The Cultures

By The Cultures

Adrian Hon, Andrea Phillips, and Naomi Alderman talk about technology, books, publishing, games, science, religion, films, TV, politics, and how to live a good life.... more

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The Cultures episodes:

May 21, 2017201: Slacks, Loans, Boring
How to do Slack?

How to Predict If a Borrower Will Pay You Back

The appeal of boring

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35min
May 14, 2017200: Disney Star Wars LARP, SCP, Diverse Teams Are Better
An official Disney Star Wars LARP experience?

The SCP wiki (top rated entries, mysterious NY subway)

More diverse teams make better decisions but believe they've made worse ones (Harvard Business Review article, Tim Harford's book, Messy)

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30min
May 07, 2017199: Shared Blockbots, Reinventing the Nation-State, Non-Jokes
The dangers of shared blockbots

Reinventing the nation-state Part 2: a modest proposition

Things that sound like jokes, but aren't (Thor 3 trailer)

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44min
April 30, 2017198: Girls and Sexism, What is Your Time Worth?, Inbox Zero
(Sorry for the poor audio quality at the end of the podcast)

Girls believe men are smarter as early as 6 years old

First-born children have better thinking skills

What is your time worth?

Inbox Zero is superfun poison

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33min
April 23, 2017197: Drone Poop, British Isles population, Scotland!, True Crime podcasts
Drones that collect dog poop

Population of the British Isles (commentary)

Why move to Scotland? aka: what's going to happen in the future?

True Crime podcasts: Serial, S-Town, etc.

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33min
April 16, 2017196: Games We Wouldn't Play, Future of Cinema, Ideas
What is a game you would never ever play?

Future of cinema

Where do we get our ideas from?

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39min
April 09, 2017195: Secularism leading to Trumpism, Big Policies, Dinner with Opposite-Sex Friends
Secularism leads to Trumpism?

Big policies are needed

Having dinner with an opposite-sex friend

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42min
April 02, 2017194: Stomping on Dreams, Picking on Adrian (Turn Touch), Trans Things
Stomping on Dreams (The Fantasy of Being Thin)

Picking on Adrian (Turn Touch)

Trans Things

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44min
March 26, 2017193: Zelda, Yakuza 0, Batman (Telltale), Oxenfree, Horizon Zero Dawn
Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Yakuza 0

Batman (Telltale)

Oxenfree

Horizon: Zero Dawn

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33min
March 19, 2017192: Politics!, Mar-a-Lago, The New Hotness
Politics is Hurting Productivity

What the Fuck Just Happened Today

The Loyal Opposition, Adrian's newsletter

What would you use a free membership to Mar-a-Lago for?

What to do when you aren't working on the new hotness (e.g. VR)

George Saunders article

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42min

FAQs about The Cultures:

How many episodes does The Cultures have?

The podcast currently has 285 episodes available.