The CITED podcast is back! It has been a few years. I’ve previously enjoyed their work on the reproducibility crisis in scientific publishing and many of their critical episodes on their original run in the 2015-2018 era. Gordon Katic and the CITED team have an engaging narrative technique for introducing listeners to complex topics, so I know this new series is going to be good.
This time they are taking on the issue of expertise in economics and how it is abused.
Lovely walk and talk in the forest with a friend this afternoon. We talked travel, politics, games, and the joys of back-end infrastructure… all while surrounded by GREEN
I blazed through the book, and have a lot more thinking to do, but am glad I could spend some more time processing by listening to this excellent conversation:
Only a few more letters needed for the Internet Society’s campaign against Bill S-210 which jeopardizes user privacy and encryption. If you are in Canada it only takes a minute to add your voice:
Started The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates. The first chapter is a breath-taking departure essay for the book on the purpose of writing — in one word: clarity. I can see how this projected started as his “On Writing” or “Why I Write”. 📚
Ghetts is a master craftsman. I have been listening to him non-stop for the last month. I remember him from back in the day, but only recently came back to his newer work which is amazingly intricate. Levels! Who else on the UK Drill scene has this level of wordplay that I should be checking out?
“Hoi, chummer! Slot your hoop and get ready to dance with the chrome. This sprawl’s got more heat than a dragon’s drekhole, so keep your wits jacked and your nuyen close. Welcome to the Big Smoke - time to run silent, run deep.” 👨🎤
