Month: August 2022

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Lex Fridman Podcast - #314 – Liv Boeree: Poker, Game Theory, AI, Simulation, Aliens & Existential Risk

Liv Boeree is a poker champion and science educator on topics of game theory, physics, complexity, and life. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(06:23) – Poker and game theory
(13:26) – Dating optimally
(18:18) – Learning
(26:30) – Daniel Negreanu
(31:38) – Phil Hellmuth
(34:11) – Greatest poker player ever
(38:29) – Bluffing
(48:50) – Losing
(58:05) – Mutually assured destruction
(1:03:00) – Simulation hypothesis
(1:19:38) – Moloch
(1:48:50) – Beauty
(2:00:58) – Quantifying life
(2:21:08) – Existential risks
(2:39:31) – AI
(2:49:22) – Energy healing
(2:56:32) – Astrophysics
(2:59:26) – Aliens
(3:25:08) – Advice for young people
(3:27:13) – Music
(3:35:02) – Meaning of life

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The Daily Signal - Dave Donaldson Explains What He Saw in War-Torn Ukraine

Dave Donaldson recently returned to the U.S. after his second trip to Ukraine since Russia’s invasion of its Eastern European neighbor. 

“The city is pretty much obliterated,” Donaldson, co-founder and board chairman of CityServe International, says of the city of Bucha, where Russians are said to have massacred 1,300 people. “It's like watching a sci-fi film.” 

CityServe is a Christian humanitarian aid organization that works with churches all over the world to meet the needs of local communities.

In addition to visiting Bucha, Donaldson also spent time in Kiev and met with bishops from all over Ukraine to learn about the spiritual and physical needs of the people. 

It's been six months since Russia invaded on Feb. 24, and Ukrainians need “prayer that this war will end,” he says.

Donaldson joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss what he saw and experienced in Ukraine, and how the people of Ukraine are coping with the death and devastation.

Enjoy the show


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Song Exploder - Madonna – Hung Up

Madonna is the best-selling female recording artist of all time. She has twelve albums that have gone multi-platinum. She’s won seven Grammys, and has had fifty songs reach number 1 on the Billboard Dance chart. That’s more number 1s than anyone in any category, ever. In this episode, she talks about one of those number 1s: “Hung Up,” from her 2005 album Confessions on a Dance Floor. The song and that album were co-produced by Stuart Price, an electronic musician, producer, and DJ from the UK. “Hung Up” began in part because Madonna was working on a film with director Luc Besson (whose films include The Fifth Element and Taken). But the song also grew out of Stuart’s DJ sets.

Madonna has a new career-spanning album out, called Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones, and in honor of its release, Madonna and Stuart Price told me the story of how their collaboration and partnership led to one of Madonna’s biggest hits.

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State of the World from NPR - 6 months of war: The view from the frontlines

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Ukrainian politician Volodymyr Omelyan, who left his job and family, and has been fighting against the Russians on the frontlines for the last six months.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Would the US really invade the Hague?

Since 2002, the International Criminal Court has served as a "court of last resort" with a jurisdiction that spans the globe from its headquarters in The Hague. It investigates crimes like genocide, crimes against humanity and more. It has a near-global reach -- with some notable exceptions. Back when the court formed, several countries refused to sign on, and the US went even further, passing a law that said "look, if you try to touch any US national, we are invading your court." Today's question: Would they really do it?

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Big Technology Podcast - Kevin Kelly’s Life Lessons — With Kevin Kelly

Kevin Kelly is the founding executive editor of Wired magazine and a longtime tech writer who's covered technology for decades. Kelly joins Big Technology Podcast for a fun episode, unpacking a series of lists of advice that he’s written. These lists contain short but insightful observations about life, and Kelly goes through a number of his points at greater length in this show. Stay tuned for the second half, where we discuss his essay about 1,000 true fans — a seminal work that helped launch the passion economy — and how it holds up today.

Relevant links:

1,000 True Fans

68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice

99 Additional Bits of Unsolicited Advice

103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had Known

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Time To Say Goodbye - Pelosi in Taipei and Twitterstorians with Andy Liu

Hello from Philly! 

We’re lucky to be joined this week by former podsquad member Andy Liu, for an in-depth chat about his three favorite things: sports, history, and Taiwan. 

First, we review the new Netflix documentary about Manti Te'o, the college-football star who fell from grace after being catfished a decade ago. We discuss the many failures that led to Te'o’s ostracization, as well as the role his race may have played in the way the media treated him. 

Next, Andy catches us up on the latest Twitterstorian goss: the fight over a blog post on “presentism” and identity politics by American Historical Association president James H. Sweet. We interrogate Sweet’s arguments and the coded language that got him in trouble. 

Lastly, Andy answers our questions about Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan. Did the House Speaker’s trip escalate tensions between Taiwan and China, or was it all bluster? Is the Democrats’ “tough on China” posturing an effort to wear populist politics? Why are people outside Asia so invested in a story about confronting China? 

Stick it out til the end to hear Jay and Andy bicker about Kevin Durant. 

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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 08/24

Help is on the way for millions of Americans with student loan debt. Primary wins in Florida and New York set up November showdowns. Celebrating Ukrainian independence -- six months into a war with Russia. Correspondent Steve Kathan has the CBS World News Roundup for Wednesday, August 24, 2022:

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Headlines From The Times - Goodbye, new gas stations in California?

Surprise, surprise: California cities are banning new gas stations and other cities across the world are watching. The bans are part of an ongoing quest to combat climate change, this time on a local municipal level. The movement is small so far, but now even the car capital of the world, Los Angeles, is thinking about it.

Today, what would happen if L.A. hops on this no-new-gas-station brigade. And what we can learn from the cities that’ve already done it. Read the full transcript here.

Host: Gustavo Arellano

Guests: L.A. Times Fast Break Desk reporter Grace Toohey

More reading:

California cities ban new gas stations in battle to combat climate change

Editorial: Ban new gas stations? There are better ways for L.A. to ditch fossil fuels

LA Times Today: California cities ban new gas stations to combat climate change