Aug 4, 2022
Our recurring guest (who rarely
recurs these days), Alex Danco, comes back for his sixth appearance
on Infinite Loops!
Important Links:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Alex_Danco
- Website: https://alexdanco.com/
- Newsletter: https://danco.substack.com/
Show
Notes:
- Our planned, but unplanned
conversations
- Pink Floyd were
philosophers
- From Heraclitus, to Lao Tzu, to
Gita, to Deutsch
- Where does decision making come
from?
- Projection 101
- Can you versus can’t you read
people’s mind
- Jim throwing big fancy words like
“Phylogenetic inertia”
- Corn: The apex
predator
- Self-serving nature of memetic
theory
- The Mirror
Philosophy
- What is a
“creator”?
- Communication theory by Gregory
Bateson
- The Founding
Murderer
- Consequences of eating the fruit
from the tree of knowledge
- "The most entertaining outcome is
the most likely.”
- Hot media vs. Cool
media
- The Wire, and dumb
Stringer
- The state of
accreditation
- Balancing mystery with
transparency
- Knowing pop culture as a status
symbol
- And MUCH more!
Books
Mentioned:
- The Science of Storytelling; by
Will Storr
- The Status Game; by Will
Storr
- Happy; by Derren
Brown
- The Selfish Gene; by Richard
Dawkins
- Steps to an Ecology of Mind; by
Gregory Bateson
- War and Peace; by Leo
Tolstoy