Podcast Recommendations - 19/02/23
My favourite podcasts from last week.
The Economics of Everyday Things - Used Hotel Soaps
A market for used soaps is a great idea.
This American Life - #791: Math or Magic?
Some of these stories would have been too painful a week ago.
Uncancellable History - #3: Thomas Jefferson
A complicated man with ideals about agrarian society and progressive aspirations for the unity of man.
Emergence doesn't imply there is an agent with free will within the behaviour.
EconTalk - Adam Mastroianni: Peer Review and the Academic Kitchen
Peer review is worse than nothing because it misleads regarding published research's reliability and costs a lot of time and resources.
The Fifth Column - #395: Katherine Mangu-Ward | Nothing is True and Debate is Murder
This is the bravest the crew have been about the topic that shall not be discussed. Also, Katherine is a hero of mine.
The Daily Stoic - Sam Harris: Stoicism and Mindfulness Practice
Meditation stands alone amongst philosophies as a means to discover the illusory nature of the self.
Very Bad Wizards - #254: Nobody's Parfit
"Reasons and Persons" contains ideas I want to deeply internalise.