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Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

Eliezer Yudkowsky, Eneasz Brodski; ty to JK Rowling

This is an alternate universe story, where Petunia married a scientist. Harry enters the wizarding world armed with Enlightenment ideals and the experimental spirit.

society & culture literature

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49:37

Unum 7: Chekhov’s Spiky Palm Tree

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2025/12/15

Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about episode 7 of Pluribus. Please don’t walk through 100 kilometers of deadly jungle – we’re happy to give you a ride. Remember, your choices are your own.This episode had some scheduling issues around recording and a nicely timed tech problem. It’s not our best work. If somehow this happens to be your first episode, I encourage you to try another one. ;)

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1:04:21

Unum 06: John Cena Said We Don’t Have to Eat People

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2025/12/11

Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about episode 6 of Pluribus. You’re welcome to consume human-derived protein, but we don’t think that’s likely. Remember, your choices are your own.

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1:03:16

Unum 05: It’s Not You, It’s We

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2025/12/08

Welcome back to Unum! We’re so happy you can join us! We’re eager to share this conversation about episode 5 of Pluribus. We hope you enjoy this exploration of the complexities of handling the unassimilated. Remember, your choices are your own.

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1:08:40

Blindsided 09: Is It Wrong to Torture a Roomba?

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2025/07/22

Join Brian and Steven as we put jumper cables on this roomba to see if it feels pain! The book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes. Check out the awesome companion website sxp made! The starting quote for this… Continue reading

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1:20:18

Blindsided 08: We Got A Live One!

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2025/07/15

Join Brian and Steven as we wrangle up some aliens of dubious sentience so we can confine them and do some mad science at them! The book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes. Check out the awesome companion website… Continue reading

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1:17:10

Blindsided 05: Alien Space Ghosts!

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2025/06/16

Join Brian and Steven throw caution to the winds, don their Big Daddy costumes, and get ready to rumble with some space ghosts! The book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes. Check out the awesome companion website sxp made!… Continue reading

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1:10:20

Blindsided 03: Theseus, are you there? It’s me,...

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2025/06/02

Join Brian and Steven as we talk with some maybe-super-smart aliens in our discussion of part 3 of Blindsight! The book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes. The starting quote for this episode is: “They know the music but… Continue reading

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1:02:38

Blindsided 01: Aliens, Vampires, and Children – oh my!

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2025/05/18

Steven and Brian take their first real dive into the strange world of Blindsight. I hope you are having as much as we are. :) The book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes. The second week we’ll be reading… Continue reading

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7:54

Blindsided 00: Announcement

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2025/05/12

Steven and Brian announce their latest reading project – Blindsight by Peter Watts! The book doesn’t have chapters in the traditional sense, but it does have natural stopping points separated by quotes. The first week we’ll be reading up until: “When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.… Continue reading

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1:28:34

Cowboy Grak 5 pt2

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2025/03/31

Narrative about meta-narrative. Eneasz and Steven talk about the rest of Cowboy Grak 5, a Worth The Candle fanfic. Continue reading

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Cowboy Grak 5 full audio available

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2025/03/26

Listen to the entirety of Cowboy Grak 5 over at https://askwhocastsai.substack.com/p/cowboy-grak-5-yet-another-fistful Continue reading

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1:29:45

Cowboy Grak 5 pt1

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2025/03/24

Not everything is a reference! Eneasz and Steven talk about half of Cowboy Grak 5, a Worth The Candle fanfic. Continue reading

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1:07:42

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch 04: Phantasmal...

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2025/01/13

Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven discuss Barney’s trip down depression lane. Come back next week for chapters 9 and 10! Continue reading

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1:51:52

Man in the High Castle 07: Plunge into Kindred...

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2024/12/09

Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven wrap up their reading of Man in the High Castle with the last 3 chapters. Things get exciting, then surreal, then weird, then even weirder, and everyone lives happily ever after. Come back in a week (or two) for the first two chapters… Continue reading

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1:26:20

Man in the High Castle 03: Power Keeps Distorting

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2024/11/04

Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven continue our reading of Man in the High Castle. We get the name of the thing in this one and everyone loses their mind when the German Chancellor dies. Come back next week for chapters 7 and 8! Continue reading

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55:02

Ubik 05: Probing Known Dimensions

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2024/09/30

Welcome back to PKD, the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick! In this episode, the weirdness keeps on coming! Come back next week for the last 4 chapters! Continue reading

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58:00

Ubik 04: Perception Kaleidoscope Dimension

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2024/09/23

Welcome back to PKD, the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick! In this episode, things are getting super weird. Are they dead? Is everyone dead? Come back next week for chapters 11, 12, and 13! Note: I’m giving myself… Continue reading

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49:19

Ubik 03: Phantasmal Kinetics Discussion

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2024/09/16

Welcome back to PKD, the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick! In this episode, the crew gets to the moon and shit goes sideways right away. Come back next week for chapters 8, 9, and 10! Continue reading

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1:12:10

Ubik 02: Big (PK) Dick Energy

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2024/09/09

Welcome back to PKD, the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick! In this episode we assemble the crew with chapters 3, 4, and 5. Next week we’ll see what this rag-tag group of meta humans gets up to in… Continue reading

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1:22:01

Fallout 09 – Uranium Fever Aftermath

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2024/07/18

Buckle up as Eneasz and Steven discuss some of the feedback about this short series and then have an untamed discussion about how capitalism/capitalists are portrayed in popular culture full of all kinds of digressions and random thoughts. We hope you enjoy it! :) Continue reading

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