How retirement is changing, movement of people in history, mutability of history, argument vs. debate.
East Meets West 363 – The President’s First Year
We talk about what has actually been accomplished by the US government in the first year.
East Meets West 362 – Never Retire
Can you avoid the news? How’s the President doing? Economic confidence. Retirement.
East Meets West 361 -Politics
Politics, from Catalonia to New Zealand and China and beyond. Also housing.
East Meets West 360 – White People are Like–
Tom tries to explain white people to Roger.
East Meets West 359 – Flood of Emotions
Houston hurricanes, Do we need aliens to bring us together? Why we localize tragedies.
East Meets West 358 – AI AIn’t AIfrAId
Talking about what to talk about, the inability to have rational discussions, blurring of demography and geography, the psychology of uncertainty, will automation disrupt jobs.
East Meets West 357 – Too Much TV
We check in on Doctor Who, is TV TOO good? Are we influencing TV too much? Touring the world through Netflix.
East Meets West 356 – Back to History
The end of history, the beginning of history, and why we get so upset about politics.
East Meets West 355 – New State Boundaries?
Governments are made of people, one problem with government is scale, do we need to disrupt representative democracy? Should we redraw state borders? Do we need a new social contract?