Software as Soulcraft and the Metaphysics of Engineering with Neal Davis
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 193
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Episode description
Neal Davis is a professor of computer science and the director of Urbit's Hoon School. We discuss why solving nuclear fusion might be a disaster, why Urbit computers have souls, Shinto philosophy, why you should read old books, how to select books, and much more. This was really good!
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