Advice to Gifted and Talented Youth 6 – Mom Doesn’t Know

In-Sight Publishing Advice to Gifted and Talented Youth 6 - Mom Doesn't Know Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner June 22, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: My mom didn't know what to do with me. She was afraid of not properly dealing with a kid with, a gifted kid, a kid with gifts. She thought …

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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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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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