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…2 min read·Jan 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…2 min read·Oct 19, 2016--1--1
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…61 min read·Oct 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…7 min read·Mar 6, 2015--1--1
Matt O'BrieninQuarter BakedWhy Lumosity’s onboarding flow is brilliantA walkthrough with screenshots.16 min read·Jan 30, 2015--2--2
Matt O'BrieninQuarter BakedWhy leverage is the most important part of your content-SEO strategyMaximize your traffic per hour worked.3 min read·Jan 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…2 min read·Jan 19, 2015----
Matt O'BrieninQuarter BakedShoulds and Oughts and Better-ThansIn this series, I’ve been developing my answer to the Peter Thiel question:4 min read·Jan 18, 2015----
Matt O'BrieninQuarter BakedAnatomy of a Sinclair situationPart 4 of a series on the Peter Thiel question.2 min read·Jan 18, 2015----
Matt O'BrieninQuarter BakedWhy it matters that we get it rightPart 3 of a series on the Peter Thiel question.3 min read·Jan 17, 2015----