Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation by Ken Liu The Lathe of...
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289: Empathy in 80s Science Fiction
FT article (paywalled) about Against Empathy The Banality of Empathy on the NYRB Follow...
23:30
David Schneider tweet on "dark forces" Luciana Berger interview Labour Party leadership...
24:53
Andrea's viral tweet Assortative mating (and how it may relate to autism) Why We Sleep by...
28:59
286: A Month Away From Twitter and Facebook
How to mute all retweets on Twitter Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at...
28:14
285: "Everyone Lies" - Fyre Festival and Dan Mallory
Fyre Festival (and the duelling documentary controversy) Dan Mallory article on The New...
29:14
284: KonMari and People Losing Their Damn Minds
Note: No Adrian this ep Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon...
35:33
283: Spaced Repetition Learning and Anki
How to Remember Anything Forever(ish) interactive comic by Nicky Case Introductory Guardian...
30:39
282: Knowing What’s Real in an Age of Information Warfare
That Photo 'Debunking' the Paris Protest Fires is Actually Bullshit (Gizmodo) Note: No Naomi...
28:38
281: AlphaFold, protein shape prediction, and the future of AI
Proteins on Wikipedia AlphaFold @ CASP13: “What just happened?” Note: No Naomi this ep...
26:02
280: Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective, The Four Tendencies, New Year's Resolutions
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective boardgame The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin How...
32:34
279: Twitter and Hedging, Bullshit Jobs, Online Patronage
Twitter and the impossibility of saying things without hedging Bullshit Jobs (Wikipedia)...
33:22
278: Hacking Printers, Lottery Spending, The Eichmann Problem
Somebody hacked a bunch of printers? US lottery spending (and average credit card debt per...
29:44
277: Laziness, Can a Robot be Jewish?, Surviving Winter
What is "lazy", anyway? Can a robot be Jewish? How do you survive winter? Follow us at...
30:12
276: Are Sports Sexist, V&A Dundee and Showcase Museums
Are sports sexist? V&A Dundee and the problem of showcase museums (Pitt Rivers Museum, Sir...
28:50
275: Solar Power, Climate Change
A brief note on scheduling Solar power Climate change (Scotland is rising – literally)...
33:23
The US Election: a step back from the brink Brexit Note: No Naomi this ep Follow us at...
34:21
273: Diablo 3, Return of the Obra Dinn
Diablo III (Diablo Mobile controversy) Return of the Obra Dinn(Papers, Please) Note: No...
32:25
272: Racists on a Plane, HSBC Silicon Valley Diary, Tiny Conferences
Racists on a Plane The glorious diaryof a Silicon Valley HSBC exec (Metafilter discussion,...
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271: Andrea gets LASIK, Starting a Bookstore, Self-Driving Cars
Andrea gets LASIK! So You Want to Open a Small Press Bookstore/Artist-Run Space? A Cautionary...
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