Episode 7: Categorization and Inequality

Please contact us or support us on Patreon! In this episode Brian and Chris discuss shareholder value, important categorization problems such as whether a hotdog is a sandwich or ice is a rock. We talk about inequality in Australia and bet on whether movies will ever make a comeback (of course not, everyone just listens to podcasts now) The Friedman Doctrine holds that a corporations only purpose is to return value to shareholders Did Brian edit the Shareholder Value wikipedia page? The Ontology of Psychiatric Conditions by Scott Alexander Bill gates and Vaccine Production Emergent Ventures and Fast Grants Bryan Caplan really hates masks What defines a sandwich anyway? The categories were made for man, not man for categories - Another Scott Alexander post Sorites Paradox. Maybe the Soroity problem if we believe Brian? ACOSS report on inequality in Australia in 2018 Big list of coffee bets