Other Life

Software as Soulcraft and the Metaphysics of Engineering with Neal Davis


Listen Later

Neal Davis is a professor of computer science and the director of Urbit's Hoon School. We discuss why solving nuclear fusion might be a disaster, why Urbit computers have souls, Shinto philosophy, why you should read old books, how to select books, and much more. This was really good!

Neal Davis
✦ Neal on Twitter
✦ Neal on Urbit: ~lagrev-nocfep
Learn Hoon with Neal

Other Life
✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world OtherLife.co
✦ Get a free Urbit planet at imperceptible.computer
✦ We're building a new country at imperceptible.country

IndieThinkers.org
✦ If you're working on independent intellectual work, join the next cohort of IndieThinkers.org

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Other LifeBy Justin Murphy

  • 4.4
  • 4.4
  • 4.4
  • 4.4
  • 4.4

4.4

180 ratings


More shows like Other Life

View all
The Gist by Peach Fish Productions

The Gist

3,641 Listeners

Odd Lots by Bloomberg

Odd Lots

1,976 Listeners

EconTalk by Russ Roberts

EconTalk

4,276 Listeners

The Glenn Show by Glenn Loury

The Glenn Show

2,274 Listeners

Why Theory by Why Theory

Why Theory

582 Listeners

Red Scare by Red Scare

Red Scare

4,164 Listeners

Hermitix by Hermitix

Hermitix

357 Listeners

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat by New York Times Opinion

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

7,248 Listeners

Within Reason by Alex J O'Connor

Within Reason

1,660 Listeners

Acid Horizon by Acid Horizon

Acid Horizon

203 Listeners

Doomscroll with Joshua Citarella by Joshua Citarella

Doomscroll with Joshua Citarella

283 Listeners

UnHerd with Freddie Sayers by UnHerd

UnHerd with Freddie Sayers

218 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

16,501 Listeners

The Nietzsche Podcast by Untimely Reflections

The Nietzsche Podcast

232 Listeners

The Auron MacIntyre Show by Blaze Podcast Network

The Auron MacIntyre Show

510 Listeners