Listen "122 – EARN IT vs America"
Episode Synopsis
The EARN IT Act was introduce in March, it’s a disgusting censorship policy, and no one is talking about it. But wait it gets worse, because the LAED Act came a few months later and is a direct attack on general purpose computing.
The EARN IT Act and why it’s Bad
The LAED Act is even worse
Cory Doctorow: The War on General Purpose Computing
The Digital Preper-Bunker version of smart phone
Friendship is Optimal audio version
Instruments of Destruction text, and audio
Monster Factory
40 Times Corgis Mixed With Other Breeds
Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong?
Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast… and the other podcast
LessWrong posts Discussed in this Episode:
Doublethink (Choosing to be Biased)
Why I’m Blooking
Planning Fallacy
Next Episode’s Sequence Posts:
Kahneman’s Planning Anecdote
Conjunction Fallacy
Conjunction Controversy (Or, How They Nail It Down)
Big thanks to David for our intro music! Check out his music and VFX here!
We’d like to thank creators of our new outro music from the Sumerki Project! Check out their stuff here!
The EARN IT Act and why it’s Bad
The LAED Act is even worse
Cory Doctorow: The War on General Purpose Computing
The Digital Preper-Bunker version of smart phone
Friendship is Optimal audio version
Instruments of Destruction text, and audio
Monster Factory
40 Times Corgis Mixed With Other Breeds
Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong?
Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast… and the other podcast
LessWrong posts Discussed in this Episode:
Doublethink (Choosing to be Biased)
Why I’m Blooking
Planning Fallacy
Next Episode’s Sequence Posts:
Kahneman’s Planning Anecdote
Conjunction Fallacy
Conjunction Controversy (Or, How They Nail It Down)
Big thanks to David for our intro music! Check out his music and VFX here!
We’d like to thank creators of our new outro music from the Sumerki Project! Check out their stuff here!
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