Spectology

Welcome to our final episode on Ted Chiang's newest short story collection, Exhalation (https://amzn.to/2X5A0JW). Matt & Adrian start by going through all of the stories in this collection, then go really in-depth on a few specifically, just like we did with Exhalation in our last episode (https://www.spectology.com/e/152-exhalation-post-read-re-reading-stories-philosophy-of-mind-the-heat-death-of-the-universe/).    First 30 minutes: Intro, 2-3 minutes on each story, listing our favorites 29m 10s: "The Lifecycle of Software Objects": Mental & legal frameworks for how to relate to AI 1h 01m 14s: "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom": Character development & moral thought experiments 1h 17m 02s: "Truth of Fact, Truth of Feeling": How technology changes our cognition & identity 1h 29m 04s: "The Merchant & the Alchemist's Gate": Discussing the medieval Islamic setting 1h 37m 19s: "Omphalos": Short stories as jokes, young Earth creationism 1h 42m 53s: Discussing the structure, endings,