Devon Eriksen grew up with images of the galaxy and the imagined worlds of the golden age of science fiction. Now a retired software engineer, he writes with one purpose in mind: to give the reader something to love.
On this episode, Chris and Devon discuss:
- Why culture is upstream of law
- The era of whining being over
- Property Rights
- Why we need to push back on bad ideas
- Artificial Intelligence
- Rent-Seekers
Links:
Devon on X - https://twitter.com/Devon_Eriksen_
Devon's Book: Theft of Fire - https://devoneriksen.com/
Topics:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:08 - Devon’s multiple careers
00:02:12 - “Culture is upstream of law, and law affects us.”
00:16:36 - How does the non-left get back into the cultural dialogue?
00:22:55 - The dystopian change in entertainment
00:29:57 - The era of whining is over.
00:33:22 - Property Rights
00:40:53 - Pushing back on bad ideas
00:45:25 - Artificial Intelligence
00:59:37 - Predicting the future
01:02:49 - Rent-Seeking
01:06:48 - Who are the fiction gatekeepers?
01:13:32 - Who is ‘they’?
01:16:49 - The Principle-Agent Problem
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