Episode 30: The Tyranny of Convenience

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Ped is moonlighting on Tom. If elected, Tom will not serve. They both explore the consequences of convenience, of speeding, of firearms, of bedtime eggs, of sleeping possums, and placebos.

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Moonlighting Pedcast [00:00]

Ped on Two Tims Talking
Hello Internet

Electoral Tomfoolery [09:29]

chuckyc17 on the subreddit is up to some mischief
Class Secretary
Shermanesque statement
Robert’s Rules of Order

The Wikipedia is amazing [15:28]

Reading and Libraries [21:22]

Typesetting
How Libraries Are Becoming Modern Makerspaces (The Atlantic)

Consequences of Convenience [29:44]

“The Tyranny of Convenience” by Tim Wu (NY Times)
Waiting in Line to See Star Wars: 1977–2000
Humanity’s future according to Wall-E

On a Lighter Note: Speeding [41:56]

Traffic Warnings
How Engineering Decreases Car Crash Fatalities (MrEngineeringGuy)

Consequences of Firearms [49:38]

The CDC Can’t Fund Gun Research (Wired)
Dickey Amendment (1996)
Embrace the Cognitive Dissonance - “Put that on a T-shirt”

On a Lighter Note: Bedtime Story Eggs [59:23]

Consequences of Wildlife [1:06:37]

Possums
Baby Skunks
Baby Mice
“This is the part of the job I hate.” (The Simpsons)

Consequences of Placebos [1:14:36]

Homeopathy is junk science…
…but the Placebo Effect is real

Music by Lee Rosevere (CC by 4.0)

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