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Why do Good Things always Come to an End?
Cognitive Engineering
English - May 03, 2019 12:53 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MB - ★★★★ - 7 ratingsScience Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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As London’s black cabs move inexorably towards extinction, we ponder whether the progress of civilisation is merely illusory.
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Things mentioned in this podcast
-‘Meditations on Moloch’ from Slate Star Codex: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/
-The Tragedy of the Commons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons
-Ronald Coast, ‘The Problem of Social Cost’: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/466560
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