Scorpio Season TV

In the final episode of season two, Lisa and Venkat sleepily discuss all things sleep, bedtimes and the tracked self.

Venkat digs up Tin-Tin and the Yeti; Lisa asks Venkat if the yeti is an anti-particle.

Lisa discovers Weird Sun Twitter; Venkat gets his 2nd vaccine shot and ends up quoted in a book.

Lisa and Venkat discuss Stephen Wolfram's latest physics update. Venkat accuses Lisa of being a crackpot and a maximalist; Lisa is convinced Wolfram has solved physics.

Wolfram's One Year Update Post (2021): https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2021/04/the-wolfram-physics-project-a-one-year-update/

Critique of Wolfram's New Kind of Science (2002): http://bactra.org/reviews/wolfram/

Lisa's 'philosophy of quantum physics' twitter: https://twitter.com/quantum_rhet

This week on Scorpio Season, Lisa and Venkat talk accidental vs earned victories. Venkat reminisces about his gold medal swimming feats; Lisa wins so hard they change the rules.

Lisa and Venkat talk about universals. Lisa designs a study to figure out if bitcoin is a universal currency; Venkat talks standards

Lisa and Venkat share some thoughts on thinking. Venkat wanders into the arena of aphantasia; Lisa describes some dreams.

Venkat and Lisa talk about what it means to sell out; Venkat vehemently denies every being a sell out, Lisa confesses she's up for a cash conversion.

Lisa and Venkat talk risks of home ownership and retirement.

Lisa tries to distill 'quality' from kitchen sink faucet ad copy; Venkat contrasts Japanese vs American 80's car ads.

Lisa explains the difference between probability and potentiality; Venkat also talks. Includes six predictions about the next ten years.

Venkat and Lisa go down the complexity rabbit hole and try to answer the question: are market price movements computationally complex?

Lisa explains the power troubles in Texas in February, Venkat finds out about NFTs.

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Venkat fills us in on details about the latest Mars rover landing and the Yak Collective's rover project; Lisa talks Texan about the chilly weather.

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Lisa rambles on about Gamestop and other financial loser shenanigans; Venkat gloats about his latest credential.

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Lisa and Venkat talk COVID crematorium emissions, Keystone pipeline, and bitcoin dumpster diving.

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Lisa and Venkat talk about the Parler deplatforming, database joins, and "joint accounts" on Bitcoin, aka multisigs.

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Lisa and Venkat talk new year's resolutions, rituals for resetting, and inbox bankruptcy.

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@niftynei sits down with Galen, co-founder of Tlon an Urbit-system company, to talk about digital spaces and homes.

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Lisa and Venkat welcome Jordan Orelli (@jordanorelli) on to Scorpio Season to talk about git and games. Jordan's a Principal Engineer at Jackbox Games, and current MFA candidate. Venkat reminisces about his time in the Unix trenches; Jordan talks about the time he shared files on a train.

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