My mind's eye is blind! Matt's mind's eye has astigmatism! We're still not sure what aphantasia is but we talk about it a bunch in this ep.

Why doesn't the optimism of Steven Pinker and David Deutsch offer me any hope or relief? An initial investigation

How children fail // a memory from 6th grade // Simpson’s Paradox

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Mentioned in this Barrcast:http://bostonreview.net/forum-sandel-markets-moralshttp://www.overcomingbias.com/2018/04/two-types-of-envy.htmlhttp://www.overcomingbias.com/2018/05/why-economics-is-and-should-be-creepy.html~Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Pat…

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In this Barrcast we sit down with Natalie for breakfast and talk about productivity, diaries, and other things!Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/nsbarr

#38 — Polonium, Piano, Pedagogy w/ Matt by Barrcast

In this Barrcast we take an anti-discursive position and imagine a world where people come together to destroy beliefs, not construct them.Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/nsbarr

In this Barrcast we discuss how Buddhism markets itself as hygiene, as truth, and as faith.Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/nsbarr

#35 — Learning is neither synchronous nor asynchronous by Barrcast

We take a break from the Barrcast to showcase a new podcast, Future Facts, hosted by Dave Carlin (brother of Dan). This episode features a very special surprise guest, Dan Carlin!

Images of Organization:https://smile.amazon.com/Images-Organization-Gareth-Morgan/dp/1412939798Do you have powerful metaphors in your life? I'd love it if you added them here:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fF1McSVLecRtQGRWw8xJb9oHp3FYfTvIGs0u409rXII/edit#heading=h.jh2t9yyml8hv

The Barrcast returns from Minneapolis, where we attended the eyeo festival. Reflections on that and another Neruda poem to close out.eyeo: http://eyeofestival.comEnjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/nsbarr…

https://www.amazon.com/Heights-Macchu-Picchu-Bilingual/dp/0374506485

Here is New York: http://www.travel-studies.com/sites/default/files/White,%20Here%20Is%20New%20York.pdfEnjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/nsbarr

Orbital: https://orbital.nycPost-Industrial Design School: http://postindustrialdesign.schoolStock and Flow: http://snarkmarket.com/2010/4890Words as Material: http://nicolefenton.com/words-as-material/Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon…

Chapman: https://buddhism-for-vampires.com/we-are-all-monstersRobert Bly: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001VA1PJI/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1Hamburglar Wiki: http://mcdonalds.wikia.com/wiki/HamburglarEnjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon!…

Some of the things Matt & I talk about in this Barrcast:- recording and annotating rap music- listening to music- giving and getting feedback- efficient reasons for not obsessing over efficiency- sunshowers and other regional expressionsLinks to some of the things we discuss:* Mobius Trio www.mobiustrio.org* PRhyme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s…

We share some highlights from the book Impro (https://www.amazon.com/Impro-Improvisation-Theatre-Keith-Johnstone/dp/0878301178), and revisit some assumptions about policy and motivation in the context of therapy.Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! h…

In this free-flowing conversation, Edlyn and I chat about kava, her project Prompt, launch parties, Kickstarter, making a book, giving side projects a good death, creativity, icebreakers, and a whole bunch of other stuff.Find Prompt here: http://helloprompt.comAnd keep in touch with Edlyn via her site: http://edlynyuen.com/No more forever projects:…

In this episode of the BARRCAST we discuss ELLE, the award-nominated film starring Isabelle Huppert directed by Paul Verhoeven.Elle: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/elle_2016/The Piano Teacher: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0254686/Craig x Tweek: http://southparkfanon.wikia.com/wiki/CreekYou are on your own when it comes to finding the shower scene …

In this Barrcast we read and translate the poem Nascer, by Carlos Drummond de Andrade.Our translation:Sproutagain and againindefinitelylike the plant is ever sproutingfrom the first seed;to think the day goodto create clarityand in it discoverthe first syllableof the first song

#22 Rogue One by Barrcast

We read (briefly) from chapter 36 of Hopscotch, and discuss the future of online communities and conversations in the context of the election.Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nsbarr…

Here's a passage from Julio Cortázar's Hopscotch (Rayuela), chapter 18, set to the music of Struttin' with Some Barbecue, as performed by Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars.Track: https://open.spotify.com/track/2Ekw6l7TfaNVpmjl5g2157Book: https://www.amazon.com/Hopscotch-Novel-Pantheon-Modern-Writers/dp/0394752848Chapter (Spanish): http://www.litera…

What do you remember from your years at school? What is good and bad about nostalgia?I Remember by Joe Brainard: https://sites.evergreen.edu/statements/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/09/I-Remember-Joe-Brainard-1.pdfMember Berries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndI9vkgw_1YEnjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher…

"Constraints breed creativity." Sure, but in this podcast we go a bit deeper into what else constraints do.Charles Bernstein's Experimental Writing Syllabus: http://writing.upenn.edu/bernstein/syllabi/111-intro.htmlJames Thurber's The Wonderful O: https://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-York-Review-Childrens-Collection/dp/1590173090Slash Keyboard: https:/…

The Barrcast is back from Thailand and more than a little jet-lagged in this episode!RIP Bhumibol AdulyadejDan Carlin's Common Sense: 310 – Or Else (http://www.dancarlin.com/common-sense-home-landing-page/)Roosevelt to Reagan: A Reporter's Encounters With Nine Presidents (https://www.amazon.com/Roosevelt-Reagan-Reporters-Encounters-Presidents/dp/00…

In a rare departure for the Barrcast, we discuss the startup industry and the merits of a popular piece of jargon, "Strong opinions, weakly held."Atwood: https://blog.codinghorror.com/strong-opinions-weakly-held/Wilson: http://avc.com/2016/06/strong-views-weakly-held/High Output Management: https://www.amazon.com/High-Output-Management-Andrew-Grove…

It's time for some fall-cleaning here at the Barrcast! In this episode we race through several topics that have been languishing in the queue. Specifically:- Work / Life & Mind / Body balance- Paralysis vs. Preservation- Putting yourself in someone else's shoes is a mistake- What got you here won't get you goin'- Preparedness bifurcationYou can dow…

In this episode we contemplate output, Gombrowicz, and the interplay between criticism and art.~Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nsbarr

In this mini-episode we challenge Shelly Kagan's claim that we are lucky to be alive.Full course: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEA18FAF1AD9047B0. Episode #23 is the one we're reacting to.~Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.pat…

In this mini-episode we read from Gertrude Stein's portrait on Picasso.Full text: www.rodoni.ch/PICASSO/Stein-on-Picasso.pdf~Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nsbarr

In this episode we talk about nihilism, or at least my conception of it. We explore the claim that rather than getting past nihilism, we should embrace it, incorporate it, and employ it from time to time as a tool. We discuss two great texts:The Parable of the Madman: http://www.historyguide.org/europe/madman.htmlThe Snow Man: https://www.poetryfou…

In episode 10 we're joined by our friend Bruno Valle(https://twitter.com/brunovalle) to discuss the narrative around the Olympics in Rio, where Bruno lives. Later (27:00), we talk more about Meaningness and Bruno makes the case for his Stage 5 status.Further reading:* meaningness.com/metablog/how-to-think* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_Inc~E…

A podcast pivot! In this episode we discuss some of the themes coming out of work by David Chapman for the hypertext book Meaningness.Posts that we mention:https://meaningness.wordpress.com/2015/10/12/developing-ethical-social-and-cognitive-competence/http://meaningness.com/metablog/stem-fluidity-bridge~Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favo…

In episode 8 we read and translate Horacio Quiroga's poem "Tu Agonía."Original: http://www.poesi.as/hq01078.htmTranslation:the afternoon was dying andyour voice was a silk pianoand your wet hand feltlimp in mine. your fingers anointed me with something like forgiveness and you spoke and the gates closed behind us. the summer gasped and the daisies …

In episode 7 we read Borges' essay "El Idioma Analítico de John Wilkins." Spanish and English versions here:languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/ldc/wilkins.htmllanguagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=8930

In this episode 6 we visit the work of California-based Language poet Rae Armantrout. We read her poem "Integer" in English and Spanish, and then provide a translation of our own.About Rae Armantrout: www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/rae-armantroutJotDown interview: www.jotdown.es/2012/03/rae-armantrout-me-inquieta-tener-una-experiencia-que-no-se-puede…

In this episode we read Chapter 68 of Julio Cortázar's Hopscotch. It's an erotic prose poem reminiscent of Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky. Here's the passage:Apenas él le amalaba el noema, a ella se le agolpaba el clémiso y caían en hidromurias, en salvajes ambonios, en sustalos exasperantes. Cada vez que él procuraba relamar las incopelusas, se enred…

This is a bizarro episode! Today we read a poem in English, and discuss it in Spanish. Here's Stevens' original poem:http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/248826And here's our translation into Spanish:El poema que tomó el lugar de una montañaAhí estaba, palabra por palabra,el poema que tomó el lugar de una montaña.Él respiraba su oxígeno,Aun mientra…

In this episode, we read Neruda's "A mis obligaciones." Original text: http://www.poemas-del-alma.com/pablo-neruda-a-mis-obligaciones.htmTranslation:To my obligationsDoing my jobstone by stone, feather by feather,winter ends and leavesabandoned sites,dead rooms:I work and work,I ought to replace all this neglect,fill the darkness with bread,replant…

In Episode 2, we read the fable "La oveja negra" by Guatemalan writer Augusto Monterroso. It's super short, so we also provide an English translation, reproduced below.Original text: http://www.ciudadseva.com/textos/cuentos/esp/monte/la_oveja_negra.htmTranslation:Long ago in a faraway land there was once a Black Sheep. He was shot and killed.A cent…

Episode 1! This is where it all begins. We stumble our way through a thorny passage early in Cien Años de Soledad, by Gabriel García Márquez. If you'd like to read along at home, the passage beings at the bottom of page 6 on this site: http://www.quieroleer.com.ar/libros/soledad/6.html==EPISODE NOTES==In the episode we describe "lirio" as an iris, …