Bad Philosophy

Matt, Kevin, and Stephen don their student hats once again to talk Dan Ariely, education, and soft colonialism… on the way to Mars!

Ep131: Cheating Our Way to Mars [ 1:05:22 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Barack Obama, cheating, college, Colonialism, Coursera, Dan Ariely, economics, education, English, essay mills, globalism, government, grading, Honduras, Hong Kong, Kevin, Mars One, Matt, outsourcing, plagiarism, SimCity, Stephen, Steve Jobs, Texas, The Wire, This American Life, Tim Cook, Triangulation

WOW! Another year is upon us. The world didn’t end in 2012, even though it gave us an extra day to contemplate our doom. So once again we’re back for our annual retrospective / prediction-fest. Kevin joined me to welcome newcomer and fellow philosopher Oso Perez to the show. This episode may not shock you, but it might move you to reflect, resolve, and predict a bit for yourself. Leave your own New Years thoughts in the comments! Hope y’all enjoy our first episode of 2013…

Ep130: High Framerate Train Wreck [ 1:21:17 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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2012, 2012 apocalypse, 2013, 3D, 48fps, A Good Day to Die Hard, Aaron Sorkin, Alamo Drafthouse, Apple, AppleBee's, Arrested Development, Austin, Avatar, Barack Obama, Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome, Breaking Bag, Car2Go, CES, Chilantro BBQ, Chinese, Cloud Atlas, crowd funding, economics, emoji, Everything is a Remix, Facebook, fiscal cliff, FitBit, food trucks, Franklin Barbecue, FTL: Faster Than Light, Galaxy Moviehouse, Game of Thrones, Godspell, Google, Gourdough's, HFR, Homeland, Homestuck, house of cards, Hunger Games, IndieGoGo, Japanese, Jawbone Up, Jesus Christ Superstar, Kevin, Kickstarter, Lark, Leap of Faith, Mandarin, Moneyball, Movie Grill, Netflix, New Years, Newsies, Nike Plus Fuelband, Once, Oso, Parker, PBS, Peep Show, perception, politics, Project Glass, retrospective, Rosetta Stone, Rush Hour, science fiction, Sight, special effects, Star Wars, Stephen, Steve Jobs, The Dark Knight Rises, The Dark Tower, The Hobbit, The Newsroom, The Social Network, The Thing, The West Wing, The Woman Who Died a Lot, theatre, Thor, Tony Awards, Ulysses, Walter Isaacson, wearable technology, ZipCar

Newcomer Adam Easterling joins Britton, Kevin, and Stephen on a leap of faith into the philosophy of Braid and many other video games.

Ep125: The Princess's Curfew [ 1:34:40 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Achron, Adam, Braid, Brink, Britton, Citizen Kane, Commander Kean, Dallas Morning News, Dark Souls, economics, film noir, game design, Gamespot, Guild Wars 2, heaven and hell, Humble Bundle, indie games, InfoCom, Jazz Jackrabbit, Johann Sebastian Joust, John Carmack, Jonathan Blow, Joystiq, Just Cause 2, Kevin, LiMBO, Megaman, Memento, Myst, Mystery Men, Narbacular Drop, Ninja Gaiden, Papa y Yo, plants vs zombies, PlayStation Move, Portal, Prince of Persia, Project Greenlight, QuakeCon, Quantum Conundrum, Retro Computing Roundtable, Riven, SimCity 2000, Skyrim, Spec Ops: The Line, Steam, Stephen, storytelling, Super Mario 3D Land, Tag, The Sixth Sense, The Walking Dead, time, Uncharted, University of Texas, video games, Wolfenstein, Zork

Kevin and Stephen critique the nature of work from first principles and rip capitalism a new one.

Ep106: Accident Alley [ 1:16:41 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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benefits, Boing Boing, Bureau of Labor Statistics, bureaucracy, capitalism, Cillian Murphy, communism, corporations, corporatism, economics, education, employment, gift economy, health insurance, Hyperbole and a Half, illegal immigration, Jerry Pournelle, Joel Olsteen, Joshua Glenn, Kevin, love, MacBeth, Mark Kingwell, Marxism, migrant work, minimum wage, neo-Marxism, personal identity, price fixing, Reading Rainbow, religion, slavery, Stephen, stock options, Tales of the Golden Clipper, teachers, telepathy, Texas Roller Derby, theatre, trust, TSA, United States, value, wage slavery, wages, work