Jordan Bates Doesn't Know

This first episode of the 'JORDAN BATES DOESN'T KNOW SHIT' podcast shares a dialogue between myself and Chris Johnson, one of the most brilliant humans I've met and one of my best friends. We talk about immortality, big data, why we're all fucked, mental models, Facebook, how modern language and media are insufficient, and more. I should add that at the beginning of this podcast, I say that this conversation was recorded 6-8 months ago. In fact, it was earlier than that: probably 11-12 months ago. Also, I express a couple of views in this conversation that I have since changed my mind about. For one, I don't think the world is necessarily going to shit. I think there are many serious risks which humanity faces in the coming century, but I'm generally optimistic about our ability to persist as a species. And although I think many things about our current human enterprise are awful, atrocious, and deeply frightening ("bad"), I think those things are balanced by all of the things which are marvelous and magni