The Case of the Disappearing American Conservative; Also, Implanting Microchips in Human Brains

Call It Like I See It

Jan 25 2022 | 00:51:05

00:00 / 00:51:05

Hosted By

Show Notes

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the origin of conservative philosophical tradition and its value in managing large societies, diving into a recent piece by the conservative political and cultural commentator David Brooks which questions whether the modern Republican party has abandoned conservatism (01:11). The guys also take a look a recent report that Elon Musk’s Neuralink venture is about to start testing the use of implanted microchips in people’s brains (40:00).

What Happened To American Conservatism? (The Atlantic)

Elon Musk’s Neuralink prepares to test microchips in human brains (The Times - UK) (Apple Link)

Other Episodes

Episode 268

October 01, 2024 • 00:53:14

Can AI Chatbots Rescue People From Conspiracy Theory Silos? Also, Argentina’s Economic Shock Therapy Delivers More Poverty Because it Ignores the Lessons of the 20th Century

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the AI chatbot that seems to be able to pull people away from conspiracy theories and the viability...

Episode

July 06, 2021 • 00:57:55

The Effects of Climate Change Apparently Picking Up Steam; Also, the Cloning of a Long Dead Animal

Seeing the effects of climate change appearing to continue to pick up steam, James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss extent to which what we...

Episode

March 31, 2020 • 00:53:29

You Won’t Go Anywhere (Good) Trying to Lead on Good Intentions Alone

With the Democratic Party in its current form seeming so ineffective and unable to consistently fill its role in our two party system of...