Bad Philosophy

Stephen returns to Texas Tech to analyze hipsters and counter-culture with Shawn, Matt, and Bryan.

Ep107: Killer Hipstinct [ 1:07:56 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Amazon, Amazon Prime, Angry Birds, AOL, Apple, Arcade Fire, babies, Bryan M, Canada, Carl Young, Cars, Chipotle, counter-culture, Digital Media Studio, Dreamwidth, emo, Facebook, Ford, Foursquare, Freebirds, Google, HEB, hipsters, iPhone, iPod, iRiver H10, Kent Hance, Kia, King Supers, Kroger, Last.fm, LinkedIn, LiveJournal, maple syrup, Matt, memes, meta, Microsoft, music, pancakes, Predictably Irrational, retro, Risk, Sanyo, Saturn, sex, Shawn, Stephen, Texas Tech University, The Atlantic, The Decemberists, The Internet, Twitter, Wal-Mart, Whole Foods, Windows, Zune

Is etiquette due for a scientific overhaul? Kevin, Eric, and Stephen downed some cookies, beer, and pizza this episode to find out. You’re welcome.

Ep098 Eticat [ 1:03:02 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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America, Brave New World, cannibalism, civilization, code, cognitive science, Coke, communication, conflict, copyright, culture, education, Emily Post, Eric, ethics, etiquette, Google, Karl Schroeder, Kevin, law, Miss Manners, morality, National Instruments, NOVA, objectivism, Pabst Blue Ribbon, physics, programming, progress, quantum physics, racism, Schrodinger's Cat, secular humanism, soda, Stephen, technology, trademark, Xerox

Ever get the feeling that society is holding you back? Like a ball and chain are just wrapped around your ankles, and if you could only break free and be your own person, the world would miraculously become your sandbox? Well according to Ayn Rand, that ball and chain are nothing more than your own [...]

Ep084 Safe for Work [ 1:07:10 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, capitalism, communism, Descartes, education, epistemology, ethics, Google, happiness, Jediah, Kiki, literature, metaphysics, Monopoly, oil, politics, pragmatism, rational egoism, rationality, reason, Sarah Palin, snow, Stephen, sustainability, The Fountainhead, utilitarianism

There is a place where, once a year, every geek worth his or her salt comes together in the magically weird city of Austin. For five days we mingle, bond, network, and bring our alcohol consumption up to par with our 3G bandwidth consumption. We call this beer- and bandwidth-infused tribal gathering SXSW Interactive, and [...]

Ep060 Rooftop Skinny Dipping SXSW [ 57:45 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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alcohol, Ashton Kutcher, AT&T, augmenting reality, Austin, Bigg Digg Shindigg, business, business cards, crowd surfing, Dan Ariely, Evan Williams, Foursquare, geocaching, geotagging, Google, Gowalla, hyperlocation, interactive, Jediah, Leo Laporte, local, location, meta, news, newspapers, panels, QR codes, Simon, smartphones, social media, Starbucks, Stephen, SWACURH, SXSW, SXSWi, TWiT, Twitter, wifi, Wordpress, zombies