvard. The journey towards this goal is filled with lessons about race, their place in the world, and the tools at their disposal to advocate for themselves.
This week we discuss The Great Debaters, a 2007 film directed and starred in by Denzel Washington. We discuss race, the power of advocacy through debate, and the idea of civil disobedience.
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In Isaac Asimov's seminal short story "The Last Question", humanity, over several generations, continually asks a supercomputer—evolving in complexity from Multivac to AC—how the encroachment of entropy and the potential heat death of the universe can be averted. As civilizations rise and fall, and technology advances to unimaginable heights, the question persists, echoing the fears and curiosity of a species desperate to understand the ultimate fate of the cosmos.
