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Because why not.

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Details: side note - three hidden assumptions; World Model 2; the news; Eight M's - A cheatsheet for quick collection and analysis; impressions of the Times and Fox; applying the eight M's; messages and the messengers. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re25

Air date: Friday, 21st Oct. 2022, 11 : 30 PM Eastern/US.

0:00:00 side note - three hidden assumptions;

0:02:25 World Model 2;

0:03:08 the news;

0:06:00 eight M's - a cheatsheet for quick collection and analysis;

0:07:15 impressions of the Times and Fox;

0:14:27 applying the eight M's;

0:16:54 messages and the messengers.

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We're not going to talk; we're going to do.

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Details: a crisis; World Model 1; against method; Don't talk. Do.; chimps and bonobos and inquiry; changing tacks. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re24

Air date: Thursday, 20th Oct. 2022, 11 : 20 PM Eastern/US.

0:00:00 a crisis;

0:01:21 World Model 1;

0:03:39 against method;

0:06:04 Don't talk. Do.;

0:07:52 chimps and bonobos and inquiry;

0:10:59 changing tacks.

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What's going on out there is hard to know and the deadlines are real.

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Details: get serious; What the hell is he talking about?; What is a world model?; Why do we need a world model?; not winging it. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re23

Air date: Wednesday, 19th Oct. 2022, 10 : 35 PM Eastern/US.

0:00:00 get serious;

0:01:01 What the hell is he talking about?;

0:02:52 What is a world model?;

0:05:22 Why do we need a world model?;

0:09:57 not winging it.

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One hypothesis to rule them all.

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Details: eleven is a lot; simplifying and integrating; H12: Computer Control; this is going somewhere. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re22

Air date: Wednesday, 19th Oct. 2022, 12 : 15 AM Eastern/US.

0:00:00 eleven is a lot;

0:04:06 simplifying and integrating;

0:07:05 H12: Computer Control;

0:10:41 this is going somewhere.

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Real deadlines are happening all around us, all the time.

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Details: the darkness; 'last-time' thought experiments; good or bad; windows of opportunity. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re21

Air date: Sunday, 16th Oct. 2022, 11 : 50 PM Eastern/US.

0:00:00 the darkness;

0:05:46 'last-time' thought experiments;

0:12:53 good or bad;

0:16:25 windows of opportunity.

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Real deadlines make allocating resources hard.

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Details: do or die; the fog of the future; hypotheses and deadlines; your groups and resources; feedback loops; the Fermi paradox. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re20

Air date: Sunday, 16th Oct. 2022, 11 : 25 PM Eastern/US.

0:00:00 do or die;

0:02:19 the fog of the future;

0:04:21 hypotheses and deadlines;

0:10:25 your groups and resources;

0:13:13 feedback loops;

0:17:28 the Fermi paradox.

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What we think now is going to matter a lot to our future.

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Details: simplifying the hypotheses; H12—computer control; nature; GNR, GCR, B&R; what's GOOT matters most to the future; getting it wrong. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re19

Air date: Monday, 10th Oct. 2022, 2 : 30 AM Eastern/US.

0:00:00 simplifying the hypotheses;

0:03:40 H12—computer control;

0:05:25 nature;

0:06:19 GNR, GCR, B&R;

0:10:14 what's GOOT matters most to the future;

0:12:38 getting it wrong.

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On 'current history', or what might be going on out there.

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Details: what's GOOT; current history; hypotheses [and some predictions]; What's next? Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re17

Air date: Monday, 7th Mar. 2022, 4 : 20 PM Eastern/US.

0:00:00 what's GOOT;

0:01:35 current history;

0:04:30 hypotheses [and some predictions];

0:13:38 What's next?

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