Welcome to our final episode on Ted Chiang's newest short story collection, Exhalation (https://amzn.to/2X5A0JW). Matt & Adrian start by going through all of the stories in this collection, then go really in-depth on a few specifically, just like we did with Exhalation in our last episode (https://www.spectology.com/e/152-exhalation-post-read-re-reading-stories-philosophy-of-mind-the-heat-death-of-the-universe/).
First 30 minutes: Intro, 2-3 minutes on each story, listing our favorites
29m 10s: "The Lifecycle of Software Objects": Mental & legal frameworks for how to relate to AI
1h 01m 14s: "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom": Character development & moral thought experiments
1h 17m 02s: "Truth of Fact, Truth of Feeling": How technology changes our cognition & identity
1h 29m 04s: "The Merchant & the Alchemist's Gate": Discussing the medieval Islamic setting
1h 37m 19s: "Omphalos": Short stories as jokes, young Earth creationism
1h 42m 53s: Discussing the structure, endings, & morals of these stories
1h 48m 43s: Wrap-up & outro
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5.2: Gnomon post-read with Max Gladstone
In Conversation: Things We Like This Month
5.1: Pre-read for Gnomon, by Nick Harkaway, with guest Max Gladstone
4.3: Matt's back for our Romie Futch wrap-up!
4.2: The New & Improved Romie Futch post-read w/ Britt O'Duffy
In Conversation: Matt & Adrian talk "Spoilers"
4.1: The New & Improved Romie Futch pre-read
3.BONUS: Talking Caribbean SF with Tobias Buckell + July book announcement
3.4: Binti: The Night Masquerade post-read
3.3: Binti: Home post-read
3.2: Binti post-read
3.1: The Binti Trilogy pre-read
2.3: The Sparrow vs. The Star (Minisode)
2.2: The Sparrow Post-Read
2.1: The Sparrow Pre-Read
1.2: Use of Weapons Post-Read
Minisode 2: Things We Like & Reader Mail
1.1: Use of Weapons Pre-Read
Minisode 1: Intro to Spectology
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