98 – A GSV Very Different From Ours

We are joined by Discord user GSV to talk about Legal Systems Very Different From Ours The Podcast Very Different From Ours is available at SoundCloud, as well as GooglePodcasts. iTunes link coming soon. Scott Alexander’s fiction discussed: Samsara, The Study of Anglophysics (audio), Unsong (audio) This Waifu Does Not Exist Brad Pitt in Snatch Pro Se Folk Devil John Oliver on SLAPPs Helpful links provided by commentor  Lorien: references on air pollution (quick and dirty search): https://www.calhealthreport.org/2018/01/31/teen-exposure-air-pollution-reduce-iq-levels-long-term/ https://www.alzinfo.org/articles/air-pollution-raise-dementia-risk/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/climate/air-pollution-deaths.html Wrt. medical staff being fine with long hours: https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20180508/doctors-suicide-rate-highest-of-any-profession#1   Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast… and the other podcast LessWrong posts Discussed in this Episode: The Virtue of Narrowness You Can Face Reality The Apocalypse Bet Next Episode’s Sequence Posts: Your Strength as a Rationalist I Defy the Data! Big thanks to David for our intro music! Check out his music and VFX here! We’d like to thank creators of our new outro music from the Sumerki Project! Check out their stuff here!