I'm listening to Sean Carroll's year-end hoiday episode of the #MindscapePodcast . I really appreciate and agree with his message about #academia and its purpose in this episode.

https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025/12/22/holiday-message-2025-the-romance-of-the-university/

Holiday Message 2025 | The Romance of the University – Sean Carroll

I enjoyed this episode of my favorite podcast, Mindscape, where Sean Carroll talks with Alvy Ray Smith, Pixar’s co-founder. πŸŽ™οΈ It traces the history of computer graphics from the mid-1960s through Pixar and beyond β€” much of it happening in the San Francisco Bay Area. A major milestone along the way was Toy Story, the first feature film created entirely with computer animation. There are also interesting stories about Xerox PARC, George Lucas and ILM, Pixar, and Steve Jobs.

Episode link: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025/08/18/325-alvy-ray-smith-on-pixar-pixels-and-the-great-digital-convergence/

#MindscapePodcast #Pixar #ComputerGraphics #ComputerHistory

325 | Alvy Ray Smith on Pixar, Pixels, and the Great Digital Convergence – Sean Carroll

Listening to Sean Carroll's AMA on his #MindscapePodcast . Pity @seanmcarroll no longer posts here....
256 | Kelly and Zach Weinersmith on Building Cities on the Moon and Mars – Sean Carroll

The Most Misunderstood Concept in Physics

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Delighted to hear a shout out for meliorism!
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Mindscape 231 | Sarah Bakewell @Sarah_Bakewell on the History of Humanism. #MindscapePodcast
https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023/03/27/232-sarah-bakewell-on-the-history-of-humanism/
https://twitter.com/seanmcarroll/status/1640366400140345344
231 | Sarah Bakewell on the History of Humanism – Sean Carroll

Thanks so much, Sean Carroll, for answering my question on carving up Hilbert space into objects!
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Mindscape Ask Me Anything | March 2023. Lots of good questions, including black holes as dark energy, pan pizza, and the meaning of life. #MindscapePodcast
https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023/03/06/ama-march-2023/
https://twitter.com/seanmcarroll/status/1632740004798648322
AMA | March 2023 – Sean Carroll

224 | Edward Tufte on Design, Data, and Truth – Sean Carroll

Thanks to @[email protected], and of course huge thanks to the many #MindscapePodcast listeners who donated to make it happen. We already have enough to also fund a scholarship next year, and will continue to do what we can.
223 | Tania Lombrozo on What Explanations Are – Sean Carroll