William Poundstone is the author of Head in the Cloud: Why Knowing Things Still Matters When Facts Are So Easy to Look Up. He talks with Jason Howell about the Google Effect, Churchillian Drift, the Dunning-Kruger Effect, Rational Ignorance, the Fox News Effect, and more reasons we may not be as smart as we think. 
Host: Jason Howell 
Guest: William Poundstone 
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Triangulation 314: William Poundstone: Head in the Cloud

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Leo Laporte interviews Andy Weir, author of "The Martian," about his new book, "Project Hail Mary." The discussion starts out spoiler-free with a chat about making the book into a film, how Andy Weir approached writing this book, and the time he confused Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling. After a loud and apparent spoiler warning (at 32:04), the two continue their chat by discussing "Project Hail Mary" in depth. Weir shares a bit about the science behind the book, the characters he's created, and other stories he's working on. 
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Host: Leo Laporte 
Guest: Andy Weir 
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Triangulation 428: Andy Weir's "Project Hail Mary" - A conversation with science-fiction author, Andy Weir

Jason Howell is joined by TWiT's studio engineer to talk about his time as the drummer and founder of the progressive rock band Cairo, creating the Virtual Live Show, and how the intersection of music and tech has evolved. 
Cairo on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/JeffBrockmanDirector  
Virtual Live Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/virtualliveshow 
Host: Jason Howell 
Guest: Jeff Brockman 
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Triangulation 427: Jeff Brockman - Prog rock drummer of CAIRO and Virtual Live Show; and Studio Engineer at TWiT.

Flynn Coleman, writer, and international human rights attorney, joins Denise Howell to talk about her book A Human Algorithm: How Artificial Intelligence Is Redefining Who We Are. Flynn argues that we must instill values, ethics, and morals into our robots, algorithms, and other forms of AI by developing and implement laws, policies, and oversight mechanisms to protect us from tech's insidious threats. 
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Host: Denise Howell 
Guest: Flynn Coleman 
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Triangulation 426: Flynn Coleman: A Human Algorithm - How Artificial Intelligence Is Redefining Who We Are

Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist who designed Mathematica, Wolfram Alpha, and the Wolfram Language. He talks to Mikah Sargent about translating between human language, mathematics, and programming languages, how computational language works, and how he has spent his life trying to build computational intelligence up. 
Host: Mikah Sargent 
Guest: Stephen Wolfram 
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Triangulation 425: Stephen Wolfram: Adventures of a Computational Explorer

Margaret O'Mara, Professor of History at the University of Washington, joins Mikah Sargent to talk about her book The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America. They dive into the behind-the-scenes history of Silicon Valley, including how the Cold War shaped what Stanford University is today, shine a light on some of the unsung heroes like Ann Hardy and David Morgenthaler, and the legacy of Steve Jobs. 
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Host: Mikah Sargent 
Guest: Margaret O'Mara 
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Triangulation 314: William Poundstone: Head in the Cloud

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