The Future of… 8 – Future, Present, Past

In-Sight Publishing The Future of… 8 – Future, Present, Past Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner June 22, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Because the implied past and set of possible futures is a set or a larger set of possible nexts, it is probabilistic. Rick Rosner: I see the present as …

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Ask A Genius 206 – Not for My Kid

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 206 - Not for My Kid Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner June 22, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: You’ve got more and better technology at 1472. Before that, the written word was a pain in the ass to circulate, and then across the next 550 years. It …

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Tragedy + Time = Comedy 55 – Comedy World

In-Sight Publishing Tragedy + Time = Comedy 55 - Comedy World Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner June 22, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: All of that has been stripped away by rapacious economic policies and changes to what America does, industrially, but the Writers’ Guild still has a pension. Every year, in …

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Ask A Genius 204 – The Future, Inconsiderate Considerations

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 204 – The Future, Inconsiderate Considerations Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner June 20, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: It is easier for people to call bullshit on the future on Twitter. People go along and hear predictions with these weird things and things being overturned, then you …

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Ask A Genius 203 – All Equal in Creation, Men

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 203 – All Equal in Creation, Men Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner June 19, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: That the Constitution says, “All men are created equal…” and should include women too, not just men. The basic idea is that this is the basic idea for …

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Ask A Genius 202 – Legitimacy to Minorities

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 202 – Legitimacy to Minorities Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner June 18, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: People who don’t want to grant legitimacy to minority movements try to represent those movements extreme versions of those movements, as unpleasant and unfair – more than citizens deserve. People …

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Ask A Genius 201 – White Supremacy and Feminism

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 201 – White Supremacy and Feminism Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner June 17, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: I have been supportive of feminism for about 40 years. But to talk about his as a cis white male talking about feminism now… Scott Douglas Jacobsen: …you’re Rick …

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Ask A Genius 200 – Overpopulation, Religion, Government (Part 4)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 200 – Overpopulation, Religion, Government (Part 4) Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner June 16, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: One is the freedom. One part of that is the control over our drives. It is to a huge extent getting control over how our sexual behaviour. So, …

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The Future of… 7 – Thoughts on Time

In-Sight Publishing The Future of… 7 – Thoughts on Time Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner June 15, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Jacobsen: Maybe, we’ve been thinking about time the wrong way then. Rosner: How are you thinking about time? Jacobsen: When we take time, we take a number line with integers, so you …

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