01:00 What makes Stephen Miller successful with Donald Trump
16:30 My 3am AI nightmare
25:00 “Ties bind and blind.” I am triply inclined not to criticize Ben Shapiro because I share his outlook, his sacred values, his Orthodox Judaism, and many of his friends.
28:00 60 Minutes did nothing wrong in its Kamala Harris interview edit
37:00 Hoover: Apocalypse Now? Peter Thiel on Ancient Prophecies and Modern Tech, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqHueZNEzig
48:00 Peter Thiel: The Techno-Apocalypse is Nigh, https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/peter-thiel-the-techno-apocalypse-is-nigh
1:12:30 Can a barking dog be racist?
1:23:00 The Eagles are bigger, stronger, faster and more talented than the Chiefs, but Kansas City has a better coach
1:45:00 Ungoverning: The Attack on the Administrative State and the Politics of Chaos, https://www.amazon.com/Ungoverning-Attack-Administrative-State-Politics/dp/0691250529
2:19:00 Andrew Gelman: “Florida man eats diet of butter, cheese, beef; cholesterol oozes from his body”: How much am I to blame for this?, https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/02/06/florida-man-eats-diet-of-butter-cheese-beef-cholesterol-oozes-from-his-body/
2:27:00 Andrew Gelman: What do I think of this Bayesian analysis of the origins of covid?, https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/02/03/bayesian-analysis-of-origins-of-covid/
2:29:30 Andrew Gelman: Dan Ariely: “Why Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law is a broken moral compass”, https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/01/22/ariely-why-louisianas-ten-commandments-law-is-a-broken-moral-compass/
2:33:30 Andrew Gelman: The “delay-the-reckoning heuristic” in pro football?, https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/01/20/the-delay-the-reckoning-heuristic-in-pro-football/
2:38:00 My disdain for RFK Jr and Trump’s health picks
2:45:00 My character flaws of lying and cheating
2:49:30 Virtue Signalling Is Virtuous, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=146676
2:54:00 Decoding Decoding The Gurus, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=144554
4:15:30 The rise of the far-right
4:11:00 The Great American Bank Robbery: The Unauthorized Report About What Really Caused the Great Recession by Paul Sperry
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