#taxonomy
6 episodes
#2262: Documentaries About Parking Lots and Drying Paint
A tour of the most baffling documentaries ever made, from a 10-hour film of paint drying to a feature-length portrait of a single parking lot.
#2090: Who Decides What Generation You Are?
We trace the history of generational labels from the Lost Generation to Gen Alpha, exploring who invents these names and why.
#1710: Two Hundred Years of Calling Sloths "Miserable Mistakes"
Why did early naturalists mistake sloths for bears, monkeys, and giant rats?
#1348: The Ghost in the Machine: Why Accounting Ignores the Planet
Why does the global economy feel disconnected from reality? Explore the 500-year history of the "blind spots" in our financial ledgers.
#1038: The Secret Architecture: Why Taxonomy Rules the AI Age
Ever wonder why search filters fail? Discover how taxonomy and ontology form the invisible backbone of everything from libraries to modern AI.
#816: From Scrolls to SQL: The Evolution of Human Order
Explore the history of how we organize the world, from ancient library catalogs to the future of AI-driven vector databases.