Stop To Think

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about moon bases and how they're both possible but yet still technically challenging. We also talk about the advantage space economies, specifically, moon bases, give to the people who are behind them. 

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about making mistakes. I talk about a recent mistake I made and how the best way to fix a mistake is to prevent it from occurring again and to find the most efficient way of repairing the damage the mistake caused. Playing the blame game and making someone feel miserable about a mistake is usually counterproductive. 

In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about the current political divide in the U.S. We discuss the possibility of the divide eventually transforming into a Civil War 2. Fortunately, this seems unlikely, as a civil war over differing political views would be difficult and very costly to wager. 

In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about how one-sided media coverage alienated a large percentage of the population to the point that they decided to elect Trump. If this sort of coverage continues throughout the Biden Presidency, it would be possible to see a repeat of the same sort of Trump-like candidate getting elected in 2024. 

Episode 6 of Stop To Think is about the notion of being self-made. Many people who end up successful attribute their success in life to mainly their own efforts. While personal effort certainly does play a part in success, there are many other factors that go into becoming successful as well. This episode talks about how success is subjective and how the notion of being successful is largely based on your personal view of success. This is followed by some comments on how there are a multitude of contributing factors to success, so one person is never fully responsible for making it big. Every successful person always has a team of supporters who were working behind the scenes. 

This episode of Stop To Think is about the censorship situation that was sweeping the US at the time of it's recording. Specifically some of the consequences of censorship and why in general it's usually not a good idea to censor people.

In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about how sometimes when you try to help someone you do more harm than good. Specifically when you try to make something easier for someone else. We talk about how this seems to apply to interpersonal relationships as well as to whole groups. 

In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about some of the ethical issues that autonomous cars will bring about. As usual, ethics are tricky at best, downright troublesome at worst so we don't exactly solve anything but it's an interesting discussion all the same. 

In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about autonomous cars and some of the ramifications associated with their rollout. 

Bonus Statistics: 6 million car accidents per year in the U.S.

3 million people are injured every year in the U.S. in car accidents. 

90 people die in car accidents every day.

Welcome to the first episode of the Stop To Think Podcast (S2T). In this episode, we talk about the recent storming of the capital building and how many of the people involved with that debacle probably didn't think the whole matter through. I'm your host Chandler. I'm nothing special but I do like to think about things and discuss interesting ideas. I think a lot of the problems we have in life are caused by spending too little time thinking. In this podcast, we're going to break topics down and think about them a little bit. With any luck, some good will come out of it.