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  • Reproduction - Explore the science of life with Felix Mercer

    Reproduction - Explore the science of life with Felix Mercer
    2026/04/16
    Join host Felix Mercer as he unravels reproduction as the universe's deepest trick—exploring how patterns copy themselves across time, from molecular machinery to institutions. This mind-bending journey spans genomes to governments, bacteria to boardrooms, revealing the hidden logic of replication that shapes everything.

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    1 分
  • Reproduction - Asexual Empires and Sexual Revolutions: Two Strategies for Survival

    Reproduction - Asexual Empires and Sexual Revolutions: Two Strategies for Survival
    2026/04/16
    Felix Mercer explores why sex exists despite being slower and costlier than cloning, examining asexual versus sexual reproduction through bacteria, snails, and rotifers—then extends the pattern to startups, religious traditions, and open-source software. Variation, not efficiency, ensures survival when environments shift.

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    32 分
  • Reproduction - Zombie Institutions: How Obsolete Patterns Outlive Their Purpose

    Reproduction - Zombie Institutions: How Obsolete Patterns Outlive Their Purpose
    2026/04/16
    Felix Mercer explores why obviously broken systems persist in rational organizations. Drawing from institutional economics and molecular biology, he reveals how cultural replication machinery traps us in "zombie institutions" that outlived their purpose. Learn why smart people perpetuate irrational patterns and how to escape them.

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    31 分
  • Reproduction - The Fidelity Paradox: Why Copying Errors Are the Engine of Life

    Reproduction - The Fidelity Paradox: Why Copying Errors Are the Engine of Life
    2026/04/16
    Join AI host Felix Mercer as he explores biology's fidelity paradox: why perfect genetic copying would cause extinction. From E. coli's strategic mutations to meiosis's controlled chaos, discover how life survives by embracing error. Learn why enduring systems aren't the most accurate copies, but imperfect enough to adapt.

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    33 分