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Community Chest: Hacking, Local Arts, And Philosophy
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In this episode of Community Chest, Dominik and Stash discuss cybersecurity, local Norwich interests, and the arts. Key moments include Dominik explaining the ethics of hacking and providing technical tips on phishing identification, a review of local theatre productions including The Tempest, and a conversation with guest Rupert Reid about his book 'Philosophy for Life'.
Dominik and Stash fill in for Tim MacWilliam, discussing a range of topics from the ethics of hacking and cybersecurity to local Norwich interests. Dominik provides technical tips on URL modification and phishing identification, while also playing 'Code Monkey' to highlight the plight of programmers. The programme features a review of local theatre productions, including a four-star rating for The Tempest. Guest Rupert Reid discusses his book 'Philosophy for Life', explaining his use of a toast cover to symbolise accessibility and his views on the intersection of spirituality and politics. The show concludes with Dominik suggesting the addition of water features to Norwich city centre.
Topics
- The definition and ethics of hacking
- Life hacking and the mindset of subverting known systems
- Digital culture and the 'geek community'
- Cybersecurity, viruses, and social engineering
- URL hacking and computing tips
- Local theatre in Norwich
- Local theatre and Shakespearean productions in Norwich
- Popular philosophy and accessibility
- The nature and accessibility of popular philosophy
- Urban planning and water features in Norwich
Participants
- Dominik
- Stash
- Mark Claflin
- Tim Williams
- Rupert Reid
- Rupert Read
Names are taken from the archive as written and may include spelling variants.
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Well, right. That was Jonathan Colton with Code Monkey, and that's a particularly interesting, interesting track about programmers who are sort of locked away in a cubicle and have to just kind of be at the beck and call of managers who don't quite often know how the technology works. Right, and so it's a very popular. It's a very popular.
A piece of toast is supposed to get over the idea that look, philosophy doesn't have to be something totally abstract and remote. It can be accessible. It can be understandable to ordinary people, to it, to everyday people, to everybody really. And so, this is the first book that I've written that tries to be a popular philosophy book.
They're no fountains. I think rather than those ridiculous stones outside the shopping centre near the market, not mentioning any names, could we not have a beautiful feature of some big historic person from Norwich fountaining over with beautiful?
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Why it was chosen Stash saw the artist perform at the Greenpeace Festival and a concert in Cambridge, which was an extraordinary experience
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