In which we discuss nuclear energy as a solution to energy problems, coal and oil, electric vehicles, the non beaten path and the thrill, the veil of ignorance, confronting the world unfolding, the left and liberty, the cat makes an interruption, repetition of content and ideas, peak silicon computer chips, cult of technology and energy projection, alternative visions, compassion for the people, Donald Sutherland and a speech about oil, the property market, basic science and 5 to 10 years away and down payment on the future.

One thing of note: I had one random moment (just one? -ed) where I asked why it is that we do not listen to those who have the most sensible things to say during any epoch. It segued unsmoothly, I think it is an interesting question and something to consider in a future conversation. I was not trying to suggest that we are those people with the most sensible things to say, rather we learn what we learn and discuss from those people. There is an interesting thing happening with direct access to expertise as is possible in our times and this should lead us back to talking about the mediated environment.

Regarding the music and not something I got into on the podcast: The joyous eighties lush sound seems so far away but it is notable that in times of strife modern culture tends to skew towards a more hedonistic and outwardly joyous-seeming culture. Cabaret covers some of this with aplomb. Certainly popular culture seems to have a psychopathic tilt towards the bubbly and vapid. Witness the weekly deposit of mania and constructed joy of something like Strictly Come Dancing.

Links

https://unlimitedhangout.com/2021/11/press/facts-on-the-ground-panel-discussion/

https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/31/22648372/willy-shih-chip-shortage-tsmc-samsung-ps5-decoder-interview

https://energyskeptic.com/

Left Lockdown Skeptics

https://finalhour.substack.com/p/nuclear-pushpart-i