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Software as Soulcraft and the Metaphysics of Engineering with Neal Davis
FromOther Life
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Length:
74 minutes
Released:
Jun 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Neal Davis is a professor of computer science and the director of Urbit's Hoon School. We discuss why solving nuclear fusion might be a disaster, why Urbit computers have souls, Shinto philosophy, why you should read old books, how to select books, and much more. This was really good!Neal Davis✦ Neal on Twitter✦ Neal on Urbit: ~lagrev-nocfep✦ Learn Hoon with NealOther Life✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world OtherLife.co✦ Get a free Urbit planet at imperceptible.computer✦ We're building a new country at imperceptible.countryIndieThinkers.org✦ If you're working on independent intellectual work, join the next cohort of IndieThinkers.org
Released:
Jun 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
#7 - Mindy Isser: There's a tiny bit of static at the beginning but it goes away! Mindy Isser writes a low-key advice column newsletter in all lowercase. She is a labor organizer but also a very funny and sweet person who is fun to talk with. We used to be internet enemies by Other Life