Synthetic A Priori

Affordances, Category Theory, Convexity of Social Media


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Introduction: 00:00
Introducing the podcast


Part 1: 00:30
Social media, convexity, and data ownership


Mentioned:

  • Bob Moesta, co-creator of Jobs to be Done theory
  • The New England Complex Systems Institute, NECSI
  • Nassim Taleb's Antifragile
  • Ben Thompson on owning your media


Part 2: 19:50
Category theory, affordances, jobs to be done, reference frames for types (when a temperature becomes a fever)


Mentioned:

  • The Khan-style YouTube video: Category Theory on a Desert Island
  • "Shaping" and "appetite" refer to my book Shape Up
  • J.J. Gibson's book on affordances: The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception
  • Wolfram's Physics Project, and Relations to Category Theory live stream
  • Rich Hickey, author of Clojure, and his talk on Values vs. Place-Oriented Programming
  • Stuart Kauffman's Screwdriver Problem
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Synthetic A PrioriBy Ryan Singer

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