Brian and Chris always said that if they couldn't have a morning coffee together at work each day, they'd start a podcast to make sure they catch up regularly.This is the conversation they want to have and will range from finance and economics to philosophy and management theory
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Main Article this week is (https://scottsumner.substack.com/p/epistemology-in-the-age-of-ai?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2934833&post_id=154149723&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=12tf6&triedRedirect=true)The generous country (https://inflectionpoints.work/articles/the-generous-country#how-we-double-our-giving) by Ryan Ginard. It’s a bits and pieces article and perhaps the point is better made in the related podcast (https://stack.inflectionpoints.work/p/fixing-australian-philanthropy-why)
Scott Alexander against everyone (https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/contra-everyone-on-taste?hide_intro_popup=true) on taste
The histroy of the entire world I guess? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuCn8ux2gbs) Will it be great art that stands the test of time? You can be the judge
People don’t like (https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/1tcxmdy/someone_posted_a_real_monet_to_twitter_but_said/#lightbox) Monet if they think it’s AI
This is only tangentially related to our discussion of gift economies, but I just found this article on African funerals (https://substack.com/@doks/p-193713307) amazing
The large list of coffee bets (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19Oada7UQwoGXIYeAn-lPSb-zlEGzUn3P9mJTAqvnnLE/edit?usp=sharing). Now with more resolutions!
18 May 2026
Episode 43: This is what peak art looks like
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Main Article this week is Epistemology in the age of AI (https://scottsumner.substack.com/p/epistemology-in-the-age-of-ai?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2934833&post_id=154149723&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=12tf6&triedRedirect=true)by Scott Sumner. Not going to lie, we're kind of rusty and I think Brian had to use his editing skills to reconstruct a wholly artificial opening by cutting out individual words to make something usable, but I think we hit our stride talking about art.
I'm not totally sure why I'm linking The Great Wave (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/45434) as you've surely seen it, but it's always worth another look
Brian has done another hyper specific history (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JTIYQ7Oo5Q) of world records
The Banach–Tarski Paradox (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s86-Z-CbaHA)
(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19Oada7UQwoGXIYeAn-lPSb-zlEGzUn3P9mJTAqvnnLE/edit?usp=sharing)
19 Jan 2025
Episode 42: Stocks vs Flows of Happiness
This week we discuss whether moving from measuring Gross Domestic Product vs Gross National Happiness would improve underlying results for the world. There's a hint of an opinion in the title of the article we reference. The aim of maximising happiness is doomed to fail as a public policy (https://www.optimallyirrational.com/p/the-aim-of-maximising-happiness-is)
The biggest news is that Brian has a substack (https://dollarydosanddonts.substack.com/)! You should all go subscribe to it
Also referenced:
The centuries-old debt that's still paying interest (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfSIC8jwbQs)
Russ Roberts thinks you should be a vampire (https://www.econtalk.org/l-a-paul-on-vampires-life-choices-and-transformation/)
Why you can't argue that a $300 rebate will reduce inflation (https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/you-can-t-argue-chalmers-300-electricity-handout-will-lower-inflation-20240520-p5jexy)
Why growth matters (https://www.amazon.com.au/Why-Growth-Matters-Developing-Countries/dp/1610393732)
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