DTW #1 - Intro to Down the Whole

2020-01-14

Attendees:

• Owen
• Karl
• Miles
• Louis
• Christian

Announcements:

• updates
• rules
• ~2 min of talk time
• A -> Z
• Why?
  • for the serious bits of conversation that would otherwise not be mentioned because of the normal day to day
  • connect people around the world
  • short list of friends

Meet and Greet:

• Karl
  • (producing vs consuming)
• Owen
  • Rope Hitchcock
• Louis
  • pilot license is the hardest thing he's done
• Miles
  • computer science maybe heading to NYC?

Down the Whole #1:

• Pythagorean hammers
• pleasing sounds
• homo deus (allows humans)
• frequencies across cultures
• tribal drums and beats per minute
• alpha wave
• binaural beats
• dogs and cancer patients
• will to live
• how we think about science
• bacteria molecules...?
• mental way? vs physical way?
• twins nature vs nurture
• 3 identical strangers
• nutritional science
• ice cream, high cholesterol
• p-value correlation
• no connection vs connection (when?)
• NYT big links and headlines
• we didn't find a connection vs THERE IS NO CONNECTION
• nothing with humans because there are too many factors
• statistically linked
• titanium vs Karl's favorite metal
• HCP metals and atomic structure
• alloy = mixture of two metals
• magnesium alloys (not flamable)
• titanium, teflon and carbon fiber
• huge database of research
• open access articles?
• aggregate databases?
• Elsevier Database
• DBSCO
• Netflix

Reviews:

• Miles
  • origins?
  • work event and can't talk about work?
  • triggering about x, y, z
  • in tune vs not in tune
  • do we need a prompt?
• Karl
  • format fine
  • sitting in same room would be better
  • talking eclipses?
  • button for next talker?
  • in a room talking
  • NO ORDER
  • no smaller convos
• Louis
  • whoever's talking is easier
• Owen
  • come and go specific session
  • bifurcated

Group think for future:

• happiness
• app idea: other people doing this?
• don't release the podcast but only the notes
• watching baseball vs playing baseball
• having stake in something is better
• CONTROL
  • collaborative discussions
  • google docs for individual convos
  • table poker about topics
  • videogames twitch
  • politus streams
  • git commit async await
  • snapchat stories
  • therapy in person