Enlaces 2022-08
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Francis Fukuyama, who is a kind of meme of failed predictions due to the title of this essay "The End of History", is brave enough to make more or less specific predictions about what will happen with Putin's invasion of Ukraine. The article is called "Preparing for Defeat" (paywall). This has been published on the 10th of March, so perhaps I will re-evaluate this in a few months to see how right/wrong he was.
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Steven Pinker is one of my favourite thinkers who are alive, so it is mandatory that I share interviews with him when I listen to them. I find him to be at the same level as people like Yuval Noah Harari, and the world would be better if there were more people like them. Steven Pinker: enlightenment values made this the best moment in human history • Vox Conversations
If you liked the Netflix documentary "The Social Dilemma", you will probably enjoy this interview with Tristan Harris. I actually started using my phone screen in black and white most of the time after listening to this. How technology brings out the worst in us, with Tristan Harris • Vox Conversations
After World War II devastated the global economy, there was a push for a new universal currency. This is the story of how the U.S. dollar won. The dollar at the center of the world (Classic) • Planet Money
This is a fascinating and mind-bending conversation with an actual Socratic philosopher. Whoever you are, you will most likely disagree with at least some of the things that they discuss, but that is probably the whole point of philosophy so... mission accomplished, I guess. Status Games, Polyamory and the Merits of Meritocracy • The Ezra Klein Show