Ask A Genius 376 – A (Apparent Non-Socialist) Socialist Civilization

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 376 - A (Apparent Non-Socialist) Socialist Civilization September 8, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is our future civilization? Rick Rosner: We have a future where things will be cheap. By the way, we live in a socialist civilization right now. Nobody acknowledges this. But dead people give …

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The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 16 – To Kava-No or To Kava-Yes: Kavanaugh-ing at the Nation’s Heels

In-Sight Publishing The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 16 – To Kava-No or To Kava-Yes: Kavanaugh-ing at the Nation's Heels September 8, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is happening in American politics now? Rick Rosner: Right now, as we speak, we are towards the end of the hearings for the Supreme …

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Ask A Genius 375 – An Era of Wonders, An Epoch of Suckiness

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 375 - An Era of Wonders, An Epoch of Suckiness September 7, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What can we say about social media? You have been having some troubles with Twitter. Also, you had some thoughts on superhero movies. Please elaborate. Rick Rosner: I can only surmise …

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Ask A Genius 374 – Out With the Old, In With The New

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 374 - Out With the Old, In With The New September 6, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: When you're dealing with the way we think, and when you're dealing with the structure of information as it is represented in the world, how much is old information? How …

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Ask A Genius 373 – Up, Up, and Away, and Away

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 373 - Up, Up, and Away, and Away September 5, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the upper limit to the size of possible universes? Rick Rosner: If there is a set of all possible universes, which is an iffy proposition considering the profusion of possible universes …

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Ask A Genius 371 – Future of Partnerships

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 371 - Future of Partnerships July 22, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What will be the future of partnerships? Rick Rosner: What you see in terms of partnership choices in the future may reflect mating strategies. When you have today and for the past few decades, you …

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Ask A Genius 370 – In the Long Run…

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 370 - In the Long Run... July 15, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What about long-term solutions going into the future compared to the past? Rick Rosner: John Maynard Keynes said that during the Great Depression, when somebody must’ve asked him what’s the best long-term solution. And …

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Ask A Genius 369 – Nude Art Modelling and Innovation’s Futurescape

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 369 - Nude Art Modelling and Innovation's Futurescape July 8, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the future of innovations? Robots are taking over automation. Rick Rosner: I have not been doing a lot of thinking about this. I have blindly accepted that future innovation will be done …

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