In this episode I discuss Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Origin of Inequality and contrast that with the theory of labor, economics, happiness, and how we should learn to live a life of enough

Episode 11: Economics and Opinions of Abortion

May 29th, 2019 41m 15s

In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court re-established the right to legal abortion in every state in a landmark decision in Roe V. Wade. Every woman now had the right to choose whether or not to have an abortion within the first two trimesters (up to 2

7 Slow Motion Disasters Pt. 1

Apr 24th, 2019 28m 36s

Today I discuss the "7 Slow Motion Disasters" that Malcolm Harris mentions in his book "Kids These Days." These 7 Slow Motion Disasters have the potential of creating 7 different versions of a Black Mirror Dystopia. Let's see what they are...

The Sunk Cost Fallacy makes you STUPID!

Apr 18th, 2019 18m 45s

The sunk cost fallacy makes us stupid. Don’t let it trick you. Read more economics and finance related stuff at www.downtofinancedtf.comMy name is Jeff Wang and this is the GROK THIS! Podcast where I try to better understand the world. I hop

Homophobic Slurs and Freedom

Apr 10th, 2019 15m 52s

The other weekend while I was in New York some random man said a homophobic slur at me for no reason. But I am not offended. In fact, I want to liberate him from his own oppression.In this podcast I talk about Simone de Beauvoir's concept of g

Power Corrupts

Apr 2nd, 2019 12m 17s

In this podcast, I quickly talk about how humanity's innate desire to retain power lead to two of the biggest social issues we have today: sexism and racism.

Binary Thinking and Aristotle's Golden Mean

Mar 27th, 2019 10m 38s

I truly believe that man's shortcoming often comes when we egregiously assume positions of binary thinking--that is, the only decisions we are offered are either "0" or "1", "No" or "Yes", "This" or "That."But life is never like that.Artistot

Life is a Grocery Store

Mar 20th, 2019 20m 31s

Nietzsche says that“Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Superman--a rope over an abyss. A dangerous crossing, a dangerous wayfaring, a dangerous looking-back, a dangerous trembling and halting."I am a student of Economics and

Feeling Lost: Camels, Nietzsche, and Deserts

Mar 13th, 2019 20m 9s

I feel lost right now. I wish someone gave me a map and paved road so I could just brainlessly follow it to the vague sense of life that I want to live. Join me in this podcast as I talk about my past week--I was in Switzerland, and it made me

Being a Disciplined Half-Ass

Feb 27th, 2019 14m 4s

Content creation: should we be lazy perfectionists, or disciplined half-asses? Especially for people in the creative field, it's way more important to finish our projects than to only think about how great they could be. Ideas that never come

Happy Idiot vs. Sad Woke

Feb 2nd, 2019 29m 54s

Is ignorance bliss? Is it really about being a "Happy Idiot" or a "Sad Woke"? I don't think this is a binary answer--I believe there is a spectrum of Ignorance that we can use to help tackle this huge issue. Sometimes yes, ignorance is bliss, a