Robot Or Not?

What makes something money? Is gold money? Is Bitcoin? John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

Do Sundays start the week, or end it? When does the week end, and is that the weekend? John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

What’s cooking? Is making tea cooking? John’s answers may surprise you. They certainly surprised Jason. John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

The proper way to eat popcorn. 🍿 John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

Listeners Jono and Chris, and friend Tony Sindelar, have questions about what John defines as ‘camping.’ Suffering is surprisingly part of the calculation. John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

Listener Beth seeks enlightenment about what makes something a photo. John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

Listener Isaac wants us to judge if a certain “floating bridge” is actually a ferry. This leads, of course, to a discussion of infinite bridges and whether a fairy is a ferry in California. John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

If robots at a grocery-store warehouse works in tandem, are they robots? If they have a hive mind, are they still robots? John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

Singular or plural? John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

When you see an org chart and money changes hands, your spirituality has become something else. John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

Should we really spring forward and fall back? John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

When do you run the dishwasher? Do you rinse the dishes first? And wouldn’t it be nice if our dishwashers were robots? John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

Do you always start watching at the beginning? And do you have to watch till the end? John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

The strange case of the burrito sandwich. John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

What is the shape of a dog? John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

Tim Cook thinks that self-driving cars are robots. Does John want to revisit his opinion? John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

Has the pandemic made John reconsider some of his previous rulings? (One guess.) John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

Not all pickles are pickles, and not all relish is pickle relish. John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

What divides pots from pans? John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

Chances are pretty good that the peanut butter you eat is terrible. John Siracusa and Jason Snell.