Pros & Concepts

Episode 10: Actor-Observer Bias - It's Not Me; But It's You

April 30th, 2021  |  46 mins 10 secs

internalized capitalism, meritocracy, philosophy, polisci, psychology

Phil and Steve talk about the Fundamental Attribution Error / Actor Observer Bias and how to use it to maintain empathy for others. They also touched on free will, internalized capitalism, compassion, and meritocracy.

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Episode 9: Design Thinking - Making Things That Work

April 22nd, 2021  |  52 mins 32 secs

design, design thinking, don norman, psychology

In this Episode, Phil explains his rudimentary understanding of “Design Thinking”. The episodes were almost entirely pulled from the books The Design of Everyday Things, and The Design of Future Things, both written by the Design God, Don Norman.

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.

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.

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.

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