Movies, the Primacy of Cars, Public and Private Infrastructure and the perception problems of economics
The second installment of The Aphorists finds us in our studio in the Dogpatch. The sirens and office noise at the Lab proved too distracting, plus I like to limit the amount of time I spend in the Mission these days (no offense to those of you who love that hood and are inured to the port-o-potty like atmosphere of 16th and Capp). This was recorded on October 10th, 2012.
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Episode #2 - Movies, the Primacy of Cars, Public and Private Infrastructure and the perception problems of economics [ 1:13:10 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (549)______________________________________________________________________________
Links to things we talked about in this episode:
Part 1: Movie and Book Reviews
Slate Culture Gabfest Get Thee Behind Me Satan Episode
New Yorker article about Scientology
Salman Rushdie memoir in New Yorker
I claim to not want to defend Bruce Willis but actually I do, he was awesome in so many movies not to mention Moonlighting. Die Hard, The Fifth Element, Unbreakable, Twelve Monkeys, the list goes on! -Aphorist #1
Part 2: The Primacy of Cars
Taxis in New York on Planet Money
Lyft, Uber, SideCar, or read this article on these services
Millennials not buying houses or cars in the Atlantic
Stamen.com visualizing the private routes of Google, Apple, Facebook, etc
Elizabeth Warren piece in the New Yorker
Aphorist #2’s aphorism: “Libertarianism is to Silicon Valley as Scientology is to Hollywood”
Charitable Giving in Silicon Valley – Charity 2.0
Kevin Kelly – What Technology Wants
Planet Money 6 Economists make a platform, and a follow up blog post, and marketing the platform in episode #406
Bonus material: Freidrich von Hayek Pretense of Knowledge Nobel Peace Prize speech