Buckle up as Eneasz and Steven discuss some of the feedback about this short series and then have an untamed discussion about how capitalism/capitalists are portrayed in popular culture full of all kinds of digressions and random thoughts. We hope you enjoy it! :)By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Ilya Sutskever has started his own AI company the Mona art museum trolls Alec Baldwin case dismissed due to prosecutorial misconduct Trump shooting Trump says his convention speech will be…

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Eneasz Was Wrong! #1 Market Cap is MicroSoft Starship 4 launched! Has WWIII started? Maybe, tbh. Gaza pier being dismantled, maybe not being resinstalled? News Time Magazine released a cov…

Steven and Eneasz wrap up their discussion on the Fallout TV show and plan out future content.By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Enjoy the 7th episode of Uranium Fever! Everyone’s always trying to get some head. In this case it’s more literal.By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Appeals court paused Georgia case to decide if Fani Willis needs to be disqualified Judge Cannon paused classified documents case Hunter Biden found guilty of being on drugs Joe won’t pard…

Our heroes get trapped by evil mutants! Plus we get some ghoulishly awesome flashbacks from before the end of the world. Don’t forget to check out AskWho’s awesome Substack. Eneasz recommended this reading of a book review of the Old Testament and it’s awesome.By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Eneasz is too cool to be on the podcast this week, so Yassine Meskhout joined Wes and David to keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Gaza pier is already broken EV sales have plateaued at around 7% of all auto sales Biden executive order on immigrat…

Eneasz and Steven chat about the fifth episode of the Fallout tv show. Remember when we thought we’d keep these around 15 minutes each? Ha!By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

This episode gets us back into awesome character stuff and we had a blast (bomb pun intended).By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

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This was more of a plot moving episode and less of a deep diving conversation starter, but we still found some stuff to talk about. I hope you enjoy the transition between the main episode and the last few minutes – the sophisticated among you will get it. ;)By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Eneasz and Steven continue the discussion about the Fallout tv show and digress hard about the role of luck in our life circumstances. The outro song is from The Righteous Gemstones sung by Walton Goggins. :)By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Biden campaign will continue to use TikTok World Central Kitchen resumed aid in Gaza Hamas attacks humanitarian pier off Gaza coast during construction Erez Crossing between Gaza and Israe…

Eneasz and Steven wanted to chat about the new and awesome Fallout tv series. We were under the delusion we could keep this to like 15 minutes but you know us and that was never going to happen.By The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Note: Eneasz recorded himself on the wrong mic this episode, so his audio quality is terrible. Everyone yell at him! Support us on Substack! News discussed: Assassinated Iranian general at the embassy involved in 'planning and e…

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: IDF hits 3 world central kitchen cars, kills 7 paxlovid doesn't make a difference if you're fully vaxxed :( Florida abortion ban upheld, but ballot measure also approved abortion banned in…

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Google Used a Black, Deaf Worker to Tout Its Diversity. Now She’s Suing for Discrimination Israel plans 1km wide (.6mile) buffer zone around entirety of gaza (pic) Chuck Schumer called for…

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Alabama passed a law protecting IVF providers from liability Anti-abortion groups are not happy about it Putin threatens nukes if western troops used, again SCOTUS voted 9-0 to allow Trump…

Is the 2023 winner for animated short a brilliant work of satirical performance art, or just bad, or just good? Eneasz, Matt, and Jen have different opinions, and fortunately we totally decide which one is right. Watch it hereBy The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: The Hugo Committee itself was responsible for the censorship, doing it voluntarily and preemptively! Intuitive Machines is now the first commercial outfit to put a spacecraft on the Moon. …

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Natural Gas Ban doesn’t apply to countries that we have Free Trade Agreements with They’ve now read several pages of the Pompeii scrolls Gwern saw this coming. DC Circuit says Trump isn’t …

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: SCOTUS voted 5-4 to say Texas needs to let in the feds Texas is… not complying? Canadian highest court held that invoking of Emergency Act during trucker protest was unlawful Apple to have…

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Claudine Gay resigned The IRS will waive penalty fees for people who failed to pay back taxes Texas seized control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, prevent Border Patrol agents from entering …

Steven and Jennifer continue the dream in a discussion with the story’s author, Eneasz Brodski. The book is What Lies Dreaming. Read this book and buy it here. The short story this is an expansion of is Of All Possible Worlds. Check out that story and everything else he’s published… Continue readingBy The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Claudine Gay resigned Trump kicked off the Maine ballot NYT sued OpenAI Congress only passed 27 bills last year Israel uncovered a major Hamas command center in the heart of Gaza City They…

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Guyana & Venezuela both pledged not to use force The likely first longevity drug is based on sketchy science. Colorado Supreme Court banned Trump’s name from the ballot More trouble in the…

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Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! Sam Altman is back at OpenAI! Not fake news - future news! George Santos actually expelled this time Scientists got a whole-ass Earth-plant to grow in lunar regolith Gaza pause didn’t last long, but the o…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mindkiller.substack.com Wes, David, and Eneasz invite Yassine Meskhout onto the podcast to discuss his recent Substack post about the Israel-Palestine situationBy The Mind Killer Podcast

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mindkiller.substack.com Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: George Santos wasn’t actually expelled, they just tried And they’re trying again SpaceX gets FAA appro…

Steven and Jennifer continue the dream to talk about Joah, one of the protagonists of Eneasz’s book What Lies Dreaming. Read this book and buy it here. Continue readingBy The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Steven and Jennifer continue the dream to talk about Andreas, one of the protagonists of Eneasz’s book What Lies Dreaming. Read this book and buy it here. Continue readingBy The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News Links: SBF guilty on all charges We have a speaker of the house! He doesn’t have a bank account?!? First bill passed: $14 billion in aid for Israel plus $14 billion in cuts for IRS Biden Executive Or…

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Alex Jones can’t use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying $1.1B Caroline Ellison of FTX admits on the stand that Sam bribed Chinese officials with $100M to unfreeze their assets, purposel…

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Azerbaijan won The Free Press says this is Israel’s 9/11 They randomly massacred a music festival, taken many hostages “Declare a humanitarian interest in liberating Gaza from Hamas' theoc…

The Real Fanfic Is The Friends We Made Along The Way, by Eneasz Brodski Original Text at my blog This audio version was produced by AskWho, using awesome new AI tech. It cost him money to produce this, and his Patreon is always open to people who’d like to fund… Continue readingBy The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: FAA is “optimistic [about issuing a license] sometime next month" for Starship’s second launch Government shutdown impending this weekend New war just dropped between Armenia and Azerbaija…

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Intuitive Machines, the company behind the private moon lander, released a video of a test-fire of its landing engines Fifth Circuit injunction preventing government from censoring social …

Wes and David are joined by Jamiel to keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Prighozin, Utkin, and more or less all Wagner head honchos dead after a Wagner-owned private plane was shot down Chinese real-estate company Evergrande files for bankruptcy……

While Eneasz is away, Steven and Wes sit down to talk about Marcus Verus, one of the three protagonists of Eneasz’s book What Lies Dreaming. Steven finally got off his ass and picked up a whole book without a podcast to motivate him. Then, not only could he not put… Continue readingBy The Methods of Rationality Podcast

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Coroner’s report (Cu2S (known impurity in LK-99) has a first-order phase transition around 378 K accompanied by a large resistivity drop) Index of replication attempts Israeli Knesset bann…

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Ukraine Update: Kerch Strait Bridge 2: Electric Boogaloo Fed still raising interest rates despite inflation being over Monthly PCE inflation is at 2% Even the Fed’s janky numbers have infl…

Sneaking massive feels under the woke radar. Full spoilers for Barbie Links: America Ferrera’s full monologue Written post – Cinemanarrative Dissonance – The Subversiveness of Barbie Lindsey Ellis on Megan Fox in Transformers Short story – One of the Good Ones Patron-only post with over 9 minutes of additional discussion… Continue reading…

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Inflation is over Crazy Trump judge issued an injunction against government talking to social media companies ONE WEIRD TRICK! - Wisconsin gov used line-item veto to rewrite law to guarant…

It Makes Sense If You Understand Decision Theory – a podcast literary analysis of Planecrash/Project Lawful Episode 12 – Eneasz Breaks The Future Will Be Hyper-Local Eneasz on Chuck Tingle The Official IMSIYUDT Weekly Reading Table of Contents, created and maintained by Cakoluchiam The Project Lawful audiobook (help fund it here) Epub versions… Con…

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Perun (sp?) video Weird aborted coup in Russia If a cop has a gun in your face and you try to escape anyway, presumably what the cop would find is worse for you than taking a bullet France…

It Makes Sense If You Understand Decision Theory – a podcast literary analysis of Planecrash/Project Lawful Episode 11 – Things Start To Happen Get To The Fucking Monkey For Next Week, reading goes to: “if he just wants to snuggle, him just snuggling is fine.” The Official IMSIYUDT Weekly Reading Table… Continue reading…

It Makes Sense If You Understand Decision Theory – a podcast literary analysis of Planecrash/Project Lawful Episode 10 – Hermione Raised By Voldemort vs The Lizard Keepers The Mind Killer special episode at/about VibeCamp Eneasz’s Blog Post About Finding His Vibe at VibeCamp Worth The Candle For Next Week, reading goes… Continue reading…

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community Support us on Substack! News discussed: Trump indicted again Statement on AI risks The draft of the AI Bill of Rights is currently garbage Google’s DeepMind: AlphaDev uncovered new and improved sorting algorithms Language Models…