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Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

468. Cass R. Sunstein on Star Wars and Averting Catastrophe

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

David Barr Kirtley

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4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Stasia Ferrofa and Cadino, who all just increased their pledge amounts.

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So big thanks again to everyone who's contributed, we really appreciate it.

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Alright, so now let's get to our show.

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Wired.com presents

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The Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.

0:53.6

And here's your host, David Barr Curtley.

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Hello and welcome to episode 468 of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.

1:03.8

Our guest today is Cass R. Sunstein.

1:06.2

He's a professor at Harvard Law School, and is the most frequently cited legal scholar

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in America.

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From 2009 to 2012, he served as head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

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for the Obama Administration.

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He's also the author of dozens of books, including Nudge, written with Richard Thaler and

1:22.7

Noise, written with Daniel Kahneman and Delivier Sidney, and we'll be speaking with him today

1:27.6

about his books, The World According to Star Wars and To Verden Katastrophe, Decision

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