#149: Why Societies Fall Apart (And Why the US May Be Next) — Peter Turchin Peter Turchin is a complexity scientist and one of the founders of cliodynamics — a new, cross-disciplinary field that applies mathematics and September 01, 2023
#140: Rationality And Its Opposite — Steven Pinker How rational are we? How can a species smart enough to set foot on the moon also be prone to conspiracy December 15, 2022
#139: Against Bayesianism — David Deutsch Bayesianism, the doctrine that it's always rational to represent our beliefs in terms of probabilities, dominates the intellectual world, from decision April 25, 2022
#136: Ergodicity — Ole Peters Ole Peters is a physicist and a Fellow at the London Mathematical Laboratory. August 24, 2021
#131: A Practical Guide To Coping With Uncertainty – John Kay John Kay is one of Britain’s leading economists. Read the full transcript [Transcript coming soon.] May 17, 2021
#94: Radical Uncertainty – Mervyn King Mervyn King was Governor of the Bank of England from 2003 to 2013. Show notes Selected links * Follow Mervyn King: Website August 08, 2020
#93: The Doyen Of Economics Podcasting On Death, Lockdown, And The Art Of Socratic Dialogue – Russ Roberts Russ Roberts is an economist and the host of EconTalk. Show notes Selected links * Follow Russ Roberts: Website | Twitter * EconTalk * Macroeconomic July 22, 2020
#87: In The Foothills Of A Pandemic – Yaneer Bar–Yam Yaneer Bar-Yam is a physicist and the founding president of the New England Complex Systems Institute. Show notes Selected links * Follow March 09, 2020
#79: On Radical Uncertainty, "Phantastic Objects", and Blowing Bubbles – David Tuckett David Tuckett is a psychoanalyst, Professor, and Director of the Centre for the Study of Decision-Making Uncertainty at University College London. October 17, 2019
#39: How Radical Researchers Changed Our World – Andrew Leigh Dr Andrew Leigh MP is a federal Labor politician with a brilliant background. A promising lawyer and associate for former High March 15, 2018