Dumb Dive tries something new with a close friend of the show and special guest.

Show Notes:

• 00:00:48 - Pranav's Housing Crisis
• 00:08:46 - Why do we procrastinate?
• 00:17:07 - Netflix's The Sandman
• 00:23:37 - The philosophy of horror
• 00:24:37 - (Correction) It is the Apprehension Machine not the 'nightmare machine' [Link]
• 00:30:21 - Horror as a product of a time's culture
• 00:34:35 - On fear
• 00:41:51 - Horror in Terminator 2
• 00:46:30 - Effect of noise on our psyche
• 00:48:45 - (Correction) UNEP World's Noisiest Cities Report - 13 of 61 listed cities are in South Asia
• 00:51:46 - Effect of pollution on intellectual performance
• 00:54:20 - The reducing distance between people and media
• 01:16:45 - Similarity between horror and philosophy

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Pranav tells us the story of his adventures being a bartender for a farmer's convention in rural UK and the pros of getting into the gig economy.

For the core of the discussion, Arvind brings up ideas from the book "God, Human, Animal, Machine" by Meghan O'Gieblyn regarding intelligence, consciousness and how we interact with increasingly intelligent robots and machines.

Links

• aibo (robot dog)
• What Is It Like To Be A Bat?
• Chiropterology (BATS) with Dr. Merlin Tuttle [Ologies podcast]
• Jumping Spiders
• Love Death Robots S1E14 Spoiler Alert : 00:55:53 - 00:58:36
• Is LaMDA Sentient? - Blake Lemoine
• From Bacteria to Bach and Back - Daniel Dennett

Do you like cartoons? We like cartoons and we'll make sure you know how much. Once again, we discuss how cartoons have changed and why?

Cartoons are so much more than just a time waste and distraction for kids and young teenagers, they stimulate creativity, empathy and learning when done well.

Content Warning: Death

Pranav and Arvind talk about the 24 hour news cycle and how it ties into fear mongering, a book discussion on Tuesdays with Morrie (Spoiler alert!) and the cultural identity of Indian cities and how colonialism has influenced them.

Topics

• 00:00:46 - Philosophy of Fear by Lars Svendsen
• 00:03:55 - Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan
• 00:07:47 - State of Fear by Michael Crichton
• 00:11:33 - Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
• 00:22:54 - One - Metallica
• 00:35:59 - Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Pranav introduces some of the stories and games he has been revisiting, and Arvind talks about his love for weird gimmick video games and how the metaverse looks worse than games from the 2000s.

We also each have our highly caffeinated rants against tea-travesties (travesteas perhaps?)

Notes

00:00:47 Berserk (Manga)

00:02:46 "Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you" - Nietzsche

00:05:20 "man created God in his own image" - Ludwig Feuerbach

00:15:02 Batman: Arkham City (2011 Video Game)

00:17:11 Batman: The Animated Series (1992-95 TV Show)

00:21:02 Gotham City Impostors (2012 Video Game)

00:24:19 Double Action: Boogaloo (2014 Video Game)

00:32:40 OpenAI DALL-E 2

• Metal Subgenres
• Extreme Metal and Anger Processing
• Arvind's Metal Playlist on Spotify

After a bit of a hiatus, we're back with an episode where we discuss books, anime and sitcoms. What connects food science with relatable and realistic characters in fiction? What role does a novel's world and environment play in character development? And what makes a good sitcom? All this and more... On this episode of Dumb Dive