Technology

Random Talkers

Avid readers Matt and Adam discuss how technology is shaping our future, for better and worse. Check out our YouTube channel at To support the show, consider buying your hosts a coffee at Mo...

Episodes

4 episodes

E26: Nassim Taleb's Skin In The Game

This week we review Skin In The Game: Hidden Asymmetries In Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Taleb may hate (professional) book reviewer...

00:49:13May 11, 2018

E25: Blockchain Basics: Mechanics, Flaws, And Applications

This week we review "Blockchain Basics: A Non-Technical Introduction in 25 Steps" by Daniel Drescher. Blockchain hype may have waned, but we...

00:35:05Apr 27, 2018

E24: Cathy O'Neil's Weapons Of Math Destruction Reviewed

This week we review "Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy" by Cathy O'Neil. From terrible...

00:38:34Apr 10, 2018

E23: The Singularity Is Near(ish)

This week your Random Talkers Matt and Adam review Ray Kurzweil's epic 2004 treatise, “The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biolog...

00:42:18Mar 28, 2018