Matt O'BrienTranscript: Timur Kuran and Eric Weinstein on episode 4 of The PortalI’ve switched off Medium as my primary writing medium, so this is but a snippet. The full transcript is posted at…Jan 29, 2020Jan 29, 2020
Matt O'BrienSam Harris and Dan Dennett try to sort out their differences over free willSam Harris and philosopher Dan Dennett used to be good buds. They’re aligned on some important and controversial topics. But about two…Oct 19, 20161Oct 19, 20161
Matt O'BrienDoes Free Will Exist? Sam Harris and Dan Dennett DiscussThe following is a transcript of the July 3, 2016 episode of Sam Harris’s ‘Waking Up’ podcast, entitled ‘Free Will Revisited’, in which Sam…Oct 19, 2016Oct 19, 2016
Matt O'BrienTalking Machines podcast Ep 5 transcript: distributed representations vs symbolic representationsThis is a transcript of an interesting segment from episode 5 of the Talking Machines podcast, which contains part 1 of a conversation…Mar 6, 20151Mar 6, 20151
Matt O'BrieninQuarter BakedWhy Lumosity’s onboarding flow is brilliantA walkthrough with screenshots.Jan 30, 20152Jan 30, 20152
Matt O'BrieninQuarter BakedWhy leverage is the most important part of your content-SEO strategyMaximize your traffic per hour worked.Jan 21, 2015Jan 21, 2015
Matt O'BrieninQuarter BakedPractical and epistemic rationalityIn this post, I want to look at the notion of rationality and gain an intuitive understanding of what we might mean when we say that…Jan 19, 2015Jan 19, 2015
Matt O'BrieninQuarter BakedShoulds and Oughts and Better-ThansIn this series, I’ve been developing my answer to the Peter Thiel question:Jan 18, 2015Jan 18, 2015
Matt O'BrieninQuarter BakedAnatomy of a Sinclair situationPart 4 of a series on the Peter Thiel question.Jan 18, 2015Jan 18, 2015
Matt O'BrieninQuarter BakedWhy it matters that we get it rightPart 3 of a series on the Peter Thiel question.Jan 17, 2015Jan 17, 2015