Uncertain Things

Unlike most #tech these days, #Democracy is inefficient by design. That's a good thing. Full conversation w/ the authors of System Error - @Stanford profs @mehran_sahami, @robreich & Jeremy Weinstein - on @ApplePodcasts or wherever you get your #podcasts podcasts.apple.com/il/podcas…

A few moons ago, @EliLake suggested we reach out to @jkirchick if we REALLY wanted to debate about the word "queer" and the "queer movement." Well, we did, & Jamie didn't disappoint🔥. Get the full, spicy episode on uncertain.substack.com or wherever you get your #podcasts

Audience favorite @Peter_Turchin returns! We pick up where we left off & ask: how do we prevent all-out civil war? Well, Peter says, we averted collapse before, during the New Deal era, when elites chose reform over their own self-interest. But are we too selfish to do so again?

We asked @sfiscience's David Krakauer about #AI & he was concerned—not just about its capacity to make us mentally flabbier, but for what it could mean for #science. Imagine, say, that #TychoBrahe had had a #supercomputer ... what would we have lost? #uncertainthings #podcast

One of our fav moments from our convo with cultural commentator @WDeresiewicz, in which he laments that #artists in the internet age (i.e. the #content age) have become beholden (enslaved?) to #fans. Oh for the days when artists were in charge of the #art. Full episode out now.

To all our listeners in hetero relationships, @NellieBowles has a message for you: Bring accidental babies back. Full episode: uncertain.substack.com/p/san…

Like many Millennials, your #podcast hosts are mighty ambivalent about having #kids. @NellieBowles is ... not. "100% have children. It is the most amazing thing. You HAVE to do it." Do we? Do we though? #uncertain Full ep: uncertain.substack.com/p/san…

Somehow, for all its #progressive ideals, #SF turned cruel. Listen to the full episode w/ @NellieBowles wherever you get your #podcasts #UncertainThings

When @bungarsargon came on the #podcast to discuss "Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy," we mostly snarked about media's blindspots & biases. But when we got to the topic of liberal #democracy, & Jews place w/in it, the conversation turned surprisingly sincere.

Is our current state of social division permanent or temporary? @mgurri doesn't know, but he's damn sure about one thing. Things won't get better if we keep living our lives online. Full convo: uncertain.substack.com/p/nia…