Robot F. Kennedy

Does the idea of copyright protect the interests of artists and creators? Does it add billions of dollars to the US economy every year? Or does it stifle expression, innovation, and economic growth?In this episode, we discuss the public domain, Google’s spiders, the capital of the Galactic Empire, the Statute of Anne, Jiminy Cricket, and Motown.This is Robot F. Kennedy.SHOW NOTESThe Goodlatte BillHollywood-friendly copyright bill passes House of RepresentativesCongress is trying to give even more power to Hollywood: Copyright length in the United Stateshttps://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-duration.htmlStar Wars / Hidden Fortress Comparisonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g8r0LhpMzkIn 19th century Germany, “they had Kant, Mozart, and Goethe AT THE SAME TIME”The missing EnlightenmentCopywronghttp://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/20/crooner-rights-spatAdditional Reading/ViewingThe Hole in Our Collective Memory: How Copyright Made Mid-Century Books Vanish - The AtlanticCory Doctorow on copyright and piracy: 'Every pirate wants to be an admiral' - video | Opinion | The Guardian Piracy Isn't Killing The Entertainment Industry, Scholars Show - TorrentFreak How to fix copyright in two easy steps (and one hard one) / Boing Boing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What’s happening at town halls across the United States? Is there a popular groundswell of resistance and opposition to President Trumps agenda building momentum on the Left? Is it sustainable? Would a “Tea Party of the Left” be a constructive or destructive force in American politics?In this episode, we welcome our first guest co-host—Sarah Ullman, a filmmaker, activist, and co-founder of the grassroots SuperPAC, One Vote at a Time. We discuss our experiences in recent months attending town halls and political protests, we’re tough on CA Senator Dianne Feinstein, we talk about 2018, the instant messenger handles of our youth, and further destroy the idea that the government is or should be run like a business. This is Robot F. Kennedy.SHOW NOTESSarah Ullman on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesillysullyOne Vote at a Time: https://www.onevoteatatime.us/LA Times: Sen. Dianne Feinstein gets an earful at Los Angeles town hall, but sticks to her centrist gunsTown hall constituents holding up their IDs in response to their congressman assuming they’re “bussed in.” https://twitter.com/thiswaltz5/status/834535401494806532Testing Pippa.io Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1912 was a really important year. For Progressives, it was the year that a century-long agenda was formalized as the party platform of the Bull Moose Party. It served as something of a checklist of legislative achievements that we’re still working through today. And the man that spearheaded this new agenda and a new (albeit short lived) political party? Theodore Roosevelt. What are some of the progressive victories Teddy never lived to see? What has yet to be accomplished? If TR were alive today, what are some new progressive ideas he might champion? In this episode, we discuss anarchists, World War I, an automatic minimum wage, free energy, WEED, paid family leave, and Eddie calls Nick a hippie. This is Robot F. Kennedy. SHOW NOTES: Jason Kander’s tweet: https://twitter.com/JasonKander/status/854327448137334785 “2017 isn't about Trump. It's about regular people standing up to Trump. This is the birth of a new progressive era in American history.” Progressive Party Platform of 1912: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/progressive-platform-of-1912/ “Theodore Roosevelt is every boy’s favorite president.” —Dan Carlin. Sick burn. Hardcore History 49 – The American Peril: http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-49-the-american-peril/ Vox.com | “The referendum that just brought Turkey closer to one-man rule, explained” http://www.vox.com/world/2017/4/17/15320350/turkey-referendum-vote-erdogan-explained Teddy Roosevelt’s New Nationalism Speech http://origin.heritage.org/initiatives/first-principles/primary-sources/teddy-roosevelts-new-nationalism Alaska Minimum Wage Increase, Ballot Measure 3 (2014) https://ballotpedia.org/Alaska_Minimum_Wage_Increase,_Ballot_Measure_3_(2014) The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2oFKnPp Recency Bias http://www.wikinvest.com/wiki/Recency_bias The beginning of a new progressive platform (aka Teddy Roosevelt: 2020) • Automatic Minimum Wage • Universal Mental Healthcare • Constitutional Right to Vote • Universal Pre-K • One Year of Paid Family Leave • An Era of Welcoming Immigrants • A 35 Hour Work Week • Right to Data, including National Broadband Infrastructure project, and intellectual property ownership of all products of a human person (intellectual and biological) • Right to Free, Clean Energy • Universal Drug Decriminalization • Free College Education • Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices

Humans are animals—animals with rights. So what kinds of rights do non-human animals deserve? The right to liberty? The right to nurse their young? The right to socialize? In this episode, we interview two animal rights experts and ask them about chimps, cats, and personhood. We discuss common law, Jurassic Park, Ancient Rome, Woolly mammoths, and the Animal Welfare Act of 1966. This is Robot F. Kennedy. SHOW NOTES This episode is Part 2 on the topic of animal rights law, and its future impact on the way our society handles artificial general intelligence. You can listen to the first part here: https://soundcloud.com/robotfkennedy/3-an-act-of-nature Professor Sarah Schindler is currently a Fellow at the Program in Law and Public Affairs at Princeton University. She is an expert in the areas of land use law and urban policy, and teaches at the University of Maine School of Law. Professor Sarah Schindler: https://lapa.princeton.edu/people/sarah-schindler Twitter: https://twitter.com/SBschindler Steven Wise is a legal scholar who specializes in animal protection issues, primatology, and animal intelligence. He has taught animal rights law at Harvard Law School, Vermont Law School, and Stanford University. He is a former president of the Animal Legal Defense Fund, and founder and president of the Nonhuman Rights Project. In 2016, he argued for the release of two chimpanzees before the New York Appellate Court, and the court is expected to issue its ruling in May of 2017. Mr. Steven Wise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_M._Wise Twitter: https://twitter.com/Steven_M_Wise The Non-Human Rights Project: http://www.nonhumanrights.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/NonhumanRights Unlocking the Cage, documentary on HBO Go: https://www.unlockingthecagethefilm.com/ The Guardian: “Woolly mammoth on verge of resurrection, scientists reveal” https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/feb/16/woolly-mammoth-resurrection-scientists

Since the 1790s, the United States has had six different party systems, or voter coalitions. As the country heads into its seventh party system, what will the New Republican and New Democratic parties look like in 2050? Will the Democrats and Republicans be around at all? In this episode, we cover the Whigs, Abraham Lincoln, Bernie Sanders, hip and healthy 120 year olds, a Hispanic plurality, the Apple Store in Shanghai, and the Seventh Party System. This is Robot F. Kennedy. SHOW NOTES John Adams’s letter to Jonathan Jackson (1780). http://thefederalistpapers.org/founders/adams/john-adams-letter-to-jonathan-jackson-october-1780 // The Republican Party is dying. The Democratic Party is dying. Everybody’s dying. Republicans control 32 state legislatures. List of U.S. State Legislatures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_state_legislatures The Day The Republican Party Died (The Atlantic, May 2016): https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/the-day-the-republican-party-died/481176/ FiveThirtyEight’s Politics Podcast, episode from April 3, 2017: “The Political Calculus Of A Filibuster” https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/politics-podcast-the-political-calculus-of-a-filibuster/ Washington’s Farewell Address (1796): http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/washing.asp // Ten years ago, neither Bernie Sanders nor Donald Trump belonged to their respective parties. Bush Says Trump Was a Democrat Longer Than a Republican ‘in the Last Decade’: http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2015/aug/24/jeb-bush/bush-says-trump-was-democrat-longer-republican-las/ Is Bernie Sanders a Democrat?: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/feb/23/bernie-sanders-democrat/ The Party Systems in the United States: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_parties_in_the_United_States According to Walter Dean Burnham, party systems last for 30-38 years. Critical Elections: And the Mainsprings of American Politics (Walter Dean Burnham, 1970): https://www.amazon.com/Critical-Elections-Mainsprings-American-Politics/dp/0393093972 // The Seventh Party System U.S. Population Projections in 2050: http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2008/02/11/us-population-projections-2005-2050/ Hispanic or Latino? (NPR, August 2015) http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/08/27/434584260/hispanic-or-latino-a-guide-for-the-u-s-presidential-campaign An estimated net 1.2 million Americans of the 35 million Americans identified in 2000 as of “Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin,” as the census form puts it, changed their race from “some other race” to “white” between the 2000 and 2010 censuses, according to ... Pew Research. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/05/05/millions-of-americans-changed-their-racial-or-ethnic-identity-from-one-census-to-the-next/ List of U.S. States by Hispanic Population: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_Hispanic_and_Latino_population On Columbus Day, let’s remember that Italians weren’t always white in America (Fusion, October 2015): http://fusion.net/on-columbus-day-let-s-remember-that-italians-weren-t-a-1793851764 Armenians were legally defined as white in 1909, In Re Halladjian: https://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/ncc375/rp/index.html Global Monoculture: https://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/162/27553.html Party Identification Varies Widely Across the Age Spectrum (Gallup, July 2014): http://www.gallup.com/poll/172439/party-identification-varies-widely-across-age-spectrum.aspx The History of Retirement, from Early Man to A.A.R.P. — Bismarck Invents Retirement (New York Times, March 1999): http://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/21/jobs/the-history-of-retirement-from-early-man-to-aarp.html OTHER NOTES Price of lab-grown burger falls from $325K to $11.36: http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/answering-how-a-sausage-gets-made-will-be-more-complicated-in-2020

How did the original First Amendment in the Bill of Rights get lost to the sands of time? Don’t you want to know what the ONLY unratified amendment of the original TWELVE in the Bill of Rights was all about? In this episode, we cover Congressional apportionment, Puerto Rico, Mitch McConnell’s game of Risk™, China’s National People's Congress, and nihilism. This is Robot F. Kennedy. SHOW NOTES Steve King’s horrible, racist tweet: https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/status/840980755236999169 Congressional Apportionment Amendment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Apportionment_Amendment The amendment was written by James Madison in 1789. Between 1791 and 1796, it was only one state short of ratification. As of 1992, it is the only one of the original twelve amendments that failed to gain the necessary 3/4ths ratification. Congressional district with the most people: Montana At-large (994,416) Congressional district with the fewest people: Rhode Island's 1st (526,283) The Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929 http://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1901-1950/The-Permanent-Apportionment-Act-of-1929/ This law limits the size of the House of Representatives to 435. It was passed by a Republican Congress and signed by a Republican president to protect Republican majorities. List of Legislatures by Number of Members https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_legislatures_by_number_of_members

Would it be wise for humanity to clarify its ethics regarding the treatment of animals before artificial general intelligence (AGI) knocks humanity off the top of the pyramid? In this episode, we cover the intellectual property of monkeys, Ireland, the Book of Genesis, slavery, dolphins, 3D printed food, and robots who program pain for themselves. Also, Nick and Eddie call BS on themselves at least once and plan on a sequel episode with interviews of experts in the field of Animal Rights law. This is Robot F. Kennedy. SHOW NOTES: • A monkey took a selfie, and the ownership of it was not...clear • NPR: Monkey Can't Own Copyright To His Selfie, Federal Judge Says • http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/07/462245189/federal-judge-says-monkey-cant-own-copyright-to-his-selfie • Washington Post: “USDA abruptly purges animal welfare information from its website” • https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/02/03/the-usda-abruptly-removes-animal-welfare-information-from-its-website/?utm_term=.ff83c1684a32 • The History of Animal Protection in the United States • http://tah.oah.org/november-2015/the-history-of-animal-protection-in-the-united-states/ • Animal may qualify for increased legal rights • The Soul of an Octopus: How One of Earth’s Most Alien Creatures Illuminates the Wonders of Consciousness • https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/12/14/the-soul-of-an-octopus-sy-montgomery/ • New Jersey Says Releasing Dolphin's Autopsy Would Infringe Its Privacy • https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/new-jersey-says-releasing-dead-dolphins-autopsy-would-infringe-its-privacy • Chimpanzee Rights Get a Day in Court • https://www.wired.com/2015/05/chimpanzee-rights-get-day-court/ • Yuval Harari scares Nick. • Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari • https://www.amazon.com/Homo-Deus-Brief-History-Tomorrow/dp/0062464310 • Freakonomics Radio: “Waiter, There’s a Physicist In My Soup” • Part 1, January 27, 2011: • http://freakonomics.com/podcast/freakonomics-radio-waiter-theres-a-physicist-in-my-soup-part-i/ • Part 2, February 3, 2011: • http://freakonomics.com/podcast/freakonomics-radio-waiter-theres-a-physicist-in-my-soup-part-2-2/ • Northern spotted owl and arguing for biodiversity to conservatives. • In 1994, the Clinton administration negotiated a truce between conservationists attempting to protect the northern spotted owl, and an Oregonian lumber company with logging rights in the bird species’ mating territory. • http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/18/us/18owl.html • The economic interest in exploiting animals will decrease over time. • Beyond Meat, plant-based burgers apparently indistinguishable from ground beef • http://beyondmeat.com/ • Memphis Meats, lab grown meat from stem cells. As of 2016, it costs $18,000 per pound, but of course that will fall over time. • http://www.memphismeats.com/ • Engadget: Bloody, meatless Impossible Burger will soon be easier to find • https://www.engadget.com/2017/03/23/impossible-burger-will-soon-be-easier-to-find/ • Humans are the cheapest supercomputers. We run on an average of an average power of 97.2 watts. You are less energy expensive than a 100 watt light bulb. • http://sustainability.blogs.brynmawr.edu/2012/07/31/understanding-energy-part-1/

How do you measure the success or failure of a president? Maybe it’s the one practice from the business world that Donald Trump seems least likely to carry over. In this episode, we look at KPIs, or Key Performance Indicators. We pick apart some of the KPIs that are commonly used to measure presidencies, and suggest some new and novel ones we might use. Also featured in this episode: Martin O’Malley, obesity, aliens, the staggering decrease in worldwide combat deaths since WWII, Ronald Reagan, and sex. This is Robot F. Kennedy. SHOW NOTES Key Performance Indicator (KPI): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance_indicator Overweight and Obesity Statistics, National Institutes of Health (NIH): https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statistics/Pages/overweight-obesity-statistics.aspx Nine Years of Apple's iOS SDK generated $60 billion, 1.4 million jobs: http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/03/07/nine-years-of-apples-ios-sdk-generated-60-billion-14-million-jobs The Washington Post, Our infant mortality rate is a national embarrassment: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/29/our-infant-mortality-rate-is-a-national-embarrassment/?utm_term=.90dd55afe414 Stock Market Performance by President, MacroTrends: http://www.macrotrends.net/2481/stock-market-performance-by-president The United States Office of Personnel Management, Total Government Employment Since 1962: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/data-analysis-documentation/federal-employment-reports/historical-tables/total-government-employment-since-1962/ War Deaths Data: https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace/

Will automation destroy 3 million more jobs before the next presidential election in 2020? In this episode, we talk George Washington, AI, automated flour mills, Uber, autonomous semis, and the Teamsters. Inaugural episode (kind of). This is Robot F. Kennedy. SHOW NOTES Oliver Evans designed the first automated flour mill in Delaware in the 1780s. He secured the third U.S. Patent in 1790. Evans’s mills eliminated 80-100% of the required labor force. The “Evans system” was adopted at Mount Vernon in 1791. * http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/evans_hi.html * http://www.mountvernon.org/digital-encyclopedia/article/overview-of-the-gristmill/ Summers: Yes, the Robots Are Coming to Take Our Jobs: http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/03/summers-yes-robots-are-coming-take-our-jobs In 1840, a Boston bootmaker (cordwainer) Jeremiah Horne broke ranks with the Boston Journeyman Bootmaker’s Society. He filed a complaint with the county attorney, and they arrested the union leaders on charges of criminal conspiracy. In 1842, the Massachusetts Supreme Court sided with the union, which effectively legalized labor unions. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_v._Hunt The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) had approximately 1.3 million members in 2013, according to the US Department of Labor, Office of Labor-Management Standards. Bill Gates, calling for taxing robots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nccryZOcrUg American Nations by Colin Woodard: https://www.amazon.com/American-Nations-History-Regional-Cultures/dp/0143122029 Mirai botnet: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/26/ddos-attack-dyn-mirai-botnet