Pros & Concepts
The podcast that introduces and explains concepts that are relevant to our world
We found 10 episodes of Pros & Concepts with the tag “psychology”.
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Episode 5: Emergence - Complexity from Simplicity
March 25th, 2021 | 40 mins 20 secs
economics, emergence, futurism, psychology, sociology, technology, unintended consequences
Phil and Steve discuss emergence, the various areas where it applies, and how it could affect the future. Topics range from society, law of unintended consequences, asteroid mining, the future of tech and design, and much more.
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Episode 4: Memento Mori - What Will You Do with the Time Left?
March 19th, 2021 | 43 mins 26 secs
career, life, memento mori, philosophy, psychology, self development, stoicism
Phil and Steve talk about Memento Mori, a piece of stoic philosophy that encourages you to keep your death in mind. As such, the discussion revolves around death, the purpose of life, suicide, and death as a framing device.
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Episode 2: Poe's Law - Making Sense of the Internet
March 5th, 2021 | 53 mins 16 secs
doublespeak, horseshoe theory, language, language tricks, nihilism, poess law, politics, post-truth, propaganda, psychology, usenet
Phil and Steve discuss the various "bad faith" ways that conversations can go in both politics and on the internet. They touch on various issues that were happening at the time of recording, such as the Capitol Riots and Trump.
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Episode 1: The Fox and The Hedgehog - To Generalize or Focus
February 24th, 2021 | 58 mins 13 secs
career, isaiah, philosophy, psychology, self-development, sociology
Phil and Steve explore these two approaches to the world first introduced by Isaiah Berlin