Milo talks about meeting his dad’s long-secret half-sister, which leads into the topic of nature and nurture and also Canadian parking ticket bureaucracy. Shawn reveals his weird superpower. We talk about how approaches to public works and urban planning differ in California versus New York and other places. We return to the question of how to unstick your life and spend quite a bit of time on that.

Mentioned in this episode

Touching the void (2003) film about a pair of climbers, a fateful decision, and the aftermath

Into Thin Air book by Jon Krakauer about an ill-fated expedition to climb Everest

The Only Constant is Change (text animation by MiLo)

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