Does Pranav Have Empathy? [with Aparna Ramanujam] - Listen - Dumb

Does Pranav Have Empathy? [with Aparna Ramanujam]

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Dumb Dive tries something new with a close friend of the show and special guest. Show Notes: 00:00:48 - Pranav's Housing Crisis00:08:46 - Why do we procrastinate?00:17:07 - Netflix's The Sandman00:23:37 - The philosophy of horror00:24:37 - (Correction) It is the Apprehension Machine not the 'nightmare machine' [Link]00:30:21 - Horror as a product of a time's culture00:34:35 - On fear00:41:51 - Horror in Terminator 200:46:30 - Effect of noise on our psyche00:48:45 - (Correction) UNEP World's Noisiest Cities Report - 13 of 61 listed cities are in South Asia00:51:46 - Effect of pollution on intellectual performance00:54:20 - The reducing distance between people and media01:16:45 - Similarity between horror and philosophy Follow us on Instagram @dumbdivepodcast

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