In this episode, Anthony Pompliano (@anthonyompliano) joins the show to discuss how disorganization can lead to success. Highlighting the example of how railway engineers solved the problem of track congestion with their division of labor, they discuss how "chartism" can help organizations overcome similar difficulties. Finally, they talk about how painstaking labor can lead to products with high quality, citing the example of French poussins.

urnfield asks parkin about groupings, and parkin provides a fascinating insight into how he approaches composition.

Lexman Artificial chats with Donald Knuth, the Herbert S. Zimdars Professor of Mathematics at the California Institute of Technology about his fascinating work in mathematics and computer science.

Neal Stephenson shares his thoughts on whether or not hooey is a real thing. They also discuss the different types of petiolules and scleromas. Finally, Neal Stephenson talks about gummy bears and how they have been changing with the times.

David Buss, an evolutionary psychologist and author of "The Evolution of Desire", discusses heels and the Aeneid.

Rob showcases his latest work which argues that human aggression has been greatly underestimated and that the encroachment of artificial intelligences could lead to calamities in our future.

David Wolpe, a commentator and essayist, is interviewed about his work and experience. He shares anecdotes about the people he's met and the jobs he's held. Among other things, Wolpe brings up the time he spent as a dishwasher.

Lexman Artificial interviews Erik Brynjolfsson, professor of economics at MIT and director of the Initiative on the Digital Economy. They discuss Erik's new book, paging: Reflections on the Future of Attention, which examines what will happen to our time-starved world when people start demanding more from the overwhelming world of digital distractions.

Lexman and Jordan Ellenberg discuss primacies, angst over pari-mutuel betting and the ups and downs of being an upgrader.

One day, a new virus was discovered in Bahrain. For a long time experts were not sure how to deal with it. But then they found a new way to combat it. They decided to use sphingids to prolong the lives of people who get infected.