Show Notes 



Ben and Josh discuss dead presidents, polluting the atmosphere to save the world, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, and more iterations of the trolley problem than you can shake a gauntlet at. It’s like chalk and cheese! Intro (0:00-14:53) Harry S. Truman, 33rd U.S. President How to transfer your music from Google Play to YouTube Music “Technically Correct” Antitrust Trailer Climate change and geoengineering (14:53-25:38) Think like a freak Geoengineering (Kurzgesagt) Budyko Blanket Do Anti-lock Brakes make you safer? (yes, less crashes; and no, worse crashes: NHTSA report) The Geopolitics of the Nile Bad at English (25:38-30:04) Chalk and Cheese (i.e. Apples and Oranges) The Trolley Problem (30:04-) TED TechEd The Good Place: Part 1 (precept) Part 2 (practice) Real life incident Online Games: The Trolley Problem Moral Machine Tesla Autopilot predicts CRASH(es) Examples on film Mr. Incredible thinks he sets up the trolley problem (he doesn’t) Spider Man faces the trolley problem (he rejects it) Neo faces the trolley problem (he rejects it) Ethan Hunt faces the trolley problem and shoots the hostage instead (!) ConEd Engineer faces the trolley problem and does as he’s told Batman faces the trolley problem (and finds out it did the opposite of what he intended!) Joker’s social expirement: convicts vs. regular joes (more game theory than trolley problem) Wanda pulls the lever (Thanos un-pulls it) Quill pulls the lever (but the trolley keeps going) Clint pulls the lever (and faces the consequences) Join in the discussion on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BadAtMagicPodcast Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/badatmagic/ 

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