Episodes

Episode 22: Breadth vs Depth in a Techno-Postmodern Hyperspecialized World

For our fourth Wintermas podcast episode, in Episode 22 we critique the advice that we should specialize in one field or skill and dedicate as many hours as possible in training or work in order to achieve maximum success or performance.

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Episode 21: AI Alignment

For our third Wintermas podcast episode, in Episode 21 we’ll discuss examples of how we are building AI systems and what can and is going wrong with the AI systems being developed, sold, and used today.

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Episode 20: Unintended Consequences of Email

For our second Wintermas podcast episode, in Episode 20 I explore the unintended consequences of a technology you and I use every day – email.

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Episode 18: Vannevar Bush, Scientific Innovation, and Stem Cell Research

In Episode 18 we take a retrospective look at stem cell research with an eye on scientific innovation, who benefits, who should, and how much is the science worth?

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Episode 19: Interdisciplinarity

In Episode 19 we discuss interdisciplinarity–what it means, why it’s so hard, and how to do it better.

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Episode 17: The Chris Voss Negotiation Masterclass

Chris Voss was the FBI’s lead international kidnapping negotiator, and so in Episode 17 we have a mini-episode featuring a look at Chris Voss’s “The Art of Negotiation” Masterclass.

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