In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 436 - Tolerance for Risk (3) November 7, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: So, the purported softer generations that are cognizant of bullying is contradicted by what these tough older people are doing, which is getting fat and being stupid. You had a question. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Mores and norms …
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Ask A Genius 435 – Tolerance for Risk (2)
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 435 - Tolerance for Risk (2) November 6, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: I grew up in a time when bullying was almost considered okay. A certain amount of bullying from peers and adults in life, especially PE teachers, was considered good because it would 'toughen you up.' We internalized …
Ask A Genius 434 – Tolerance for Risk (1)
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 434 - Tolerance for Risk (1) November 5, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: You had a pitch to Bill Simmons. There was a list of stuff. It was when we started writing together, which was several years ago. One pitch was on risk. Rick Rosner: The idea was that …
Ask A Genius 433 – Sucking (3)
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 433 - Sucking (3) November 4, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: But you could make an argument. I mean this as a general argument that could be secondarily made: the opioid crisis, suicide in middle age, poor diet, inactivity, and obesity in men can be indications in a …
Ask A Genius 432 – Sucking (2)
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 432 - Sucking (2) November 3, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Can we create the Google Suck-O-Meter? The level of suckocity for this company or celebrity. Rick Rosner: My Google celebrity is artificially inflated because I have the common first name and not uncommon last name. The guy who …
Ask A Genius 431 – Sucking (1)
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 431 - Sucking (1) November 2, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is sucking? Rick Rosner: Sucking is the corporate or non-human entity aspect of an asshole. I was supposed to go into a genetic test today, because I am an Ashkenazi Jew. We have certain genetic characteristic aspects that …
The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 23 – Modern American Men and Women (2)
In-Sight Publishing The Middle-Aged Genius’s Guide to Almost Everything 23 - Modern American Men and Women (2) November 1, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: Along with the flexibility to rejigger our drives, we will have the flexibility to repackage ourselves, to be whatever gender we want, or to not have a human package at …
Ask A Genius 430 – Asshole
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 430 - Asshole November 1, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is an asshole? Rick Rosner: An asshole is someone who continues to take more than their fair share in a socially understood context. Someone who continues to speak on their cell phone. Even though, we understand that, at some …
Ask A Genius 429 – Flavours of Revolution
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 429 - Flavours of Revolution October 31, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: We were talking about revolution and its different manifestations. Rick Rosner: We were talking about revolutions in the context of rising expectations. It is often cited within the French Revolution. People do not revolt when really, really …
Ask A Genius 428 – Scientific Nihilism: Nihil (5)
In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 428 - Scientific Nihilism: Nihil (5) October 30, 2018 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: If you look at humanism, they have the view of the cold universe but the meaning you get is the meaning you make, the Golden Rule matters, compassion matters, and science matters. Rick Rosner: It is …
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