Chasing The Wind

References

Molecular gastronomy

Why children dislike bitter foods

Takoyaki (recipe)

Oyakodon (recipe)

Spelt (bread recipe)

Levain Bakery (reconstructed recipe)

The Great British Bake Off

Baked cauliflower recipe (but Avi recommends slicing them thinner if possible)

Nutrition restaurant

James Morton's Macaron recipe

Dario's pasta shop

References

Sam Harris Kill the Buddha article

Opiate of the masses

Noble Lie

Cycle of death and rebirth

Deontology/moral forbiddences

Stross/future shock

References

Neil Gaiman

Crisis in Syria

Ayn Rand

Alawites

Othering

Potter Puppet Pals - Neville's Birthday ("I speak from the heart: nobody likes you")

Dunbar's number

Slate Star - global culture vs local culture

In this episode we start from scratch and build a world in which to tell stories.

References

Dominion

MTG Improv

The Singularity

Charles Stross

Vernor Vinge

Questionable Content

Red Mars

Mistborn

Philosopher's zombie

Last Night (movie, 1998)

Quiverfull movement

Ringworld

HPMOR

Talleyrand

Foundation (Asimov)

D&D

Story of Your Life (Ted Chiang)

Chase the wind (Name of the Wind).  Chasing the wind is hard to describe compactly, but mainly it's walking in the world and learning deep things by being open to experience.

Cycle of death and rebirth

Starchild

Evangelion

In this episode we discuss the making of things, including things we want to make, maker spaces, how to learn to make, and safety when making.

References

Fire staff

Aang/Avatar

Makerspace

Artisan's Asylum

Simone's bad robots

Mythbusters

Milling machine

Terminal/command line

Tested.com

Bio makerspace

PCR

Open PCR machine

Thermoelectric heating and cooling - peltier

Bioluminescence

Cellulose digestion

Biomineralization

Mandala

In this episode we discuss what it means to have a legacy, how it can inform your daily choices, the legacies of some modern day people, and how legacy has changed as a motivation in scientific work.

References

Gates Foundation

Elon Musk

Jeff Bezos

Amazon interfaces article: https://plus.google.com/117527659577068654649/posts/Gv6h93eBV5Z

10000 Year Clock

Tesla

Andrew Carnegie

Gilded Age

"Ems"

Theoretical yield (biology/chemistry)

In this episode we discuss how we organize things for ourselves, and compare strategies.

References

Evernote

Workflowy

"The Secret Weapon"

Node.js

Magisteria

In this episode we discuss how to make things accessible to many people, whether this is a good idea, and who does it well. In an effort to make things more accessible, we are including a list of references with every episode so folks can understand what we're talking about!

References

Slate Star Codex article on reversing advice you hear

Yegge article