66. Alexander Boldizar - The Man Who Saw Seconds: Laplace's Demon, Asimov's Mule, and the Trolly Problem (2/2)
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Imagine being able to see 5 seconds into the future and being able to chose the path you want from the myriad of posibilities. Preble Jeffereson has that ability and he knows how to use it. So, what could stop such a person?
In part two of my chat with Alexander Boldizar, we delve more into the philosophical ideas behind The Man Who Saw Seconds. We discuss Laplace's Demon and whether omniscience is truly possible, we explore Asimov's Mule - the unexpected variant that can destabilize a society, and we consider the trolly problem as a foil to limited omniscience.
Books of his we discuss: The Man Who Saw Seconds
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