4 episodes
Five (College*) Guys Andre Ye
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- Society & Culture
Five early-entrance college students meet up to talk about everything from culture to technology to philosophy.
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Ep. 4 | Standards of Living: Progress, Subjectivity, and Technology
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Ep. 3 | Education as Social Technology: Means, Ends, and the Nature of Learning
At the conclusion of Spring Quarter, we discuss education as a social technology of unification and division via education's means and ends, as well as its implications for how individuals and societies understand the nature of learning.
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Ep. 2 | Social Media & The Information Age: Progress, Randomness, and the Trajectory of Human Innovation
In this episode, we discuss social media and its limitations, randomness, and the nature of progress.
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Ep. 1 | COVID-19 and Artwork: Autoencoders, the Purpose of Art, and Philosophy of Mind
In this podcast episode, we discuss how COVID-19 has transformed our lives - in some ways for the worse and in other ways for the better. We talk about the transformation of art as a result of COVID and the purpose of art itself, with a touch of philosophy on the end to boot.