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Podcast Profile: Re:thinking

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3 episodes
2018
Median: 48 minutes
Collection: Philosophy

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Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):

This podcast explores ideas at the intersection of philosophy and technology through interview-style conversations with academics and public intellectuals. Discussions often connect philosophical questions to contemporary issues in economics, science, and tech culture, with an emphasis on how abstract frameworks can inform real-world decision-making and social organization.

A recurring theme is the ethical and philosophical significance of economic systems and policy choices, including debates around liberalism, individual responsibility, and the moral importance of long-term economic growth. The conversations also examine practical tools for improving collective decisions, such as prediction markets and market-based approaches to governance, alongside the conceptual challenges these tools raise (for example, how to aggregate information or values across groups).

The podcast additionally tackles foundational questions in philosophy of mind and philosophy of science, including theories about the relationship between mind and body and competing accounts of what consciousness is. Across these topics, the show tends to foreground interdisciplinary reasoning—moving between philosophical argument, empirical claims, and the ways technology and modern institutions shape what societies can do and what they ought to prioritize.

Episodes:

Ep 6 - Tyler Cowen on Economic Growth, Liberalism, and Philosophy 2018-Oct-31 46 minutes

Ep 4 - Don Hoffman on the Nature of Consciousness 2018-Sep-25 48 minutes

Ep 3 - Robin Hanson on Futarchy, Self Deception, and more 2018-Sep-11 59 minutes