#482 | Ayn Rand & The Philosophy of Objectivi...

Is AI really a disaster for the environment, or are the fears exaggerated? In this episode, we'll discuss the environmental cost of Artificial Intelligence. From a water controversy in Scotland to the heat of Arizona, we look at how much energy AI really needs, and whether we sho ...  Show more

A deadly bomb. A death in a police station. A secret kept from the public. In 1969, an explosion in Milan killed 17 people. The police accused a group of anarchists, but the story was not that simple. In part one of this three-part mini-series on "Gli Anni Di Piombo" (The Years o ...  Show more

How has language informed the evolution of philosophy? And is there a point where the usefulness of words ends? Our experts discuss.

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"If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater his effort the heavier the wor ...  Show more

This is my succinct explanation of "Objective Knowledge" - the concept and not the book of the same name by Karl Popper. However that book of course informs this entire thesis of what Objective Knowledge is. My view of objective knowledge is augmented by more recent advances in e ...  Show more