Meditations and Learnings

Meditations and Learnings

Podcast Recommendations - 20/03/22

Sigma Nutrition Radio - #430: Soy - Yes, No, Maybe?
Soy is almost certainly safe for me in the quantities I consume it.

Sean Carroll’s Mindscape - #188: Arik Kershenbaum | What Aliens Will Be Like
Arik made a persuasive case for believing that alien life will be similar to that on Earth.

The Fifth Column - Moynihan Taps in From Ukraine
This is the first time I’ve worried for a journalist’s safety in real-time. Being in Ukraine and talking to the people would give you a lot of sympathy for interventionism.

Honestly - Things Worth Fighting For
Bari delivered an audio essay about the West’s lack of courage to defend our values as Ukraine have defended theirs.

The Daily - Inflation Lesson From the 1970s
Putting aside my shock that The New York Times produced a coherent episode on economics, I was fascinated to hear about how Paul A Volcker fought inflation.

The Daily - The Global Race to Mine the Metal of the Future
The UK should consider itself worthy of entering into these contests. If cobalt is the mineral of the future, why doesn’t the UK own a mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo?

Honestly - Why No One Trusts Anything
Yuval Levin lived up to Bari’s hype. I take seriously his diagnosis of what ails the West: our institutions are not so much formative as performative.