Should alcohol be banned? What about recreational drugs? Gambling? Hate speech?

You may disapprove of certain things, but if they do not infringe anyone's rights, then turning them into crimes tends to backfire. We should think hard about what we classify as crimes -- and also examine our own morality.

Welcome to Episode 73 of Everything is Everything, a weekly podcast hosted by Amit Varma and Ajay Shah.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 00:00 Packaging 00:13 Intro: How Do We Wow Them Today? 01:02 Chapter 1: What Are Victimless Crimes? 03:47 Chapter 2: Why We Should Not Punish Victimless Crimes 07:10 Chapter 3: Alcohol 14:19 Chapter 4: Drugs 20:32 Chapter 5: Gambling 25:03 Chapter 6: Prostitution 30:30 Chapter 7: Homosexuality 34:37 Chapter 8: Self-Harm 39:10 Chapter 9: Hate Speech 40:47 Chapter 10: The German Cannibal and our Moral Intuitions 47:36 Chapter 11: State Capability 58:31 Chapter 12: Recommendations

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Songs, albums, books, films are the way they for a reason -- and those reasons are outdated. The dominant forms of creative expression evolved because of constraints that no longer apply. We should free our minds and look beyond them!

Welcome to Episode 72 of Everything is Everything, a weekly podcast hosted by Amit Varma and Ajay Shah.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 00:00 Packaging 00:13 Intro: The Contemplative Atom 02:29 Chapter 1: Understand Form 05:57 Chapter 2: The Sound of Birds 09:51 Chapter 3: How Music Was Shaped By Form 26:26 Chapter 4: Form and Writing 37:48 Chapter 5: The Audio-Visual Medium 44:52 Chapter 6: A Golden Age For Creators 56:42 Chapter 7: Recommendations

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