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Stop To Think
Stop To Think is about thinking deeply for a change. Most people hate thinking these days and they go to a lot of trouble to avoid it. A lot of problems in life are caused by people not taking time to think before they act. Naturally, if you put these two things together you get a lot of problems. In Stop To Think we'll think through various topics and see where that takes us.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss how time decays through life. A second in your teens is a much bigger deal to you than a second in your 40s. There is a tension between pushing to make your time as memorable as possible and making time pass fast to get the resources required to live life.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss how powerful it is to be intentional in your life. This is especially true in a world where most people are floating about aimlessly.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss how magical human life is. The very idea that new humans can be generated and that these humans have souls and personalities and everything is kind of wild to think about.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss your net economic impact. It seems like it would be possible to boil just about everything down to dollars. When you actually do this exercise, you can extract some interesting insights. You want to be a person who is generating a positive net economic impact.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss the people on the internet who are full of BS. You see them on X and YouTube a lot. They'll push a certain agenda with their content, but then when you look into them, you find out that they don't actually walk the walk. Especially annoying are the people who fish for engagement.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss giving money to church. Many churches are still stuck in the 20th century when it comes to offerings, and it's somewhat annoying.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss the conjunction of meaning. It's interesting how the same underlying meaning can be conveyed in multiple different languages. Although I don't delve into it in the episode, the topic is essentially Plato's Forms.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss how to create prosperity. It's actually not very difficult, but it would require a lot of parasites in society to die off. If you want prosperity, increase efficiency, reduce waste, establish the proper incentives, and maintain a stable money supply. That's really all there is to it. Honestly, if you fix the money issue, everything else usually fixes itself.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss how price controls have worked out throughout history. Spoiler alert... It has never gone well.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss some great women in history. Occasionally, I get some feedback that I come across as a bit anti-women. This isn't the case, as I simply hold a Christian view of women. So for this episode, we'll talk about some women in history who have demonstrated exceptional character and self-sacrifice.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss the hidden meaning in literature. People, especially high school English curriculum writers, have a tendency to extract meaning from places where it was never intended to be found. As an author, I've encountered cases where people have found meaning in what I've written that wasn't even close to what I intended. Finding meaning that's not there isn't good.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss the 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene and how it meshes with or fails to mesh with a biblical world view.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss the Cult of Safety. You all know who I'm talking about. These are the people who would wield power and authority to make things "safer" for everyone, but usually, they just make everyone miserable by creating a bunch of semi-useless rules that often do more harm than what they're intended to actually prevent.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss immortality. Specifically, how our society would change if everyone were immortal. Under the current regime, death shortens the time horizon of individuals, which has a very pungent impact on behavior.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss working toward a specific end. When you're in the workforce, it seems like there is a never-ending hamster wheel of work in front of you. When you're in school or when you're working toward a specific goal, then things don't feel like such an insurmountable task. From a company standpoint, the best way to fix this problem for your employees is to make sure to give them good rewards when they complete specific goals. This helps break up the hamster wheel feeling and gives them some payoff.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss inheritance. When someone dies, there's always the matter of dealing with their stuff, which usually turns into a messy process. Splitting inheritance can actually ruin what is being passed on. Get a will and get Jesus. That's the best way to handle this.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss updates on what I've been working on behind the scenes. At a high level, since the season three update, I've been mostly focused on audiobook production, some app development, and the usual writing tasks. Cheers to another season of the Stop To Think Podcast.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we wrap up season three with a discussion about conflicts between your wife and your parents. As I've said many many many times before, you always want to be on the side of truth and the side of reality. Likewise, in a conflict between your parents and your wife, siding with the party that is incorrect just because of some misguided sense of loyalty is not a good idea. It will have major consequences down the road.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss the grand narrative. That is to say, when you view the world as a story that's unfolding, a lot of things make sense that don't make sense otherwise.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss getting engaged and relationship success. Certain behaviors and habits, along with some common sense, can greatly help you not turn your life into a flaming mess.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss what it would be like to receive an email containing instructions from God. This has been a long time wish of mine, but recently I gained some insights on why it wouldn't make sense at all for God to do something like this given what he's trying to accomplish.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss what it would be like to suffer a complete loss. We discuss what it means to have something in the first place.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss the selfish wife trope. In a lot of film and media, the wife of the main character is often set up as an adversarial character. She often opposes the heroic journey of the main character, usually for selfish reasons. It's interesting that this theme exists.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss the Screwtape letters and spiritual warfare. Specifically, how there is a whole world of forces acting behind the scenes in our lives that we mostly do not notice. More importantly, we often don't understand what these forces are up to and what they're trying to accomplish.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we continue discussing the cost of changing almost everything over the course of a single generation. We also discuss the level of hubris required to think that this would go well and have no negative consequences.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss the cost of Feminism. It turns out that any time you completely restructure your society, unexpected consequences can occur. Some good and some very very bad.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about the looming reformed hoe problem we have brewing. All of these girls who have been promiscuous during their twenties are going to demand good treatment in their thirties when they think they deserve a loving family and such. Unfortunately, there aren't going to be a ton of men who are interested in that arrangement.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about the nature of being a hero. As far as I can tell, it seems to boil down to some degree of self-sacrifice. However, it's more complicated than just that.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about high school mission trips. Or at least that's what I was supposed to talk about but then I went on a massive tangent that had nothing to do with the topic until the last ten minutes of the episode. However, on the topic, my thoughts are that some mission trips seem more trip than mission, and using church funds to fund that sort of stuff probably isn't a great idea but there are also worse things that could be happening as well. So if you're a high schooler and you're going to be going on a mission trip, make sure you're not just there to have fun.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about The Case Against the Sexual Revolution by Louise Perry. It's an interesting read overall and it has several good points in it, but I found a reoccurring theme of zero female accountability throughout the book. There was also a fixation on violence which was kind of surprising.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about the Count of Monte Cristo. Realistically, this episode mostly consists of my stumbling over what I remember of the book but if I recall nothing else, what I remember most is that the book was good and highly worth reading.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about national monuments and if we should have them. On the one hand, they're pretty darn cool. On the other hand, they are a benefit to a select group of people at the cost of a much larger group of people.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about how parents usually cause a lot of their own problems. This statement actually applies at multiple levels of analysis but one of the key areas of focus for this discussion is the matter of over scheduling. Parents will sign their kids up for a bunch of different things and then complain that they never have any free time even though they were the ones who orchestrated their own misery.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about just how much control parents should have over their children. The answer seems to be dependent on the amount of support that the children receive from their parents. If children are fully financially dependent on their parents, then their parents should fully control them. If children are fully independent, then control should be limited to only that which is reasonable.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about solutions to all the problems that we're facing as Americans. This episode was mostly meant as a joke. But it also illustrates just how troublesome these problems are. In a lot of cases, the solutions are simple but they're rather painful and that makes it unlikely that they'll be pursued.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss the Elite Gap. This is the massive gap in perception between how elites perceive reality and how normal people perceive reality. These elites then think they deserve to dictate how life should be for everyone else. Even though they have no understanding of how it is to work for a living or to be under financial pressure.
Rough & Rounded Income/Year Brackets From Google:
Lower Class < 50k
50k < Middle Class < 150k
150k < Upper Class
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about female intuition. People claim that it exists but if you watch the lives of women play out in real life, then it's of questionable effectiveness. One is forced to conclude that many women ignore their intuition. That or they don't really have it in the first place.
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Link for the bible verse I mentioned about three minutes in.
https://biblehub.com/jeremiah/17-9.htm
Information regarding how well single mothering tends to go.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-economic-status-of-single-mothers/#:~:text=While%2021%20percent%20of%20all,percent%20and%208%20percent%2C%20respectively.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about the age-old battle between talent and management. There was a split between Brett Cooper and the Dailywire back in December of 2024. This sort of thing happens all the time but in this case, there was some cloak-and-dagger swapping stuff going on that made it more messy than it needed to be otherwise. Either way, it was entertaining to watch as a bystander.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about the cost of entertainment and how it relates to what girls find attractive in terms of male hobbies. I was surprised to discover there is a very clear trend between what girls do and don't find attractive. It's not money either.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about tariffs. Specifically how they work and what they do to an economy. The masses don't seem to understand them very well. Media and uninformed politicians don't help matters either.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about who all should get to vote in a society. Ideally, you want the people voting to have an interest in the wellbeing of the society. Otherwise, they'll just vote for personal benefits at the cost of the whole society.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about the economics of war. Using million-dollar missiles on combatants carrying 1,000 dollars of gear isn't a financially victorious strategy.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about living with your parents after you're an adult. We also talk about Taylor Alesia and a bit of her story and how it's interesting.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, I was thinking about Memorial Day. I struggle to see why someone would want to serve in the military at present. The value proposition isn't really there unless you're interested in thrill-seeking at high risk to yourself.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about parenting girls. It's the second part of a two-episode series. With girls, there's some overlap with parenting boys, but there are also some key differences that we get into during the episode.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about parenting boys. It's the first episode in a two-part series. I think that if you raise your son to be a hero, things will work out alright.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about shame and how it is the guardrail of societies. Our culture has gotten away from shaming people because it is "mean". Unfortunately, there are some consequences to us doing this and they're probably worse than hurting some feelings here and there to keep everyone in line.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, I discuss the construction of a functional secular worldview. As far as I can tell, self-propagation becomes the highest ideal.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about a wild fantasy I have and the book Atlas Shrugged, one of my favorites. The fantasy pertains to setting up an independent community based on merit and sound monetary principles.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about politics and capitalism. Specifically, there's a bit of a money problem. The people in power tend to abuse it. It would be a good idea for us to change the system so that it's impossible for them to abuse it.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about the beautiful Brett Cooper. For a brief period, I had a total crush on her. She has an interesting back story so I figured it was worth discussing here.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about intelligence and how it's a bit pesky. Some studies seem to indicate that it's highly dependent on genetics which presents a few problems for... well... everyone.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about the Catholic Church and the moral, emotional, and spiritual anguish it put me through earlier this year on account of a beautiful girl. It caused so much trouble that it forced me to make a flowchart. The link for that is below.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about authenticity and how it seems to be one of the core things. Everyone gets the ick for inauthentic crap.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about monarchies and why they're kind of a bad idea but also not that much worse than all the other methods for human government.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about risk management. It seems like a lame topic but risk comes up everywhere in life. Although it's usually good, it can sometimes cause problems if you're too risk-averse.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about why you have to work. A lot of stupid people on the internet don’t understand how the world works. Specifically, they seem to miss the fact that resources are finite. Economics is the study of the production, consumption, and the transfer of wealth. When resources are finite, we need to decide who gets more resources and who gets less. When you work, you exchange your productive efforts for the productive efforts of other people. This episode is all about hammering this out and why it forces you to work if you want to have stuff provided to you by other people.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about how insurance works. In the recent past, a lot of people have argued that criminals shouldn’t be treated harshly for their actions because the damage they cause is covered by insurance. Unfortunately, if the insurance has to pay for it, then everyone who has insurance ends up paying for it. We talk about it in this episode.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about beauty, purity, and character. These three facets are the key factors that make girls attractive to guys. Beauty is the most important because it’s required to cause a guy to initiate an interaction. Purity is the next most important because it will tank a relationship if it’s not present. Character is third because without it a relationship is pointless to have.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about some internet scams. Earlier this year I had a close call with one. That prompted me to look into internet scams in greater depth to get an understanding of how they work and how to best avoid them.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about the diminishing returns curve with respect to thinking. One of the people I work with, we’ll call him “Steve”, thinks that thinking less is beneficial for one’s happiness. He’s more in favor of just going with your instinct which is accurate 85% of the time. I on the other hand think that thinking more is always better provided that you’re not incurring an opportunity cost for it. Also, the audio is kind of sketchy. $20 Walmart mic for the win. We’ll hopefully have better audio going forward.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about investing in and developing other people. Over the course of my life, I’ve had the opportunity to invest a decent amount of my time in developing other people. So far, no one I’ve had a hand in mentoring has flamed out so it seems like I might kind of know what I’m doing or something like that. This episode is centered on discussing the experiences relating to this.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we come back to the topic of evil once again. I just finished a book, “On Becoming a Person”, which presents the idea that people aren’t actually inherently bad. Instead, they’re usually just responding to circumstantial challenges. This obviously contradicts the original sin worldview that is presented in the Bible. In this episode, I wanted to talk about it some more.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we finally conclude talking about purity from a more secular standpoint. This episode focuses on getting to the bottom of what the story with purity is. It seems to more or less boil down to making sure that both parties aren’t getting taken advantage of. We also talk about some of the nasty things people do that just gives a person the ick.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we continue talking about purity from a more secular standpoint. This episode focuses on an evolutionary take on raising children. Specifically, how this relates to the seriousness of one sex cheating on the other. Female cheating is more of a betrayal than male cheating under the typical resource flow arrangement.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about purity again. This time around, I go into my own personal experiences to a certain extent. One recommendation is to avoid dating for extended periods of time. Either get things figured out quickly or move on. Longer relationships increase the likelihood of diminishing purity and getting tangled up in sexual immorality. Beyond that, we talk about cheating a bit.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about Sola Scriptura. The belief that scripture is the sole source of authority required for living the Christian life. I talk about my church background and why I think that Sola Scriptura is correct as opposed to using other sources of authority.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we continue the evolved stupidity topic from last week. This episode focuses on the self-perpetuating requirement for both life forms and societies. Behavior that hinders self-perpetuation is behavior that’s detrimental for a society and usually labeled as bad. We also talk a bit about the “What would Jesus do?” framework. As well as how someone can get to know someone by reading about them. Lastly, we also get into an evolutionary theory for hot girls being crazy.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about agency mostly. Unsurprisingly, another Hoe_math video kicked this one off. These days everyone is always talking in terms of evolutionary theory. You hear a lot about how people act in a certain way in accordance with their evolved nature. Yet at the same time, we as humans claim that we’re capable of acting above our nature. There are consequences to both of these views. This episode is all about discussing the interplay between them.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we continue to talk about the cost of OnlyFans. This episode gets into the problem of nudes. It’s always a bad idea to do anything you wouldn’t want on the front page of the local newspaper. Most people wouldn’t want their nudes on the front page of the local newspaper. So, it follows that you probably shouldn’t be sending nudes. The cost in terms of reputation damage far outweighs any benefits. OnlyFans essentially is a collection of nudes all in one place so it’s especially damaging. We also talk about how intimate experiences a girl has can have an influence on how desirable she is as a potential future spouse.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about the cost of OnlyFans. Since we were talking about Christian purity culture last week, I figured we might aswell talk about OF now because you see it all over the place. A shockingly large number of Instagram accounts have direct links to OF. It seems like a topic worth some discussion.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about purity culture. In certain Christian circles, purity is elevated to a place of the highest esteem. This episode is all about breaking that down and getting into the nuances of that. Jesus will still love you if you’re getting involved outside of marriage. However, you’re still sinning which is not going to end well for you.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about war. I just finished reading The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. The key thing I learned from it is that so long as an incentive for war exists, there will always be war.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about a woman of the night. I matched with an interesting lady on Hinge. Things played out in ways that I never would have expected, and I learned a lot from the experience. With the key takeaway being that dating apps are beyond salvaging at this point.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about the disposability of men compared to women. The argument is basically that it required fewer men thanwomen to keep a population stable historically. Therefore, men are less necessary for the perpetuation of society. Or so the reasoning goes at least. As we’ll discuss, there are afew problematic details with this model.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about oppression. In our society, oppressing anything at all, no matter how crazy, is viewed as bad. In actual practice, there are some behaviors that should be oppressed. There are things that can't be tolerated. This was once common sense but now it seems like it might not be. As usual, the optimal path seems to be a balancing act.
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In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, I provide a quick update on everything I've been working on behind the scenes.
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In this episode of Stop To Think, we discuss In Time and capitalism and socialism. I saw a post that said it was a critique of capitalism. Stopping to think about that, this episode is what follows. The key takeaway is that so long as humans are involved, all systems are going to have problems because people are flawed and have problems.
"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others." - Winston S. Churchill.
"Capitalism is the worst form of economic arrangement, except for all the others." - Someone Smart
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about the problem of evil. In my journey through life, the problem of evil seems to be one of the biggest reasons people aren't on board with the idea of a good God. This episode discusses how I worked around the problem in my own life by adopting a framework that largely resolves the issue and seems to make sense.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about second-order consequences. They're everywhere in life and most people don't think about them at all. Then they act all surprised when things go horribly wrong. Be the kind of person who thinks about the second-order consequences.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about the path of humility. I've been thinking about it a lot lately because I'm always oscillating between a positive and negative self-image. The key takeaway seems to be to have an honest and accurate perspective of yourself. This solves the pride problem.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we discuss the football situation. Specifically how it causes a lot of injuries and may or may not be worth it for the athletes. We also talk about the sports-centricness of our society as a whole. The key takeaway is that once again, a proper balance is probably the way to go.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how important physical fitness is. I speak to my own fitness journey from being fat to being in shape to being out of shape and working to get back into shape. The episode concludes with the takeaway being that getting in shape is simple and the discipline side of things is where the hard work is.
Notes:
One source says the Air Force height and weight requirements are 77 in max and 231 lb max.
Another seems to say the requirements were removed.
In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we talk about the theory of evolution. The discussion starts with how it's not actually incompatible with Christian doctrine. Then the discussion transitions to some issues with the theory of evolution that are not often covered in classes on the topic.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about Christianity. I run through the grand narrative and do a light pass on some of the theology.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about Sexual Marketplace Value Theory (SMVT). It seems to be a good general prediction but it has some major shortcomings that are worth thinking about. For example, people operating under a religious framework won't really fit the SMVT mold.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how you might as well try to make your life as good as possible regardless of your circumstances. There really isn't a compelling argument against it. In other words, for a given set of circumstances, there will be a best case and a worst case. You may as well shoot for the best-case version of reality.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how someone needs to do the hard work. Humans have fundamental needs. If these needs go unfilled, people start to die. Consequently, not everyone can work office jobs or travel around Europe. Some people will always need to put in the hard work or we'll need to figure out how to get robots to do it. Either way, the work to keep society running needs to be done.
In this episode of Stop To Think, the topic is regret. Specifically how it's basically a waste of energy in accordance with the sunk cost fallacy. So long as you're learning from your past decisions, regret isn't really a thing.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we discuss how creating customer friction, for whatever reason, is stupid. Examples of customer friction are things like product failures, not being user-friendly, being hard to purchase, and other such things that decrease the end-user experience.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we discuss how decreasing product quality to cut costs is usually a stupid decision for long-term business success.
Woo, episode 100! In this episode of Stop To Think, we continue the discussion from last week. This episode focuses more on the consequences of underpaying your workforce. Your workers feel undervalued, they often leave for other opportunities, and the quality of your company decreases because of decreasing worker quality. The best way to compensate your workers is by paying them north of fair (Ray Dalio). Find out what a fair price would be and then pay them a little extra.
In this episode of Stop To Think, I address some audio issues and some of the stuff that's going on in the background.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about IP. I recently finished reading a book called Against Intellectual Property by N. Stephan Kinsella. This book actually changed my stance on intellectual property. I discuss this shift in this episode of the podcast.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we pick up where we left off last week with our discussion of the post-robot world. This episode focuses on how people have multiple roles in society and that each role has different incentives. As a consumer, you want stuff to be as cheap as possible. As a producer, you want the stuff you produce to be as expensive as possible. Many people in the "working class" own a lot of the companies they're constantly calling greedy in their 401ks and pension plans. So they actually benefit from the "greed" of these companies even though they're calling it unjust.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about the world that will exist after robots take over. Just kidding. More like the world that will exist as more and more jobs are replaced by robots. A lot of people think this will be bad for the world and bad for humans but in general, I think this is fear-mongering and that things will be a lot better than people expect. Historically, robots do things that humans don't want to do. This has always been good for humanity so far.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about what is and what isn't a reasonable expectation for a relationship. The core, two most important expectations seem to be an expectation for loyalty and an expectation for honesty. Once you get past those two, there seems to be some wiggle room.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how you're going to want to pair up with someone who won't make you miserable. In other words, when looking for a relationship, it's often helpful to look for things that you don't want and avoid them over looking for things that you do want and trying to find them.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how high expectations can result in unhappiness in both life and your relationships. In many cases, it seems like a good idea to make sure your expectations align with reality.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about diminishing returns. One should really understand the concept and make sure they're balancing their effort to return ration in their various endeavors in life.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about intuition. The sense you get in your gut about things. The general rule seems to be that you should listen to your gut unless you have hard evidence to do otherwise.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about skills that pay off. Specifically, useful skills are dependent on the era of history that you live in. In the present era and the future, the most useful skills will be the ones that are related to the fundamental human needs of food, water, air, shelter, clothing, entertainment, transportation, etc.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how thinking is a bit hard. Despite the effort required, it is still usually a good idea to think things through because you'll likely get a better outcome compared to taking the thoughtless approach.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about balance and why it's so hard. Essentially, everything in life seems to come down to finding the proper balance. There may be a few exceptions but in general, extremes are usually bad.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about relying on charity instead of taxes to fund social welfare services. The primary argument at hand is that the government will use funds less efficiently than direct local charities.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we revisit a topic discussed previously. The discussion focuses on the topic of Empathy. Specifically, how through using rational thought in combination with empathy, people can understand what other people are experiencing.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we continue the discussion about transportation and the business case for high-speed rail in the US.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about high-speed rail in the United States. The episode is a discussion on transportation options in general and how each type has a specific strength it's suited for.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about the Pursuit. Specifically, we start with the pursuit of happiness and work our way through how that plays out in practical application. We also talk about my own personal test questions to determine if a project or endeavor is worth undertaking.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about the modern dating scene—specifically my experiences with it over the last decade. The high-level takeaway is that modern dating sucks. As far as my own personal history goes, there have been a few exciting encounters on the dating apps but nothing that's ultimately panned out.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about how the vast majority of content in the world is just the continual repackaging of content that already exists. This is a topic we've discussed before on the podcast but it merits repeating;) This concept is especially prevalent around fundamental truths of reality.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about getting a Professional Engineering License. We also talk about Licensure in general and all of the sticky stuff that goes into that. I break down the process of getting a PE starting with college and going to getting the actual license. I also talk about what methods I used to study, how long I studied, and everything that went into the whole process.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we pick up where we left off the last time back in 2021. I recount how the PE went and what other things I've been working on since then. We also discuss what the plan is going forward. That plan is to do a once-a-week podcast that will probably come out on Friday mornings.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about the future of VR. We talk about augmented reality and how that could play a pretty big role in society. We talk about full dive Virtual Reality technology and how that would potentially change the whole landscape of human life and endeavors. Lastly, we talk about the holy grail of VR which is uploading your consciousness to the virtual world.
At the very end of this episode, I also mention that it will be the last one for the foreseeable future. I have to study for the PE exam so we're bringing the first season of Stop To Think to a close.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about the current state of VR. We talk a bit about rollercoasters and flight simulators and then we get into VR headsets along with hamster wheels and haptic feedback suits.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about Asteroid mining. Technically we start out by talking about moon mining but eventually we get into a discussion about how asteroid mining would have to work and how it could be a pretty big game-changer for human civilization.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about the future conquest of the Solar System. My bet is Moon > Mars > Mars Moons > Asteroid Belt > Jupiter's Moons > Saturn's Moons > Neptune's Moons > Uranus's Moons. In this episode, we talk about why human space conquest will likely take this path. It's a trade-off between travel energy cost and how habitable a given location is.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about weapons of planetary devastation. The majority of the weapons a space ship might use on another space ship will work on a planetary body that doesn't have an atmosphere but as soon as your target has air to hide behind it becomes much more difficult to attack them. The weapons we talk about in this episode are basically useless on other ships but devastating when attacking a ground target on a planet.
In this episode of Stop To Think we get back to talking about cool stuff. Specifically, we talk about ship-to-ship space weapons that could someday be used in space combat. We go over the various features and limitations of the most obvious ones. We also talk about how shooting each other in space is a really bad and costly proposition.
In this episode of Stop To Think we finally talk about morals a bit. I detail why I think it's best to stick to the traditional way of handling intimate relationships. We talk about the nature of sin a bit and how doing stuff that's "wrong" might cause more damage than one would expect.
In this episode of Stop To Think we wrap up the topic we've been working on for the last few weeks by exploring the future of sex work and human reproduction. We talk about how robots might replace humans in providing intimacy services and how this would render human-to-human relationships to being for companionship only. We also talk about how human incubation technology could completely change the way the world works.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about how the availability of physical gratification has resulted in marriage not really offering as much as it used to. In other words, there's no longer a major incentive for younger couples to get married. Those who do still want the stuff that marriage can provide have a much more difficult time finding others who see things their way.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we apply economics to sex at the personal, relationship, and societal levels. This is another one that might not be child-appropriate. That aside, we talk about the effects of supply, demand, and scarcity when applied to the bedroom. The results actually aren't as absurd as one might expect.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about how sex sells. This episode probably isn't child-friendly but I don't think it's really explicit either. At any rate, we talk about how physical attractiveness is used in advertising and how it can sometimes be sold directly itself. As it turns out, it can actually be sold directly in Nevada.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about some celebrities and what goes into generating income for them. We go over the hidden factors besides just skills that generate cash for them. We also talk about some of the hidden costs that they have to pay to make their massive incomes.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about selling stuff. That is to say, we talk about why consumers are interested in buying products and how they compare one product to another. Some big points are price, quality, functionality, and then the power of branding and good marketing.
In this episode of Stop To Think we wrap up our talk about patents and ideas. We talk about ways we could move forward without the current intellectual property system in place. The government, its bureaucracy, and the legal system currently bog down the pace of innovation. A system without them better interfering would be better for society imo. Also, yaay for making to episode 50.
In this episode of Stop To Think we continue talking about copyrights, patents, and copying ideas. Specifically, we get into a discussion about if it's ethical to copy someone and under what conditions it is or isn't.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we continue the discussion from last episode by branching out into a conversation about the US Copyright and Patent system. We talk about the concepts behind it and what it is trying to do.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about originality. In general, concepts, ideas, those sorts of things seem to come from discovery or from the recombination of things already discovered. People get bent out of shape when they don't get credit for their ideas. This is fair but at the same time, the ideas they are claiming are likely the result of them discovering something that was already there or recombining stuff that was already discovered anyways.
In this episode of Stop To Think we continue from last episode with our talk about ownership. We talk about how it drives society and how there are two cases of enforcing it. Either a higher power protects your property rights or you have to protect them yourself.
In this episode of Stop To Think we get a bit political to get across a point. Specifically, we talk about how the concept of ownership is one of the primary factors in the Israel/Palestine dispute. Beyond that, we get into a discussion about that whole conflict and how currently the incentives of the negotiating parties are not aligned. One side seems to want peace and the other wants destruction.
In this episode of Stop To Think we finish off our talk about education (for now at least). Specifically, we talk about how one solution (homeschooling) has its own set of drawbacks. That is to say that school teaches people more than just academic subjects. Students also learn how to navigate hierarchies in a lower-risk environment.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about how the U.S. needs to take education more seriously. If we don't we run the risk of losing out in the race for the five frontiers that we talked about last episode. We talk about how the U.S. education system is set up and I miss an opportunity to refer to a personal education plan as a PEP. From there we talk about some of the challenges the system is facing.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about the five frontiers. AI, Space, Manufacturing, Food Production, and Genetics. The country or the company that masters any one of these domains will gain a decisive advantage over everyone else. We use this discussion as a jump-off point to talk about how the US needs to get it together and start focusing on these areas.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about how the world works in its natural state. It's good to think about this from time to time because it puts things in perspective and reminds us to be thankful for how good things are in the modern era.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about how the U.S. government was pretty loose with the truth during the whole Rona situation we're just finally getting out of. The U.S. government shouldn't be in the job of lying to the American people yet this is what it spends most of its time doing these days. This episode is all about talking about some of the lies and what could have been done to do better.
In this episode of Stop To Think we continue the topic from earlier this week. Assuming that you have a society that can create material things with relative ease the challenge then becomes developing the concepts and ideas that go into those acts of creation. This is a society of innovation and intelligence and it takes creativity to avoid getting left behind.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about the pinnacle of manufacturing technology. Or at least that's where we start and then we work our way back to the present. The pinnacle of manufacturing technology is a machine that spawns whatever you want at the push of a button. We're not there yet but we've made a lot of important steps towards that reality.
In this episode of Stop To Think we finish up the series on the future of medicine. We talk mostly about how AI and larger doctor stand in robots could be used to standardize care and make the supply of medical treatment increase enough to catch up with the sky-high demand.
In this episode of Stop To Think we continue our future medicine discussion. This episode features topics that are more treatment-focused. Specifically, we talk about gene therapy and then how nanotechnology could be used in medicine to essentially cure everything. Even aging.
In this episode of Stop To Think we start a series on the future of medicine. This episode focuses on the advancements in medicine we could see on the diagnostics end of the spectrum. Specifically on how more automation could offload a lot of the tedious work from medical professionals and allow patients to receive an overall higher quality of care by making that variety of care more readily available. Ultra-high-resolution full-body scanning and rapid chemical testing are two examples that we talk about.
In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we pick up where we left off in the last episode. I get into examples of things that are probably not a waste of time. For instance, helping people. Generally speaking, most people will agree that helping other people is usually a good use of time. For the rest of the examples, you'll just have to listen to the episode.
In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast we talk about what is and what isn't a waste of time. It's a topic that's largely dependant on your worldview. If you have a world view that's not based on a higher power, then the answer to the question is a bit subjective. It can be based on your own personal opinion or the opinion of society. If you do believe in a higher power, then that higher power would naturally determine what is and what isn't a waste of time. After talking about that, we get into some examples of stuff that probably isn't a waste of time.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we finish up our conversation about financial inflection points. Essentially a person just needs to have one break-out success and then not do anything stupid and they're pretty much set for life.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about financial inflection points. Or at least that's what we set out to talk about. This episode, which is the first in a small series, might have taken a slight turn into the weeds for a bit. Specifically, we talk about how reality is a bit filtered these days and how that can be misleading. People aren't taught about the true nature of money and if their perception of it is based on the successful people in society that they observe they'll never figure out how to make it. A financial inflection point is a point where a person's fiances change direction and go from being positive to negative.
In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast we talk about working some exempt overtime. A few episodes ago we talked about incentive structures and how they work with salaried labor. During this episode, we talk about how even though a salaried employee doesn't have an incentive to work overtime there are situations in which they still might want to. For example, if they approach their job as a hobby or if they feel like they can reduce their overall stress by getting some extra work done.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about the hard points in life. Those life events that are guaranteed to happen with the only question being a matter of when. These events are almost certainly going to have a major impact on our lives but for the most part, many people live without ever stopping to consider them. This can be good but it can also lead to a large amount of regret.
In this episode of Stop To Think we finish up the series on incentive structures by talking about incentive structures in society at large. Whether we like it or not, our society is shaped by its incentives. If we're not careful about what behavior we incentivize, we'll inevitably create problems for ourselves down the road.
In this episode of Stop To Think we continue our talk about workplace incentives from last episode. We discuss commissions and profit sharing and a few other cool ways that employers can compensate their workers that might be a better fit than just straight salary or straight hourly wages.
In this episode of Stop To Think we continue looking at how incentives motivate people. Specifically, we talk about how incentive structures play a role in the workplace. We talk about hourly and salary wages and how they don't work exactly like most employers expect them to.
In this episode of Stop To Think we finish up our talk about incentive structures in personal relationships. Specifically, we focus on how incentives can be used in a positive manner within personal relationships.
In this episode of Stop To Think we pick up where we left off in the last episode. We talk about exploitative relationships and how bad things can happen in your personal life when your incentives aren't in alignment with the people you have relationships with.
In this episode of Stop To Think we start a series on incentive structures. There's a saying "If you want to get the truth, follow the money." and that's more or less what inspired this series. In this first episode, we talk about how people are generally self-interested. If you keep that in mind, friendships, marriage, and relationships, in general, tend to follow certain kinds of patterns.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about whether people are fundamentally good, bad, or neutral. Specifically, I tie this to how it affects your life through your expectations. If you expect people to be good and they're not, you'll be disappointed. If you expect people to be bad and they're good, then you'll be positively surprised. Like usual, the balance is somewhere in between probably but I personally prefer to stick with viewing people as having an evil nature and having to fight to be good.
In this episode of Stop To Think we get into a bit of philosophy. We consider how it's not really possible to live every day like it's your last because the amount of time you have left determines how you live your life. Last day living is different than living with 40 years of life expectancy left. It's best to find a balance.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about possible solutions that might help address the cost of healthcare and the inefficiencies in the tax system we're subjected to. For healthcare, possible solutions are price transparency, reconsidering regulations, and accelerating technological adaptation. For taxes, possible solutions are an in-house IRS tax filing system, simplifying the tax code, or adopting a cryptocurrency that automatically takes taxes out as needed when transactions occur.
In this episode of Stop To Think we continue the rant series by complaining about the US healthcare system. Specifically, we talk about how it is a bit inefficient and what is causing this inefficiency. This basically comes down to regulation issues and a failure of the market because of regulations preventing it from working correctly.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about taxes and how the current system is kind of broken. I rant a bit about a few of the things about it that are bothersome and then I present a few solutions and ways that it could be improved.
In this episode of Stop To Think we finish up our infrastructure mini-series with our final bonus episode about space station cities. Up to this point we've talked about underground, underwater, moon, and flying cities. In this episode, we talk about the challenges that are associated with space station cities along with some of their significant advantages.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about flying cities. This is the first of two bonus episodes in our cool infrastructure mini-series. Up to this point we've talked about underground cities, moon cities, and underwater cities. This episode talks about the perks and the major drawbacks that would be associated with a flying city.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we continue talking about underwater cities. Last episode I didn't really make it to the part of the discussion about seafloor style underwater cities. This episode is all about those and the risks that would come with them.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we continue our advanced infrastructure mini-series. We talk about underwater cities and some of the pros and cons that are associated with them. More specifically, we talk about the three general types of underwater cities that are technically possible.
In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we continue our futuristic infrastructure mini-series by talking about underground cities. We talk about the benefits of underground cities and the main drawbacks that are associated with building underground.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk a bit about the recent trading situation that took Wallstreet by storm. Specifically, we talk about how everyone was so quick to chime in with their opinion even though they didn't really know what was actually going on.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we continue our discussion on moon bases. We get into more of the challenges that will come with having humans living on the moon. This episode and its predecessor were the first episodes in a mini-series about interesting infrastructure.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about moon bases and how they're both possible but yet still technically challenging. We also talk about the advantage space economies, specifically, moon bases, give to the people who are behind them.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about making mistakes. I talk about a recent mistake I made and how the best way to fix a mistake is to prevent it from occurring again and to find the most efficient way of repairing the damage the mistake caused. Playing the blame game and making someone feel miserable about a mistake is usually counterproductive.
In this episode of Stop To Think, we talk about the current political divide in the U.S. We discuss the possibility of the divide eventually transforming into a Civil War 2. Fortunately, this seems unlikely, as a civil war over differing political views would be difficult and very costly to wager.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about how one-sided media coverage alienated a large percentage of the population to the point that they decided to elect Trump. If this sort of coverage continues throughout the Biden Presidency, it would be possible to see a repeat of the same sort of Trump-like candidate getting elected in 2024.
Episode 6 of Stop To Think is about the notion of being self-made. Many people who end up successful attribute their success in life to mainly their own efforts. While personal effort certainly does play a part in success, there are many other factors that go into becoming successful as well. This episode talks about how success is subjective and how the notion of being successful is largely based on your personal view of success. This is followed by some comments on how there are a multitude of contributing factors to success, so one person is never fully responsible for making it big. Every successful person always has a team of supporters who were working behind the scenes.
This episode of Stop To Think is about the censorship situation that was sweeping the US at the time of it's recording. Specifically some of the consequences of censorship and why in general it's usually not a good idea to censor people.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about how sometimes when you try to help someone you do more harm than good. Specifically when you try to make something easier for someone else. We talk about how this seems to apply to interpersonal relationships as well as to whole groups.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about some of the ethical issues that autonomous cars will bring about. As usual, ethics are tricky at best, downright troublesome at worst so we don't exactly solve anything but it's an interesting discussion all the same.
In this episode of Stop To Think we talk about autonomous cars and some of the ramifications associated with their rollout.
Bonus Statistics: 6 million car accidents per year in the U.S.
3 million people are injured every year in the U.S. in car accidents.
90 people die in car accidents every day.
Welcome to the first episode of the Stop To Think Podcast (S2T). In this episode, we talk about the recent storming of the capital building and how many of the people involved with that debacle probably didn't think the whole matter through. I'm your host Chandler. I'm nothing special but I do like to think about things and discuss interesting ideas. I think a lot of the problems we have in life are caused by spending too little time thinking. In this podcast, we're going to break topics down and think about them a little bit. With any luck, some good will come out of it.