Satellite Haiku
oleh Milo & Shawn
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074: Tragedies of the Commons
074: Tragedies of the Commons
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Two long-time best friends wander through culture, politics, tech, and fatherhood and try to arrive at—stumble upon, alchemize and synthesize—something wise.
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- 074: Tragedies of the Commons · 1 jam 10 mntWe talk about first world (tech) problems, choosing convenience over what’s right, the tragedy of the commons, the atheism debate, the purpose of religion, Hegseth’s…
- 073: Empty Vessels · 53 mntWe talk about working in large organizations, meeting to agree to decide, Zeno’s paradox, internal thoughts, the experience of listening to podcasts these days, f*cking with the…
- 072: Money, Corruption, and Cults · 1 jam 12 mntDo money and power corrupt, or are corrupt people drawn to chase money and power? Both surely. We start with this question and return to it at various points. In-between we talk…
- 071: Apocalypse How? (AI Edition) · 1 jam 20 mntWe talk about how an AI might “evolve,” Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, recursive self-improvement, scaling up to super-intelligence from LLMs, the nuclear disarmament analogy…
- 070: Late-Stage Trumpism · 1 jam 10 mntWe talk about the 6-7 meme, generational divides, our old friend Peter, prank comedy, entrapment as a law enforcement tactic, the Lake Ontario name change and CEO boot-lickers…
- 069: Remembering 9/11 · 1 jam 14 mntWe remember where we were on 9/11, and MiLo shares a song he wrote in the immediate aftermath, an anthem for hope and lasting peace. Then we talk about how our individual…
- 068: Reality Remains Undefeated · 1 jam 14 mntWe talk about the paradox of ‘brown MAGA,’ the Natalie Harp saga, quitting Bill Maher and Sam Harris, the ‘socialism’ debate, correcting the online discourse, straw men and…
- 067: What is the point (of creating art)? · 1 jam 18 mntWe talk about the urge to create art and confronting the voice that asks, “what’s the point?” Before and after that, we riff on mental health, therapy, trauma, male vs female…
- 065: Technology and Sports · 1 jam 9 mntWe talk about penalty kicks and tiebreakers, the offsides rule, high-tech swimsuits, augmented sports, ABS, swim race time precision, Jude Bellingham vs Harry Kane, England vs…
- 064: Middle Age and its Metaphors · 1 jam 0 mntWe talk about forgetfulness, routine, middle age as a metaphor for Europe, San Francisco weather vs east coast weather, security vs convenience, the Jefferson-Adams death…
- 063: Weaving through Miscellany · 43 mntWe talk about solitude, the tech job hunt scene, MiLo’s conversion to “sports guy” for the World Cup, the offsides rule, bad landlords, MiLo’s work for the Pima County (AZ)…
- 062: Imposter Syndrome · 48 mntShawn remembers the early days of the web, and we talk about our first office jobs, majoring in the humanities, MiLo’s brush with Theranos, buying Elizabeth Holmes and Elon Musk…
- 061: Art, Sports, and Cultural Identity · 1 jam 11 mntWe talk about doing voices to entertain our kids, Waldorf schooling and its prohibitions, audio book performances, art books, conceptual art, SpaceX and other IPOs, Elon’s…
- 060: The Economics of Music and Healthcare · 1 jam 4 mntWe talk about the podcasting ad ecosystem, the “long tail”, Ani DiFranco, the economics of music streaming, news hygiene, Trump and the depths of dumb, vestiges of the Internet’s…
- 059: Wave of Change · 1 jam 25 mntWe talk about Shawn’s patented microwave shortcut, first world problems™️, dumb uses of AI, the AI commencement speech “boo” trend, AI hallucinations, the AI “bubble” feeling…
- 058: Journeys to Non-Belief · 1 jam 26 mntWe talk about Shawn’s tenacious cold, the hantavirus outbreak, pandemic insanity, MiLo’s paintings, his upcoming show, and Bob Ross. Then we talk about for an hour about our…
- 057: Value in the Doing · 1 jam 25 mntWe talk about generalists vs specialists, the communications degree, film school then and now, the process vs the product (redux), Disney layoffs, creativity as a temperament…
- 056: Layers of Attention · 1 jam 20 mntWe talk about our podcast as a family artifact, home tech challenges, class reunions, digitizing MiLo’s old film projects, our celebrity doppelgängers, Charlize Theron…
- 055: Process vs. Product · 1 jam 30 mntWe talk about mountains, trains, snow, the Donner Party, medical “diseases of opulence,” 80s teen movies, categories of 80s parents, finding jobs during a downturn, AI and the…
- 054: The Constant and the Variant (redux) · 1 jam 21 mntMiLo shares an update on his grandbabies and uses that to riff on the constant versus the variant (nature versus nurture). We linger on parenthood for a bit, and then we talk…
