The Syntact ProjectEthan Swan
Contributions by Ethan
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Podcast:Automating with Robots
Ethan and Fernando discuss what tasks should be automated with robots, whatever exactly that entails. They discuss the practicality of a Roomba with spinning blades and accidentally reinvent the Lazy Susan.
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Podcast:Article Review: The Science of Inequality
Andrew makes a repeat…. occurrence? He, Ethan, and Fernando review Scientific American’s “Science of Inequality” article series.
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Podcast:Quick Hits, February 2019
Ethan, Fernando, and Matt record another aimless episode of Quick Hits.
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Gross National Happiness: A Better Metric?
GDP. Politicians and academics – maybe even you – use it as a proxy for the health of a nation. When it increases, journalists reassure readers and viewers that their country is doing fine. If it falls, leaders promise to turn things around. GDP growth has become synonymous with national success.
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Podcast:Statistically Speaking
Ethan, Fernando, and Phil cover the two major statistical frameworks: Bayesianism and Frequentism.
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Podcast:Quick Hits, November 2018
Ethan, Fernando, and Matt bring back the Quick Hits format only to get derailed arguing about the merits of the medical field.
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Podcast:Book Club: Dataclysm
Ethan is joined by guests Carly, Corinne, and Phil to review Christian Rudder’s Dataclysm in a long episode.
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Podcast:Quick Hits, August 2018
Ethan, Fernando, and Matt reprise the Quick Hits format. They ideate over whether “ideate” is actually a word.
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Podcast:Mass Transit for the Masses
Ethan, Fernando, and new guest Andrew talk about an often overlooked but surprisingly interesting topic: mass transit.
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Podcast:Game Theory
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Buzzer Beaters and Cognitive Bias
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Podcast:Government Series, Part 3: Polystate
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Podcast:Quick Hits, May 2018
Ethan and Fernando debut a new style of pod: just chatting about what’s on their minds.
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Podcast:Book Club: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Ethan, Greg, and guest Phil review Yuval Noah Harari’s New York Times Bestseller.
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Web Speed Trends
What is the meaning of life? While the last generation posited 42 and considered the issue settled, I beg to differ. I am a millenial, and as such, the only things that I believe to be important are avocado toast and wifi speeds. Since data analysis on the former seems impractical, I recently put some time into answering a few questions about the latter using nothing but basic computer and statistics knowledge.
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Podcast:Bitcoin is Failing and We're All Going to Die
Ethan, Fernando, and Matt talk about the ins and outs of blockchain technology.
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Podcast:Subvocalization
Greg joins Fernando and Ethan to talk about subvocalization. Ever heard of it? There’s a good chance you’re doing it right now.
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Podcast:Government Series, Part 2: Delegative Democracy (Liquid Democracy)
The crew takes on Delegative Democracy, where votes can be delegated. Ever wish you could just give your vote to someone else and let them do the hard work for you?
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Podcast:Government Series, Part 1: Futarchy
Fernando, Matt, and Ethan talk about a form of government proposed by an economist. Learn more about futarchy, where policy is decided by financial markets.
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