Rationally Speaking #230 - Kelsey Piper on “Big picture journalism: covering the topics that matter in the long run”
Rationally Speaking Podcast
English - April 02, 2019 01:00 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 464 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Social Sciences philosophy science skepticism Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This episode features journalist Kelsey Piper, blogger and journalist for "Future Perfect," a new site focused on topics that impact the long-term future of the world. Kelsey and Julia discuss some of her recent stories, including why people disagree about AI risk, and how she came up with her probabilistic predictions for 2018. They also discuss topics from Kelsey's personal blog, including why it's not necessarily a good idea to read articles you strongly disagree with, why "sovereignty" is such an important virtue, and the pros and cons of the steel man technique.