Enrico Fermi thought we should have heard from aliens by now…did they all suffer some disastrous fate? If so, how might we avoid it?

Video: http://youtu.be/pcV4nrzs1SU

Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2014/07/23/37.-Fermi's-Paradox-and-Avoiding-Apocalypse.html

Video games generally aren’t great at representing morality as complexly as other media, but there’s surprising depth to the medium itself.

Video: http://youtu.be/xmRkuBCPrfk

Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2014/07/16/36.-Morality-and-Choice-in-Video-Games.html

The debate about health care is a complex & important one. Maybe we shouldn’t complicate it with nont-sequiturs & rhetoric.

Video: http://youtu.be/filvEYpLawY

Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2014/07/09/35.-Health-Care-Rhetoric.html

Big data is finding weird correlations in everything, but how would you like it running something like government?

Video: http://youtu.be/MweJfor3Q6I

Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2014/07/02/34.-Should-Big-Data-Run-the-Country.html

It’s a common sentiment that philosophy is for academics & people who don’t know how to party…maybe, maybe not.

Video: http://youtu.be/znlmOlu9mTk

Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2014/06/25/33.-Does-Philosophy-Matter.html

A dream of utopia might not sound so bad, but the chaos and disorder in the world might actually be a good thing.

Video: http://youtu.be/kNEMGylk5GA

Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2014/06/18/32.-Assassin's-Creed-and-Serendipity.html