Drowning In Irrationality: The Brisbane Floods Aftermath & Good Reasons To Not Reason

We're live on the scene next to the murky Brisbane river!In Episode #279 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: what the flooding in BNE was like, how creativity works at the top of corporate hierarchy, the concept of cultivating a habit that you don't want, a philosophy book by Derek Parfit, whether we would take an irrationality pill if given the chance and some fun hypotheticals.As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Pics of Brisbane flooding(2:35) - Living in clean environs(5:06) - Juan the creative monkey(8:21) - Blueksy, Mastodon & Fediverse(12:46) - ShapeShift & Erik Vorhees(17:04) - Freedom and creativity(19:39) - School closures(23:48) - Anti-habit: Opening Pandora's Box(26:32) - Allowing spontaneity(31:10) - Reasons And Persons(35:24) - An irrational party(40:25) - Schelling's answer to armed robbery(45:11) - Rationality/emotion/truth(48:05) - V4VConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show