web02.fireside.fm Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:56:45 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Increments - Episodes Tagged with “Abolition” https://www.incrementspodcast.com/tags/abolition Sun, 24 May 2020 18:00:00 -0700 Vaden Masrani, a senior research scientist in machine learning, and Ben Chugg, a PhD student in statistics, get into trouble arguing about everything except machine learning and statistics. Coherence is somewhere on the horizon. Bribes, suggestions, love-mail and hate-mail all welcome at incrementspodcast@gmail.com. en-us episodic Science, Philosophy, Epistemology, Mayhem Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani Vaden Masrani, a senior research scientist in machine learning, and Ben Chugg, a PhD student in statistics, get into trouble arguing about everything except machine learning and statistics. Coherence is somewhere on the horizon. Bribes, suggestions, love-mail and hate-mail all welcome at incrementspodcast@gmail.com. no Philosophy,Science,Ethics,Progress,Knowledge,Computer Science,Conversation,Error-Correction Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani incrementspodcast@gmail.com #3 - Incrementalism vs Revolution: Prison Abolition https://www.incrementspodcast.com/3 Buzzsprout-3900668 Sun, 24 May 2020 18:00:00 -0700 Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani full Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani 1:22:40 no <p>Ben persuades Vaden that all prisoners should be let loose. Vaden convinces Ben that he shouldn’t use the word “vista” so regularly. At least they stay on topic this time. </p><p><b><em>References: </em></b></p><ul> <li> <a href="http://criticalresistance.org/about/not-so-common-language/">What is the PIC? What is Abolition?</a>, Critical Resistance. </li> <li> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/magazine/prison-abolition-ruth-wilson-gilmore.html">Is Prison Necessary?</a> NY Times piece covering Ruth Wilson Gilmore. </li> <li> <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/what-is-prison-abolition/">What is Prison Abolition</a>, The Nation. </li> </ul> Revolution, Abolition, Incrementalism, Progress

Ben persuades Vaden that all prisoners should be let loose. Vaden convinces Ben that he shouldn’t use the word “vista” so regularly. At least they stay on topic this time. 

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Ben persuades Vaden that all prisoners should be let loose. Vaden convinces Ben that he shouldn’t use the word “vista” so regularly. At least they stay on topic this time. 

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