<description>&lt;p&gt;Daystar has noticed a trend in Alex&amp;#39;s writing, and the two get into what it actually means to be a &amp;quot;bad&amp;quot; vs a &amp;quot;good&amp;quot; person. It doesn&amp;#39;t exactly start as an intervention, but it arguably gets there by the end.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hosted by &lt;a href="https://daystareld.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"&gt;⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Daystar Eld⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://alexanderwales.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"&gt;⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Alexander Wales⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, &lt;a href="http://amzn.to/2pnwPsP" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"&gt;⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠G.A.T.O Must Be Respected&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Daystar has noticed a trend in Alex&#39;s writing, and the two get into what it actually means to be a &quot;bad&quot; vs a &quot;good&quot; person. It doesn&#39;t exactly start as an intervention, but it arguably gets there by the end.Hosted by <a href="https://daystareld.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Daystar Eld⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> and <a href="http://alexanderwales.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Alexander Wales⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>. With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, <a href="http://amzn.to/2pnwPsP" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠G.A.T.O Must Be Respected</a>

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Episode 70 - Defending Alex's Characters from Alex

<description>&lt;p&gt;Daystar and Alexander talk about the various pitfalls, contradictions, and complications in writing heroes or villains who commit political violence... or don't, as the case may be.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hosted by &lt;a href="https://daystareld.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Daystar Eld⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://alexanderwales.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Alexander Wales⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, &lt;a href="http://amzn.to/2pnwPsP" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠G.A.T.O Must Be Respected&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Daystar and Alexander talk about the various pitfalls, contradictions, and complications in writing heroes or villains who commit political violence... or don't, as the case may be. Hosted by <a href="https://daystareld.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Daystar Eld⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> and <a href="http://alexanderwales.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Alexander Wales⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>. With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, <a href="http://amzn.to/2pnwPsP" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠G.A.T.O Must Be Respected</a>

Episode 69 - Political Violence in Fiction

<description>&lt;p&gt;Daystar and Alex invite Max back on the podcast to talk about his new novel, &lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4mPj0ii" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"&gt;⁠Red Heart⁠&lt;/a&gt;, a modern sci-fi thriller that follows an American spy sent to a Chinese AI lab to investigate how far ahead their capabilities are compared to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Max works at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, and has been thinking about the state of AI Safety for over a decade now. He&amp;#39;s also written the Crystal Society trilogy, which we discussed in episode 66.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;a href="https://maxharms.com/redheart" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"&gt;⁠https://maxharms.com/redheart⁠&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Co-hosted by &lt;a href="http://alexanderwales.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"&gt;⁠⁠Alexander Wales⁠⁠&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, &lt;a href="http://amzn.to/2pnwPsP" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"&gt;⁠⁠G.A.T.O Must Be Respected&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Daystar and Alex invite Max back on the podcast to talk about his new novel, <a href="https://amzn.to/4mPj0ii" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠Red Heart⁠</a>, a modern sci-fi thriller that follows an American spy sent to a Chinese AI lab to investigate how far ahead their capabilities are compared to the US.Max works at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, and has been thinking about the state of AI Safety for over a decade now. He&#39;s also written the Crystal Society trilogy, which we discussed in episode 66. <a href="https://maxharms.com/redheart" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠https://maxharms.com/redheart⁠</a>Co-hosted by <a href="http://alexanderwales.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠Alexander Wales⁠⁠</a>With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, <a href="http://amzn.to/2pnwPsP" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠G.A.T.O Must Be Respected</a>

Episode 68 - Red Heart (Guest: Max Harms)

<description>&lt;p&gt;Daystar and Alex invite Max back on the podcast to talk about his new novel, &lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4mPj0ii" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;⁠Red Heart⁠&lt;/a&gt;, a modern sci-fi thriller that follows an American spy sent to a Chinese AI lab to investigate how far ahead their capabilities are compared to the US.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Max works at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, and the trilogy is an imagining of what Artificial General Intelligence might be like, written from the perspective of one of the AI's subagents.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;a href="https://maxharms.com/redheart" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;⁠https://maxharms.com/redheart⁠&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Co-hosted by &lt;a href="http://alexanderwales.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;⁠⁠Alexander Wales⁠⁠&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, &lt;a href="http://amzn.to/2pnwPsP" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;⁠⁠G.A.T.O Must Be Respected&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Daystar and Alex invite Max back on the podcast to talk about his new novel, <a href="https://amzn.to/4mPj0ii" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠Red Heart⁠</a>, a modern sci-fi thriller that follows an American spy sent to a Chinese AI lab to investigate how far ahead their capabilities are compared to the US.Max works at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, and the trilogy is an imagining of what Artificial General Intelligence might be like, written from the perspective of one of the AI's subagents. <a href="https://maxharms.com/redheart" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠https://maxharms.com/redheart⁠</a>Co-hosted by <a href="http://alexanderwales.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠Alexander Wales⁠⁠</a>With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, <a href="http://amzn.to/2pnwPsP" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠G.A.T.O Must Be Respected</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Daystar and Alexander hang out with Duncan Sabien (TK17) at LessOnline, and invite him back on the show to chat about &lt;a href="https://homosabiens.substack.com/p/the-mtg-color-wheel" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;his views on the Magic the Gathering Color Wheel&lt;/a&gt; this time, as well as some other stuff&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4mJdgqh"&gt;⁠&lt;/a&gt;. Duncan is the writer of &lt;a href="https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11090259/1/r-Animorphs-The-Reckoning" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;Animorphs: The Reckoning&lt;/a&gt;, as well as a variety of other great essays on culture, epistemology, and more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Co-hosted by &lt;a href="http://alexanderwales.com/"&gt;⁠⁠Alexander Wales⁠⁠&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, &lt;a href="http://amzn.to/2pnwPsP"&gt;⁠⁠G.A.T.O Must Be Respected⁠&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Daystar and Alexander hang out with Duncan Sabien (TK17) at LessOnline, and invite him back on the show to chat about <a href="https://homosabiens.substack.com/p/the-mtg-color-wheel" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">his views on the Magic the Gathering Color Wheel</a> this time, as well as some other stuff<a href="https://amzn.to/4mJdgqh">⁠</a>. Duncan is the writer of <a href="https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11090259/1/r-Animorphs-The-Reckoning" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Animorphs: The Reckoning</a>, as well as a variety of other great essays on culture, epistemology, and more.Co-hosted by <a href="http://alexanderwales.com/">⁠⁠Alexander Wales⁠⁠</a>With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, <a href="http://amzn.to/2pnwPsP">⁠⁠G.A.T.O Must Be Respected⁠</a>

Episode 67 - MTG Colors, Writing Tops & Bottoms (Guest: TK17)

Webserial authors Daystar Eld and Alexander Wales talk about the craft of writing stories that make sense, and examine writing tropes and media through the lens of the Rational and Rationalist genres.

Intro and Outro music is G.A.T.O. Must Be Respected, by Tim Yarbrough

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