Syllojism is a bi-monthly science, culture, and philosophy challenge podcast on the edge of chaos.
Challenge: Submit an application for the FLI Worldbuilding Contest
EDIT** We actually won an Honorable Mention award!! Here’s our world build. And in 2023… more and more of our predictions are coming true.
Show Notes:
2:51 What exactly is dystopia? Lobsters, Frogs, Fleas, and Ants Oh, My.
5:05 Humans have always been enslaved by something…What’s the difference now? Technology is Brett’s Boogeyman.
9:27 Rules for the contest
12:04 “The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.” William Gibson
12:53 : HR 1783
13:58 Obstacles to the application:
Doomers
14:25 “Nobody wants to work:
Disagreements about ideals, definition
Theory Gang Community thoughts on the contest
16:20 AI Alignment problem
20:59 Anarchosyndicalistic Theory Gang
25:05 Wealth inequality and Altered Carbon
28:00 The wealthy early adoption of technology is “a piss-poor laboratory”
31:50 Our process for writing the application: We are generalists.
- A book for generalists Range
33:16 The way a lot of biomedical science is done - technique-centric
39:35 Getting over the hubris of building a world
42:55 Forming “The Theory Gang” via social media
45:25 Syllojism Challenge #9: Make a TikTok account and go Live to learn about why and how people use this platform.
46:20 Are we these awful ‘Intellectuals’ according to Thomas Sowell? (Our first book club read)
Next Episode: Brett and Natasha will go Live on TikTok.
Syllojism Episode 8 - Everybody wants to build the world