The universities bow to Trump

Podcast with Robert Wright—and more

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 Does Paul have CDS (Chaos Desensitization Syndrome)?
3:42 Worthwhile Canadian backlash
9:30 Elon’s Tesla problem
15:10 Trump 2.0’s free speech crackdown
17:54 The primal psychology of Trump and Elon
25:46 Bezos and university presidents bow to Trump
36:05 Heading to Overtime

Paid subscribers get the overtime version below, with these topics:

The ethics of anti-Elon schadenfreude.
In defense of Silo, in critique of Severance.
AI, porn, and the Matrix.
Have Bob and Paul gone full AI doomer?
Battle of the book plugs.

But wait, there’s more!

David Pizarro, Tamler Sommers, and I have a series where we discuss the show Severance. This is for paid subscribers to Small Potatoes (or Patreon subscribers to Very Bad Wizards). The link to our most recent discussion is available below. (It’s just David and Tamler. I had a cold and lost my voice, so I had to skip it.)

And paid subscribers also get a very special discount offer for Bob’s excellent podcast and newsletter.

See you back on Monday with a more usual post.