“If you want new ideas, read old books.” -Ivan Pavlov
This was the sentiment Ryan witnessed at an evolution conference a few years back. On the one hand, it is a condemnation of the state of originality in science. And, on the other, it is a commendation of its resourcefulness. But why the need for such resourcefulness? What’s the problem?
In this episode the Dawdlers talk about the state of ideation in the world today and the possible undercurrents that are determining its low quality.
Pinch pennies, not yourself. You’re awake in this nightmare. We’re naming names, people!!
00:00:00 – Dawdlers dawdling
00:05:48 – Ideas are of low quality in a Gilded Age
00:10:47 – Framework I: Secular cycles // Gilded ages // Dawdlers & hustlers
00:33:12 – Framework II: Resources enrichment // Tolerated variation // Technology as a resource
00:47:17 – Elite overproduction & fragmentation // Billionaires today are like the ancient Greek gods
00:57:20 – The Intellectual Dark Web, billionaires, and conspiracy!! // Dogmatists are easily manipulated
E47: On Margin Haunting - Quo Bros, Margin Haunters, & Secular Gurus
Shorts - E33: The World
Dear Dawdler - E5: To Every Philosophy There Is A Season
E46: 10 Things To Hate About Nonfiction Books
E45: Dawdler Review - Triamonds, Episodic Synchronies, and NME Skeptics!
Dear Dawdler - E4: We Live in a Context (So I See)
Dear Dawdler - E3: We Live in a (Complex) Society
Shorts - E32: Putting Thumbs on a Penguin
Dear Dawdler - E2: We Are All in the Same Boat
Dear Dawdler - E1: We Are All Mutineers
Shorts - E31: The Two Cultures
Shorts - E30: The American Dream
E44: Subjective Chiroptera of Experience - Thomas Nagel's "What is it Like to Be a Bat?"
Haunting the Margins - E3: Alan Watts
E43: Rorty's Mirror of Nature Part II - Dividing by Zero
E42: Richard Rorty's Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature - Part I - An Ironic Kind of Fellow
Shorts - E29: The Great Server
E41: Every Theory of Everything Ever - The Evolution of Religions
Shorts - E28: Science NOW!
Shorts - E27: Luck vs. Karma
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