Robert Wright and I meet every two weeks or so to discuss the issues of the day. This is a joint production of Small Potatoes and Bob’s Non-Zero Podcast. Here’s the most recent meeting.
0:00 Two theories of Musk’s “salute”
5:54 DeepSeek-R1: Salvo or olive branch?
15:59 The misappropriation of Musk’s AI doomerism
23:19 Is the AI avatar era already upon us?
39:02 Paul fills Bob in on his “empty threat” theory
43:20 Heading to Overtime
Paid subscribers get the overtime version below, with these topics:
0:00 Memories from the dawn of EvPsych
4:36 Paul’s case for the conquest of Canada
9:26 Lynchian vs Nolan-style audience disorientation
15:21 Bob’s incisive Severance analysis
18:05 Gimme Shelter takeaways
29:31 Where did Ted Lasso go wrong?
36:36 Bob and Paul engage in business class warfare
I will be back on Monday with a more usual post.
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