Max and I discussed the nature of lineages, and why they are so important for learning through apprenticeship.

I went into detail about my participation in multiple lineages of artificial intelligence research (0:33 ), developmental psychology (5:41 ), Vajrayana Buddhism (9:18 ), meta-rationality in experimental science (17:38 ), teaching and learning tacit knowledge (21:22 ), the misuse of statistical methods and meta-rational remedies (24:45 ), the perversion of science for institutional legibility (30:19 ), understanding the performance of epic poetry (32:27 ), a fun side-quest (36:49 ), and how meaning itself fell apart (38:25 ).

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