Episode 5 – Trainwreck rides again, Pantera, Art criticism, and Certainty – with guest Tyson

(sorry for the audio quality on this one… we were high)

Music (Paul) – Pantera’s cover of Black Sabbath’s Planet Caravan

Our first in-living-room guest, Tyson joins us for a wide-ranging discussion about art and art criticism.

We also discuss certainty, mansplaining, living in small communities, the value of rewarding work, and how we can incentivize excellence without creating competition.

We enjoyed Trainwreck so much last time that we’re smoking it again.

Donald Glover’s This is America – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOjWnS4cMY

Taibbi’s piece about the center is not sexy: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/center-is-not-sexy-698699/

Movie Tyson described in his New Mexico art story – https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koyaanisqatsi

Article about National Science Foundation only funding Interdisciplinary research (Tyson reference) –