#18 - Reinventing Capitalism—Really? Hayek’s Theory of Prices, Technology, and the Yelp Mafia
What might technology look like outside the realm of capitalism?
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A podcast featuring conversations between a critical theorist and a management consultant.
- Sep 2, 2020
#17 - Radicalization + Ideology (P3) - Notions of the Good & Strategic Communications
We talk about philosophically grounding ideology and mergers and acquisitions, and somehow these topics are related...
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- Aug 11, 2020
The Protestant Ethic, Instrumentalizing Everything, and Devotion to Work
Today’s episode is Pan-Optic’s first ever "personal case study" response, where we react to listener Sep’s account of working in big tech...
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- Jul 29, 2020
#16 - Radicalization + Ideology (P2) - Values, Discrimination, & Reliably Identifying Ideology
The moral / legal implications of ideological discrimination and more...
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- Jul 8, 2020
#15 - Radicalization + Ideology (P1) - How to Recruit Pawns & Influence Behavior
How do people fundamentally ideologically change? And how can we apply this knowledge to inspire adoption of change in the real world?
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- Jun 16, 2020
#14 - Philosophers in Firms P.2 - Information Ethics & Philosophically Grounding Change Management
Today’s episode starts off with a 30-minute, ad hoc discussion surrounding the recent murder of George Floyd.
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- Jun 9, 2020
Pitching in to fight racism and police violence.
We want to state our condemnation of racism and police violence.
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- May 30, 2020
#13 - Philosophers in Firms P.1 - The Organizational Statement of Ethics & Thought Leadership
Should firms hire philosophers? Does it make good business sense? How does the business case compare to the moral case? Do they conflict?
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- May 2, 2020
#12 - A Prescient Account of Big Data: Democracy and Control
What happens when you equip strategic actors with predictive analytical power? Some may say we’re living it.
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- Apr 9, 2020
#11 - Communications and Law: Why Did We Outsource War Fighting to Corporations After 9/11?
In theory, public discourses should influence law creation in a democracy.
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- Mar 19, 2020
#10 - Transformation of the Public Sphere
What happens when you arm strategic actors with big data and predictive analytical power?
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- Feb 25, 2020
#9 - A Critical Perspective on Automation in the Growth Economy P.2
Episode 9 is part two of our exploration of Aaron Benanav’s critique of the so-called “automation discourse.”
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- Feb 5, 2020
#8 - A Critical Perspective on Automation in the Growth Economy P.1
Episode 8 is part one of our exploration of Aaron Benavav’s critique of the so-called “automation discourse.”
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- Jan 19, 2020
Rambling Politics New Year 2020
Welcome to Pan-Optic’s third “Reflections” episode featuring our most reactionary, stream of consciousness rambling yet.
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- Jan 7, 2020
#7 - Does Automation Kill Jobs?
Why did 22% of American manufacturing plants shutdown between 2000 and 2014? What happened to the victims of mass job displacement?
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- Dec 22, 2019
Holiday Special 2019
Happy Holidays Pan-Optic listeners! Welcome to our second "Reflections" episode and first ever Holiday Special.
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- Dec 3, 2019
#6 - Should We Be Strategic? A Debate.
Is the exercise of strategy to affect relationships ever morally desirable or permissible?
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- Nov 13, 2019
#5 - What is Strategic Communication?
And is it possible to not be strategic?
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- Oct 23, 2019
#4 - The Socratic Method, Truth, and Strategy
In theory, the Socratic Method is an open, transparent dialectical process of uncovering truth. But in practice…
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- Oct 13, 2019
Joker, Scorsese, & Kluge: Should Cinema Serve the Body Politic?
Must art always be good for you?
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