Grok This! Podcast
1) Origin of Inequality: Labor, Economics, and Happiness
In this episode I discuss Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Origin of Inequality and contrast that with the theory of labor, economics, happiness, and how we should learn to live a life of enough
2) Episode 11: Economics and Opinions of Abortion
In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court re-established the right to legal abortion in every state in a landmark decision in Roe V. Wade. Every woman now had the right to choose whether or not to have an abort...Show More
3) 7 Slow Motion Disasters Pt. 1
Today I discuss the "7 Slow Motion Disasters" that Malcolm Harris mentions in his book "Kids These Days." These 7 Slow Motion Disasters have the potential of creating 7 different versions of a B...Show More
4) The Sunk Cost Fallacy makes you STUPID!
The sunk cost fallacy makes us stupid. Don’t let it trick you. Read more economics and finance related stuff at www.downtofinancedtf.com My name is Jeff Wang and this is the GROK THIS! Pod...Show More
5) Homophobic Slurs and Freedom
The other weekend while I was in New York some random man said a homophobic slur at me for no reason. But I am not offended. In fact, I want to liberate him from his own oppression. In this podcast I ...Show More
6) Power Corrupts
In this podcast, I quickly talk about how humanity's innate desire to retain power lead to two of the biggest social issues we have today: sexism and racism.
7) Binary Thinking and Aristotle's Golden Mean
I truly believe that man's shortcoming often comes when we egregiously assume positions of binary thinking--that is, the only decisions we are offered are either "0" or "1", "No" or "Yes", "This" or "...Show More
8) Life is a Grocery Store
Nietzsche says that “Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Superman--a rope over an abyss. A dangerous crossing, a dangerous wayfaring, a dangerous looking-back, a dangerous trembli...Show More
9) Feeling Lost: Camels, Nietzsche, and Deserts
I feel lost right now. I wish someone gave me a map and paved road so I could just brainlessly follow it to the vague sense of life that I want to live. Join me in this podcast as I talk about my past...Show More
10) Being a Disciplined Half-Ass
Content creation: should we be lazy perfectionists, or disciplined half-asses? Especially for people in the creative field, it's way more important to finish our projects than to only think abou...Show More