Ramptons Radio

A conversation with my friend Rueben Berg, a Gunditjmara man, about a variety of topics related to Indigenous Australia. Rueben talks about what it's like to be Aboriginal, what it means to be Aboriginal, and what the future might hold for Aboriginals and Australian society more broadly.

For the first time, on this episode of Ramptons Radio I'm joined by a guest! The amazing RJB - Rueben J Berg - takes a seat at the Ramptons Radio table to discuss whether or not we have free will. Rueben and I agree that we probably don't, but we explore some interesting nuances throughout the discussion.

Absolutely everything you know about the universe is an arbitrary definition you created yourself, built on axioms you assumed to be true, and is not a true reflection of reality. Here's Tom with the weather.

Dangerous idea: we should just award "Australian of the Year" to whoever pays the most tax. In this episode, I talk about ways to align the incentives of the super-rich with the rest of society, and learn the lesson of releasing a podcast 7 days after recording it (in which Bezos has announced a $10B climate change fund that I was unaware of at the time).

A thought about why taking an extreme position in a public debate can be useful, even if you don't convince anyone around to your point of view.