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Re:thinking is an interdisciplinary podcast exploring ideas at the intersection of philosophy and technology.Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Philosophy–technology intersections • economic growth and liberalism • ethics of prosperity and aggregation • Silicon Valley and society • consciousness and mind–body problem • philosophy of science • prediction markets, futarchy, self-deception economicsThis podcast explores topics where philosophy, economics, and technology intersect through interview-style conversations with academics and public intellectuals. Across the episodes, discussion often centers on how societies make decisions under uncertainty and what frameworks—moral, political, and epistemological—should guide those choices. Economic questions feature prominently, including the role of long-run growth in human welfare, how to weigh and aggregate competing values, and what liberal principles might imply for policy and institutional design in a technologically driven world. The show also examines alternative governance and decision tools such as prediction markets, using them to probe incentives, information aggregation, and the limits of conventional politics.
Alongside social and economic themes, the podcast engages foundational questions in philosophy of mind and philosophy of science, including debates about consciousness and the relationship between mind and body. These conversations connect abstract philosophical positions to broader implications for how we understand reality, knowledge, and explanation. The overall content is interdisciplinary and concept-driven, moving between normative arguments about what should matter (e.g., prosperity, responsibility, freedom) and analytic exploration of how people and institutions actually think and behave, including topics like self-deception.
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Ep 6 - Tyler Cowen on Economic Growth, Liberalism, and Philosophy 2018-Oct-31 46 minutes |
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Ep 4 - Don Hoffman on the Nature of Consciousness 2018-Sep-25 48 minutes |
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Ep 3 - Robin Hanson on Futarchy, Self Deception, and more 2018-Sep-11 59 minutes |