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.