The Good World
The Good World
Rev Br Seth Samuels
Randomness and humanity and the distant random origins of modern hierarchy
35 minutes Posted Feb 13, 2022 at 1:20 am.
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Seth talks about what randomness means and how it has shaped his perceptions of the world, and also its role in producing injustice.


If you have thoughts or comments, please share. I know it's impossible to do justice to the complicated things I'm talking about, and it's especially tricky when trying to do it without a script, and while trying to bring in so many large concepts. So if you think there's something I didn't adequately address, I'd love to hear about it. Thanks!


Also please forgive the weird white dot on my head--I'm trying a spray-on shampoo to keep my bald head from distractingly reflecting the lights. A big white spot is not less distracting.


Patreon: https://patreon.com/goodworld


Hang En Cave in Vietnam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_%C3%89n


Cave paintings in France:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pech_Merle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Font-de-Gaume


Also if you're interested in randomness and streaks, back in my days as a baby data scientist, I wrote an article about the streakiness of baseball players: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/were-going-streaking/


Intro video animation by Deborah Pinkney (https://www.deborahpinkney.com/)