Roger parties does a horrible job of promoting an awesome comic. We recall MathNet, what you watch when you’re young, do standards of violence and sexuality in entertainment go in cycles? All that and more. Is a slow recovery better than boom and bust?
East Meets West 297 – Migrate!
Why people feel powerless. Are we better off in tribes than we are now? Was Hobbes right? What would be the best way to be governed? Does one system work for everyone? What replaces nation-states? Migratory patterns of humans. What should immigration policy be like?
East Meets West 296 – Is the Republic lost?
Roger and Tom review the US presidential debate and Tom shares his thoughts on the first half of Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessig.
East Meets West 295 – Greasy sickness
Roger relates his water heater problems. We talk about the weather but it’s really interesting. Voting with your cups at 7-11. Our love/hate relationship with malls. Roger’s dietary issues.
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East Meets West 294 – TL;DL
We had a great show but then Tom didn’t press record. So here’s a summary of what we talked about.
East Meets West 293 – Never trust a committee
Roger and Tom talk news, politics and weather. It’s like a local news broadcast but with more theory and less hyped-up kittens in trees.
East Meets West 292 – Now, I’m hungry
We relate Roger’s experience at the San Diego Spaghetti Factory and talk a lot about food.
East Meets West 291 – Born too early
What makes a media format die? The dangers of energy drinks. Why we stay up late at home. How we related to the rave scene. What scene are you? Why Roger was born too early. The rise of the passionate employee and the community-oriented business. Why we’ll want serendipity in shopping.
East Meets West 290 – Anti-metheus
How time flies, and things slow down at the same time. Why we pick where we live. Making new friendships. How self-driving cars reduce psychoses. Stranger danger. Also Prometheus.
East Meets West 289 – No Doctors
More Doctor Who talk about why our favorite companions are our favorites and why the red shirts need a day to remember them.