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Conversations about books, music, movies, shows, tech, culture, and more. Jim is a songwriter and leader of the band Jim’s Big Ego. He is also an author of The Wakeful Wanderer’s Guide series.
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Ben Franklin: What a real genius looks like | topic: Benjamin Franklin, Franklin's experiments, Franklin in France, American history | Jim & Lionel (opens the original)
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In this episode, Jim Infantino and Lionel explore the fascinating life of Benjamin Franklin and the British side of the American Revolution, delving into his historical significance and the lessons he offers today.Key Topics - Benjamin Franklin's early life and education - Franklin's scientific experiments with electricity - His role in the American Revolution and diplomacy in France - The influence of Franklin's writings and personality - The British side of the American Revolution and its lead
Swarms of Invading Killer Agents! | topic: Hugging Face: views of Harari, Cotra, and Newport | w/ Jim & Lionel (opens the original)
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Jim and Lionel delve into the recent hack of Hugging Face and the broader implications for AI technology. We examine recent presentations by Cal Newport, Ajeya Cotra, and Yuval Noah Harari. Some reactions have been sensationalist, anthropomorphizing the nature of the "agents" involved, some have been explicatory along the lines of what these "agents" actually may be, and why the harness matters, and some have looked at the broader implications for our culture and society.Rory Sutherland short ta
Thinking: Fast, Slow, and Why. | topic: Daniel Kahneman, Turi Munthe, Cognitive Theory, Making Decisions | a conversation with Jim & Lionel (opens the original)
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In this season 7 opener, we discuss Turi Munthe's book Why We Think What We Think and Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow . Jim Starts with a non-sequitor about Mac problems, AI search, ice cream, and meatball subs. We then dive into these two books, the first of which was recommended publicly by Rory Sutherland, and the second, and more respected work, is on some of the same issues regarding how we think and how we have evolved to make different sorts of decisions.There is a lot of talk ab
From Sodom to Hope | topic: Upstate New York, Climate Change, Wine Industry, Technology | a conversation with Julian Fisher (opens the original)
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In this episode, Julian Fisher, photo journalist and neurologist, shares his insights from his upbringing and travels and explores the fascinating revival of upstate New York amidst climate change, technological advances, and economic shifts. Does climate change have and upside? Well, regionally, perhaps it does, for now. Following the writings of Edmund Wilson, Julian has toured the vastness that is Upstate New York to create a photo journalism project that documents the changes happening north
The ultimate disaster preparedness checklist | topic: Pema Chödrön, The Bardo, Reincarnation | Jim & Lionel (opens the original)
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This week we discuss How We Live Is How We Die by Pema Chödrön . This is a Buddhist handbook for entering the Bardo of death calmly and mindfully. We talk about the view as presented by Buddhism about reincarnation, but focus on all the benefits of preparing for these moments of profound transition; not just death, but all Bardos we live through.To start, however, we discuss batteries. Jim talks about his vision of the Sodium Ion battery, now gaining traction in the world. Lionel explains how ba
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