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  • 234. Tidiness
    In the new year, many will try to develop habits of keeping their homes & workspaces tidy, but maybe their longing for uncluttered space is driven more by a set of cultural biases than any sort of practical advantage.
    https://youtu.be/V3VoO7Xr2TQ
    10 min
  • 233. The View from Nowhere & Aliens
    In Star Trek: The Next Generation, Q is a bit of a puzzle - on the one hand, he's an incomprehensibly intelligent being from outside time & space. On the other hand, he's incredibly aggravating & petty. One might say that, with such phenomenal insight, he should be more objective...but what does that mean, exactly?
    https://youtu.be/gmJYsgGUAm4
    10 min
  • 232. Design vs. Repair
    Apple has built their brand on a fanatical commitment to design, but their devices can be straight-up hostile when it comes to repair & maintenance. Maybe one leads to the other.
    https://youtu.be/8PfDRgEud2s
    14 min
  • 234. Tidiness

    In the new year, many will try to develop habits of keeping their homes & workspaces tidy, but maybe their longing for uncluttered space is driven more by a set of cultural biases than any sort of practical advantage.

    Video: http://youtu.be/V3VoO7Xr2TQ

    Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2023/01/05/234.-Tidiness.html

    10 min
  • 233. The View from Nowhere and Aliens

    In Star Trek: The Next Generation, Q is a bit of a puzzle - on the one hand, he’s an incomprehensibly intelligent being from outside time and space. On the other hand, he’s incredibly aggravating and petty. One might say that, with such phenomenal insight, he should be more objective…but what does that mean, exactly?

    Video: http://youtu.be/gmJYsgGUAm4

    Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2022/12/14/233.-The-View-from-Nowhere-and-Aliens.html

    10 min
  • 232. Repair vs. Design

    Apple has built their brand on a fanatical commitment to design, but their devices can be straight-up hostile when it comes to repair & maintenance. Maybe one leads to the other.

    Video: http://youtu.be/8PfDRgEud2s

    Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2022/11/24/232.-Repair-vs.-Design.html

    14 min
  • 231. Self-Bullshit

    Have you ever watched in horror as someone systematically, deliberately makes every wrong decision necessary for disaster? Philosopher Leslie Howe advances a theory that may help to explain the phenomenon: it’s easy to ignore warning signs if you buy your own bullshit.

    Video: http://youtu.be/8CrbNNwirkI

    Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2022/11/12/231.-Self-Bullshit.html

    9 min
  • 231. Self-Bullsh*t
    https://youtu.be/8CrbNNwirkI
    Have you ever watched in horror as someone systematically, deliberately makes every wrong decision necessary for disaster? Philosopher Leslie Howe advances a theory that may help to explain the phenomenon: it’s easy to ignore warning signs if you buy your own bullshit.
    Links for the Curious -
    Bullshit as a practical strategy for self‐deceptive narrators (Howe, 2022) - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/phil.12318
    ‘Pizzagate’ gunman says he was foolish, reckless, mistaken — and sorry - The Washington Post
    Lies, Bullshit and Fake News (MacKenzie & Batt, 2020) - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42438-019-00085-4
    A Slice Of Pragmatism: Navigating The Pizzagate Conspiracy, Bullshit and Fake News in the Post-Truth Era (Jones, 2019) - https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/bitstream/handle/10822/1061163/Jones,%20Madeline%202019.pdf?sequence=1
    Bullshit as a Problem of Social Epistemology (Wakeham, 2017) - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joshua-Wakeham/publication/315321666_Bullshit_as_a_Problem_of_Social_Epistemology/links/5a14dce7aca27273c9eb0ea0/Bullshit-as-a-Problem-of-Social-Epistemology.pdf
    On Bullshit (Frankfurt, 1986) - http://www2.csudh.edu/ccauthen/576f12/frankfurt__harry_-_on_bullshit.pdf
    Warrant and action (Gerken, 2011) - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-009-9655-0
    Components of Vested Interest and
    Attitude-Behavior Consistency (Crano & Prislin, 1995) - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Radmila-Prislin/publication/247808633_Components_of_Vested_Interest_and_Attitude-Behavior_Consistency/links/54adca260cf2213c5fe4199c/Components-of-Vested-Interest-and-Attitude-Behavior-Consistency.pdf
    Self-Regulatory Aspects of Bullshitting and Bullshit Detection (Petrocelli et al, 2020) - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341055056_Self-Regulatory_Aspects_of_Bullshitting_and_Bullshit_Detection/link/5f654c24a6fdcc00862d1395/download
    Probably not the best idea I’ve ever had (Mistie Knight) - https://www.instagram.com/p/ChiYvGOJz5I/?hl=en
    Expensive Fails: Mo Money, Mo Fails | FailArmy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaWn4VP37SU
    9 min
  • 230. Advertising

    Ads are everywhere, & find their way into more places every day. Companies spend hundreds of billions of dollars shilling for their products. But theres a question we havent answered conclusively: do they work?

    Video: http://youtu.be/iln8PuiQ8kk

    Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2022/10/12/230.-Advertising.html

    11 min
  • 230. Advertising
    Ads are everywhere, & find their way into more places every day. Companies spend hundreds of billions of dollars every year shilling for their products. But there’s a question we haven’t answered conclusively: do ads *work?*
    https://youtu.be/iln8PuiQ8kk
    11 min

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