Myths and Problems

Erik Larson
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I talk about the problem of grounding morals in rights talk and other preoccupations of the modern era that sort of skim the surface.

  1. 01/23/2023

    oh, productivity productivity

    I gave a few brief remarks on what productivity means, and raise a few questions

  2. 01/14/2023

    Postemotional Society and Other Problems

    I give a discussion about the book I’m working on and venture into some social theory that I’ve been reading. I also talk a little bit more about Vico and a theory of history. And I finish by talking about a book called Postemotional Society.

  3. 12/03/2022

    More on Vico, on language, history, and democracy

    In this extended episode, I clear up some confusions I had with Vico in my earlier podcast today. I address in more detail his view of language, and his view of history. I also ask some questions about democracy and counting.

  4. 12/03/2022

    Thoughts on Giambattista Vico, and TikTok

    I discuss podcasting, the philosopher Vico’s ideas and history and language, and the TikTok algorithm

  5. 10/31/2022

    Poison networks, and other follies

    I review some of the history of Web 2.0, explain the google innovation, and introduced an idea for a start up

  6. 10/12/2022

    Small Data AI: The Very Idea

    I talk a little bit about the Napoleonic Turn, an article that I am attempting to get published on that topic, and then discuss the landscape for small data approaches to AI, what do we know and what do we not know?

  7. 10/02/2022

    Theories of history, and dead ends

    I talk about science and tech thinking, a simple linear model of progress, and the differences between this and larger social and cultural change

  8. 09/30/2022

    The 2008 credit crisis

    I do my best describing what happened in 2007 in 2008 with the real estate market crash

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I talk about the problem of grounding morals in rights talk and other preoccupations of the modern era that sort of skim the surface.

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  • Creator
    Erik Larson
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2023
  • Episodes
    35
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Erik Larson
  • Show Website
    Myths and Problems