THUNK

THUNK

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THUNK episodes

  • 7. Game Design and the Hedonic Treadmill

    This week, I give you an absolutely awesome last-minute gift idea, and talk a little about the future of the human race.

    Video: http://youtu.be/F1vTp4XiVBc

    Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2013/12/23/7.-Game-Design-and-the-Hedonic-Treadmill.html

    5 min
  • 6. Genetic Engineering

    This week, we spare no expense as we explore some of the genuine ethical concerns with genetic engineering!

    Video: http://youtu.be/YNsm9vLERr0

    Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2013/12/18/6.-Genetic-Engineering.html

    5 min
  • 5. Patents and Open Source

    This week, it’s frickin’ cold in NY, but we’re looking at the history of intellectual property law (and its recent abuses in the tech industry), as well as open-source software!

    Video: http://youtu.be/XCrhtG69AFc

    Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2013/12/12/5.-Patents-and-Open-Source.html

    5 min
  • 5. Patents & Open Source
    Intellectual property law is an insanely complex web of protections & laws designed to protect inventors & innovators, supposedly motivating them with the promise of profit. But weirdly enough, the freely-accessible open-source movement frequently produces useful & amazing stuff. Is there something we might be missing here?
    5 min
  • 4. Privacy and Surveillance

    This week, we bust out the tinfoil hats to talk about the history of privacy as a human right, and why it’s important for more than just keeping your parents from knowing what kind of dirty pictures you look at.

    Video: http://youtu.be/KXgujkdX_4g

    Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2013/12/05/4.-Privacy-and-Surveillance.html

    6 min
  • 4. Privacy & Surveillance
    Tinfoil hats for everyone! In this episode, we investigate the origins of an explicit “Right to Privacy,” & why enforcing such a right is a good thing, even if nobody is doing anything wrong behind closed doors.
    6 min
  • 3. Sci Fi and A.I.

    This week, we’re going to look at the history of science fiction, the introduction of computers into popular media, the possibility of creating a truly conscious artificial intelligence, and more hats! (Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!)

    Video: http://youtu.be/-mtSfq7R4BU

    Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2013/11/27/3.-Sci-Fi-and-A.I.html

    6 min
  • 3. Sci-Fi & A.I.
    In this weirdy-colored & fedora-ed episode, I talk a little about some persistent myths about what artificial intelligences will never be able to do (including “love” or “understand paradoxes”) that are perpetuated by science fiction.
    6 min
  • 2. Cartesian Dualism and the Mind

    This week, we get into the “mind/body problem,” Descartes making everyone look bad with his giant brain, and what the mind actually is.

    Video: http://youtu.be/TGDBBT6LI_4

    Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2013/11/21/2.-Cartesian-Dualism-and-the-Mind.html

    5 min

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