StarTalk Podcast
Quarks, Space Explosions, & Comparing Holes | Cosmic Queries #110
Neil deGrasse Tyson and Paul Mecurio tackle fan questions on black holes, the Roche limit, the impossibility of sound in space, and the fundamental forces governing our universe, all while exploring the human need for connection and intellectual safety.
There Is No AI Really (It’s Just People), with Jaron Lanier
Jaron Lanier, a pioneer in VR and a prominent tech critic, argues that AI is not a creature but a collaboration of human data, and that the internet's problems stem from a singular business model of 'influence generation' and a flawed understanding of information as 'free and infinite'.
How Common Knowledge Shapes the World, with Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker explains how 'common knowledge'—the shared awareness that everyone knows something, and knows that everyone else knows it—is the invisible force behind everything from the value of money and government power to personal relationships and societal polarization.
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