Episode 40: Slot Machines for Attention

With apologies for the echoey room, albeit in a new home, Ped & Tom discuss the contrasting environ of Western Massachusetts, a perplexing but pleasing podcast review, and a followup on The Last Jedi that somehow made it through the edit. Then, Ped has a lot to say about CGP Grey and the fight for your attention and Tom makes an unexpected visit to the emergency room.

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• The geography of Massachusetts

• Jeff and Rick

• How The Last Jedi Defies Expectations About Male Heroes (Pop Culture Detective)

• Hello Internet - #108, #109

• Cortex - #74

• Thinking About Attention – Walk with Me (CGP Grey)

• Infinite Scrolling (Relevant XKCD)

• Free will vs Determinism

• The Attention Minefield at Newark Airport (CGP Grey)

• Attention economy

• Screen Time on iOS 12

• The painful diagnosis

Music by Lee Rosevere (CC by 4.0)