Bad Philosophy » Neal Stephenson http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog Ever just sat around and wondered Why? So have we. Bad Philosophy is your one-stop fix for random philosophical musings about pretty much anything. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:12:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 CreativeCommons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ captainvalor@gmail.com (The Bad Philosophers) captainvalor@gmail.com (The Bad Philosophers) Philosophy 1440 http://www.badphilosophy.com/podcast/BF_Logo_144x144_Color.jpg Bad Philosophy http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog 144 144 Upsetting the balance of reality, one rabbit trail at a time Ever just sat around and wondered Why? So have we. Bad Philosophy is your one-stop fix for random musings about everything from the nature of reality to the essence of modern digital society. Every week Stephen Torrence and Kevin Saunders invite guests from greater Texas Tech to chew the cud and make some magic. The more rabbit trails the better... philosophy, random, humor, college, politics, life The Bad Philosophers The Bad Philosophers captainvalor@gmail.com no clean Episode 088: Some People Talking About Bitcoin http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2011/03/31/episode-088-some-people-talking-about-bitcoin/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2011/03/31/episode-088-some-people-talking-about-bitcoin/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:55:59 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=258 Do you like money? Sure! Have you ever asked yourself why money is valuable? Maybe. Perhaps you’ve even asked yourself how you could make money better. Well, a few years ago a guy named Satoshi Nakamoto did that and more. He invented Bitcoin, the peer-to-peer digital currency that’s taking the Interwebs by storm. Here to discuss the economics and philosophy of value surrounding this revolutionary concept were BF regulars (or irregulars?) Kevin Saunders and Kiki Canon. We were also blessed to have Washington D.C. native and contact improvisation dancer Darrell Duane of BitcoinBonus and BitcoinCambio as our very special guest. So hop in the back seat, set your miners to Generate and come join us on a journey through cyberpunk economics, cryptographic currency, and squeeze-tastic sexual pairings. We so excited to have you along for the ride!

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This Week’s Post-Show Song Pimpage: “Friday by Rebecca Black” Cover by Matt Mulholland

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2011/03/31/episode-088-some-people-talking-about-bitcoin/feed/ 3 0:58:18 Do you like money? Sure! Have you ever asked yourself why money is valuable? Maybe. Perhaps you’ve even asked yourself how you could make money better. Well, a few years ago a guy named Satoshi Nakamoto did that and more. He invented Bitcoin, [...] Bad Philosophy Episode 088 "Some People Talking About Bitcoin" Recorded 03-29-2011 Bad Philosophers: Kevin Saunders, Stephen Torrence, Kiki Canon, Darrell Duane Do you like money? Sure! Have you ever asked yourself why money is valuable? Maybe. Perhaps you've even asked yourself how you could make money better. Well, a few years ago a guy named Satoshi Nakamoto did that and more. He invented Bitcoin, the peer-to-peer digital currency that's taking the Interwebs by storm. Here to discuss the economics and philosophy of value surrounding this revolutionary concept were BF regulars (or irregulars?) Kevin Saunders and Kiki Canon. We were also blessed to have Washington D.C. native and contact improvisation dancer Darrell Duane of BitcoinBonus and BitcoinCambio as our very special guest. So hop in the back seat, set your miners to Generate and come join us on a journey through cyberpunk economics, cryptographic currency, and squeeze-tastic sexual pairings. We so excited to have you along for the ride! This Week's Post-Show Song Pimpage: "Friday by Rebecca Black" Cover by Matt Mulholland Podcast The Bad Philosophers clean no Episode 082: Saunders on Saunders http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2011/01/19/episode-082-saunders-on-saunders/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2011/01/19/episode-082-saunders-on-saunders/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 05:51:57 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=249 Imagine if falling in love was as easy as taking a pill. Scary? Exciting? Kind of rad? Well, to make up for the distinct lack of anything resembling actual philosophy last week, we decided to delve straight into this and other hardcore questions, courtesy of George Saunders and his recent short story in The New Yorker. Don’t let the sub-par audio or the happy-go-lucky children chuckling in the background of Panera Bread fool you. We got REAL SERIOUS AND STUFF. You can tell by the caps lock. Drip on? Hell yeah!

This Week’s Post-show Song Pimpage: “I Feel Fantastic” by Jonathan Coulton

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2011/01/19/episode-082-saunders-on-saunders/feed/ 2 0:51:04 Imagine if falling in love was as easy as taking a pill. Scary? Exciting? Kind of rad? Well, to make up for the distinct lack of anything resembling actual philosophy last week, we decided to delve straight into this and other hardcore questions, co[...] Bad Philosophy Episode 082 "Saunders on Saunders" Recorded 01-17-2011 Bad Philosophers: Stephen Torrence, Kevin Saunders Imagine if falling in love was as easy as taking a pill. Scary? Exciting? Kind of rad? Well, to make up for the distinct lack of anything resembling actual philosophy last week, we decided to delve straight into this and other hardcore questions, courtesy of George Saunders and his recent short story in The New Yorker. Don't let the sub-par audio or the happy-go-lucky children chuckling in the background of Panera Bread fool you. We got REAL SERIOUS AND STUFF. You can tell by the caps lock. Drip on? Hell yeah! This Week's Post-show Song Pimpage: "I Feel Fantastic" by Jonathan Coulton Podcast The Bad Philosophers clean no Episode 074: Trabbit Rails http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2010/09/28/episode-074-trabbit-rails/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2010/09/28/episode-074-trabbit-rails/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:44:25 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=223 Aaaaaand, we’re back! For those of y’all who were keeping track, our 2-year anniversary was last month. That means BF has been around for… well… yeah, you can do the math. ANYWHO. Kevin and Kiki joined me to discuss brain damage, Neal Stephenson’s writing experiment, and a little ol’ movie about Facebook. No news stories this time, just a good old-fashioned F-isode. Enjoy!

This Week’s Post-show Song Pimpage: “Creep” Cover by the Scala and Kolacny Brothers

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2010/09/28/episode-074-trabbit-rails/feed/ 0 0:58:56 Aaaaaand, we’re back! For those of y’all who were keeping track, our 2-year anniversary was last month. That means BF has been around for… well… yeah, you can do the math. ANYWHO. Kevin and Kiki joined me to discuss brain dam[...] Aaaaaand, we’re back! For those of y’all who were keeping track, our 2-year anniversary was last month. That means BF has been around for… well… yeah, you can do the math. ANYWHO. Kevin and Kiki joined me to discuss brain damage, Neal Stephenson’s writing experiment, and a little ol’ movie about Facebook. No news stories this time, just a good old-fashioned F-isode. Enjoy! This Week’s Post-show Song Pimpage: “Creep” Cover by the Scala and Kolacny Brothers Podcast The Bad Philosophers clean no Episode 040: Meta-Mathic Smackdown http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/07/30/episode-040-meta-mathic-smackdown/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/07/30/episode-040-meta-mathic-smackdown/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:36:37 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=160 In a world, divided by history, separate but equal, teetering on the brink of the cosmos, one podcast dares to defy the axioms and go where no podcast has gone bef… well you get the idea. This week we’re talking Anathem!  Neal Stephenson‘s latest work of spec-fic awesomery is ripe with headiness, so we decided to bring on couple of powerhouses in the brain department. Former-KTXT and current Llano Idea DJ Benjamin Brown returns to duke it out in a literary smackdown for the ages with veteran Bad Philosopher and aspiring YouTube reviewer Kevin Saunders. If this were a book, it’d be a genuine page-turner. But you read with your ears, right? Of course you do. So have a listen…

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This week’s post-show song pimpage: “Mandelbrot Set” by Jonathan Coulton

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/07/30/episode-040-meta-mathic-smackdown/feed/ 0 0:55:09 In a world, divided by history, separate but equal, teetering on the brink of the cosmos, one podcast dares to defy the axioms and go where no podcast has gone bef... well you get the idea. This week we're talking Anathem! Neal Stephenson's latest [...] Bad Philosophy Episode 040 "Meta-Mathic Smackdown" 07-26-09 In a world, divided by history, separate but equal, teetering on the brink of the cosmos, one podcast dares to defy the axioms and go where no podcast has gone bef... well you get the idea. This week we're talking Anathem! Neal Stephenson's latest work of spec-fic awesomery is ripe with headiness, so we decided to bring on couple of powerhouses in the brain department. Former-KTXT and current Llano Idea DJ Benjamin Brown returns to duke it out in a literary smackdown for the ages with veteran Bad Philosopher and aspiring YouTube reviewer Kevin Saunders. If this were a book, it'd be a genuine page-turner. But you read with your ears, right? Of course you do. So have a listen... Podcast The Bad Philosophers clean no Episode 032: We Love the Future http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/05/25/episode-032-we-love-the-future/ http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/05/25/episode-032-we-love-the-future/#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 18:16:02 +0000 StephenTorrence http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/?p=147 After a long and completely unnecessary haitus, BF is back. And we’re going back, WAY back to a simpler time, a more optimistic time, to the days of the Virtual Boy and its ilk. That’s right, Kevin, pre-Facebook Jed, Matt and I are talking virtual reality, ladies and gentlemen! It was supposed to be the wave of the future, so what happened? Why aren’t we all living in holodecks already? And where’s my virtual haircut? We’ll try to answer all this and more before the singularity hits, so strap in and have a listen!

This week’s postshow audio pimpage: “The Future Soon” by Jonathan Coulton

]]> http://www.badphilosophy.com/blog/2009/05/25/episode-032-we-love-the-future/feed/ 0 0:52:15 It was supposed to be the wave of the future, so what happened? Why aren't we all living in holodecks already? And where's my virtual haircut? We'll try to answer all this and more before the singularity hits, so strap in and have a listen! It was supposed to be the wave of the future, so what happened? Why aren't we all living in holodecks already? And where's my virtual haircut? We'll try to answer all this and more before the singularity hits, so strap in and have a listen! Podcast The Bad Philosophers no no