Surface Tension

Surface Tension

By Grant Hale & Sharad DoshiSociety & CultureScience
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Surface Tension episodes

  • #3 - There Are No Good Opinions: Even Numbers, Right-Handedness, Rotten Tomatoes

    In this episode of Surface Tension, we discuss the systems and ideas that our opinions are rooted in, and how those have led to default right-handedness, love for even numbers, and trust in Rotten Tomatoes. 

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    19 min
  • #2 - How To Slow Life Down: AI, the Slow Movement

    In this episode of Surface Tension, we discuss the integration of artificial intelligence into humanlike tasks, the nuances that power the slow movement, and what it looks like to integrate decelerated processes in our lives.

    Timestamps(0:47) - Artificial Intelligence (QuillBot, OpenAI Playground, knowledge workers)

    (8:38) - Introducing the Slow Movement

    (11:55) - Slow aging

    (15:20) - Slow science

    (21:15) - Thrifting

    (22:05) - Vinyls

    (25:10) - How to watch movies

    (27:30) - Film photography

    (35:08) Wrapping up

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    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit surfacetensionpod.substack.com
    38 min
  • #1 - J³: Circular Fashion and the Reality of Thrifting

    For the first episode of Surface Tension, we brought in Josh Jay James, a friend, and innovator in circular fashion, to talk about all things thrift and what it means to buy into a second-hand economy.

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    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit surfacetensionpod.substack.com
    35 min
  • #0 - Introduction to Surface Tension

    An introduction to what our (Grant and Sharad's) podcast aims to explore, dissect, and discuss.

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    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit surfacetensionpod.substack.com
    2 min

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Dedicated to making you more curious about the world we live in. From uncovering creators shaping our world to interviewing academics about the nature of society and science, we break beyond the…