Ask A Genius 548 – Wealth Inequality in a State (and in the Nature of States)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 548 – Wealth Inequality in a State (and in the Nature of States) May 7, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How much wealth inequality is required for wealth inequality in a state to become bad? Rick Rosner: All right, so right now, what we have, I've called …

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Ask A Genius 547 – Addendum to “Wealth, Good or Bad?…: In Other News, a Book!”

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 547 – Addendum to “Wealth, Good or Bad?...: In Other News, a Book!” May 7, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Here, so, two points. Rick Rosner: Let me say one point, then you say two points. My one point is the future is inherently sinister. Because we …

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Ask A Genius 546 – Wealth, Good or Bad?…: In Other News, a Book!

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 546 – Wealth, Good or Bad?...: In Other News, a Book! May 7, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen. So, is wealth in and of itself a bad thing? Rick Rosner: Well, OK, here's the deal. I'm working on a book. A novel starts about now and goes …

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Ask A Genius 545 – Addendum to “Ashkenazim: Smarts Escaping the Nazis, and Genetic Diversity even in Homogeneity”

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 545 – Addendum to “Ashkenazim: Smarts Escaping the Nazis, and Genetic Diversity even in Homogeneity” April 30, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: And they had become business people. My grandpa on my dad's side worked in retail his whole life as a salesman and he may have owned …

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Ask A Genius 544 – Ashkenazim: Smarts, Escaping the Nazis, and Genetic Diversity even in Homogeneity

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 544 – Ashkenazim: Smarts, Escaping the Nazis, and Genetic Diversity even in Homogeneity April 30, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: My various people, my stepdad's family came from Germany, they got out long before the Nazis came into power. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: And at one part, if I …

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Ask A Genius 543 – Going the Way of One’s Gods: Invincibility’s Dawn to Flaw’s Visibility

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 543 – Going the Way of One’s Gods: Invincibility’s Dawn-to-Dusk April 30, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Yes, this is like a phase change in American society and one-way; the first note of vulnerability or that the sense of invincibility being destroyed or corroded in American society …

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Ask A Genius 542 – Addendum to the AAG 541, The Air-ow of Mimes: In-Action in Action

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 542 – Addendum to the AAG 541, The Air-ow of Mimes: In-Action in Action April 30, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: The Spanish Flu pandemic, where Republicans are also going crazy, saying that it is wrecking, saying that the shutdown, the lockdown, or stay at home is wrecking …

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Ask A Genius 541 – Fresh Prince of Air-Heads: or, Out of Air, 60,000 Unspeakable Acts, and More Unspoken Words

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 541 – Fresh Prince of Air-Heads: 60,000 Unspeakable Acts, Unspoken Words April 30, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, the American response. Jared Kushner was proclaiming about the virus that it was more or less mission accomplished. The best statement that I heard about that was, 60,000 …

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Ask A Genius 540 – Tara Reid-ification of Biden-Trump

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 540 – Tara Reid-ification of Biden-Trump April 29, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Why is Tara Reid important to consider in this moment with Joe Biden as a contender against Trump in the next election? Rick Rosner: All right, so, there's Joe Biden. Well, they're trying to …

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The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 47 – Unabashed, Unashamed Napping “Whenever”

In-Sight Publishing The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 47 – Unabashed, Unashamed Napping “Whenever” April 29, 2020 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the middle-aged guide to quarantining? Rick Rosner: You’ve seen the images of medical experts bruised in the face after wearing them for 14 hours. The way to go, …

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