Stop To Think

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss what will happen if AI and robots take all of our jobs. Assuming we avoid a dystopia, I don't think it really has to be as bad as everyone is blackpilling it to be. Provided that prices drop for everything, there will still be plenty of things for all of us to do. Social Media: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ccrworkscom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠h...

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss the hubris of man. We tend to change things and think we know best. Then horrible things happen and we're left holding the bag because we didn't think through all of the trade offs we were making. Social Media: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ccrworkscom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/chandlerriviniusauthor/⁠⁠ https://www.f...

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss how Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt are behind the majority of the problems we're facing in the US. Social Media: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ccrworkscom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/chandlerriviniusauthor/⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555610575068 Websites: ⁠⁠https://ccrworks.com/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://assorte...

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss how men actually suck too, but in their own special way. The biggest failing of the male population is a failure to take responsibility. From there, we talk about a few other things men screw up. Social Media: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ccrworkscom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/chandlerriviniusauthor/⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.c...

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss the ethics of conquest and how force is unfortunately at the bottom of the whole game. The weak only have a seat at the table when the strong are feeling generous. Social Media: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ccrworkscom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/chandlerriviniusauthor/⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555610575068...

Episode Description: In this very short episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss how the standard is perfection. Anything short of this is to sin. Social Media: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ccrworkscom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/chandlerriviniusauthor/⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555610575068 Websites: ⁠⁠https://ccrworks.com/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://assortedwebapps.com/⁠⁠

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss how increases in the labor supply without a corresponding increase in real production has resulted in us feeling disproportionately poor. This is despite the fact that historically speaking, most of us are rich beyond all normal measures. Social Media: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ccrworkscom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/chand...

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss a hypothetical scenario involving conquest and what to do with the losers. Social Media: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ccrworkscom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/chandlerriviniusauthor/⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555610575068 Websites: ⁠⁠https://ccrworks.com/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://assortedwebapps.com/⁠⁠

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss how being beautiful can be a bit corrosive. Beautiful people tend to have very un-beautiful lives. Social Media: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ccrworkscom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/chandlerriviniusauthor/⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555610575068 Websites: ⁠⁠https://ccrworks.com/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://assortedwebapps.co...

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss the amusing nature of envy. We quickly go over the seven deadly sins, and then we talk about how envy is only possible when you ignore the trade-offs that must be made to achieve certain ends. Social Media: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ccrworkscom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/chandlerriviniusauthor/⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/...

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss the lowest common denominator and how society is designed for such people. Don't be the lowest common denominator. Social Media: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ccrworkscom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/chandlerriviniusauthor/⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555610575068 Websites: ⁠⁠https://ccrworks.com/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https:...

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss minimum viable adulting. Basically, a few skills that are essential to being an adult that are increasingly rare in today's youth. Social Media: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ccrworkscom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/chandlerriviniusauthor/⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555610575068 Websites: ⁠⁠https://ccrworks...

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss echoes of the Garden. By this, I mean things in life that seem too perfect for the fallen and broken state of the world we see around us. Examples include music, art, love, and other stuff like that. Also mentioned in this episode: Sadness and Sorrow Heroic Desire A Tender Feeling Beckoning Top Gun Anthem Time Oogway Asc...

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss how the legal system is really stupid. Lawyers don't really add value to society in the same sense that people who actually produce value do. The legal system, in general, has incentive structures that result in corruption and rampant problems. Social Media: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ccrworkscom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram...

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss how time decays through life. A second in your teens is a much bigger deal to you than a second in your 40s. There is a tension between pushing to make your time as memorable as possible and making time pass fast to get the resources required to live life. Social Media: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ccrworkscom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.i...

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss how powerful it is to be intentional in your life. This is especially true in a world where most people are floating about aimlessly. Social Media: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ccrworkscom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/chandlerriviniusauthor/⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555610575068 Websites: ⁠⁠https://ccrworks....

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss how magical human life is. The very idea that new humans can be generated and that these humans have souls and personalities and everything is kind of wild to think about. Social Media: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ccrworkscom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/chandlerriviniusauthor/⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=615556...

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss your net economic impact. It seems like it would be possible to boil just about everything down to dollars. When you actually do this exercise, you can extract some interesting insights. You want to be a person who is generating a positive net economic impact. Social Media: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ccrworkscom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://w...

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss the people on the internet who are full of BS. You see them on X and YouTube a lot. They'll push a certain agenda with their content, but then when you look into them, you find out that they don't actually walk the walk. Especially annoying are the people who fish for engagement. Social Media: ⁠⁠https://twitter.c...

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss giving money to church. Many churches are still stuck in the 20th century when it comes to offerings, and it's somewhat annoying. Social Media: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ccrworkscom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/chandlerriviniusauthor/⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555610575068 Websites: ⁠⁠https://ccrworks....

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss the conjunction of meaning. It's interesting how the same underlying meaning can be conveyed in multiple different languages. Although I don't delve into it in the episode, the topic is essentially Plato's Forms. Social Media: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ccrworkscom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/chandlerriviniusaut...

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss how to create prosperity. It's actually not very difficult, but it would require a lot of parasites in society to die off. If you want prosperity, increase efficiency, reduce waste, establish the proper incentives, and maintain a stable money supply. That's really all there is to it. Honestly, if you fix the mone...

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss how price controls have worked out throughout history. Spoiler alert... It has never gone well. Social Media: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ccrworkscom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/chandlerriviniusauthor/⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555610575068 Websites: ⁠⁠https://ccrworks.com/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://assortedwebapps.com/⁠...

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss some great women in history. Occasionally, I get some feedback that I come across as a bit anti-women. This isn't the case, as I simply hold a Christian view of women. So for this episode, we'll talk about some women in history who have demonstrated exceptional character and self-sacrifice. Social Media: ⁠⁠https:...

Episode Description: In this episode of the Stop To Think podcast, we discuss the hidden meaning in literature. People, especially high school English curriculum writers, have a tendency to extract meaning from places where it was never intended to be found. As an author, I've encountered cases where people have found meaning in what I've written that wasn't even close to what I intend...