SynTalk Podcast
1) #TTEHOW (The To-Each-Her-Own World) --- SynTalk
How standard are you? What does it mean to be an Individual? Are you a Hutterite? Must charities be voluntary? What about orphans? Should the State tell us what to do? What might absence of State lead...Show More
2) #TPLOD (The Plunge Lines Of Diversity) --- SynTalk
Has it always been the Anthropocene? Do you care about the ‘powerless’ Nicobar? How old is biodiversity? Why does anyone want to be a conservationist? What is the kind of variety that we wish to prese...Show More
3) #TRAP (The Rhythms And Perturbations) --- SynTalk
Are our brains log-normal? Why is breathing rhythmic? Why is there a hum in the universe? Do our hearts beat chaotically? Are the (stock) markets random and ‘unbounded’? What is a market? How is Mercu...Show More
4) #TEOR (The Effects Of Rights) --- SynTalk
Are you a born criminal? Is genocide ever justified? Is meritocracy a ‘garbage’ concept? What are the entitlements that you have by virtue of being a human being? Do rights exist because the State exi...Show More
5) #TEST (The Entangled Sweet Tooth) --- SynTalk
How many meals do you have time for? Why do sweets make you happy? Does fruit sugar (fructose) need insulin? Why does sugar spike? Are oranges and grapes differently sweet? Has sugar always been a tra...Show More
6) #TGIP (The Goddesses In Particular) --- SynTalk
#TGIP (The Goddesses In Particular) --- SynTalk by SynTalk
7) #TDAG (The Dead And Gone) --- SynTalk
Do you have neanderthal DNA? Is your body your identity? What makes the knowledge of death possible when no one alive has experienced it first hand? How does dying feel? What are your schemas for unde...Show More
8) #TOOP (The Oxygen Of Publicity) --- SynTalk
Are you a lobby strategist? Do you negotiate with yourself? Which taste group do you belong to? What are you allowed to see? Do you pay to publish? Do the algorithms that serve you change with you? Ho...Show More
9) #TGFF (The Grounds For Flight) --- SynTalk
What do you expect to see on windy islands? Can you soar? Are there a finite number of ways of flying? Did we glide before flying? Do birds & insects fly like planes, & vice versa? How are the lift-of...Show More
10) #TOOI (The Order Of Institutions) --- SynTalk
How do the disposable get marked out? Which institutions have cognitive control over you? How do you develop railways in Argentina? Who changes institutions? Is it always from ‘within’? Do institution...Show More