Why do Good Things always Come to an End?
As London\u2019s black cabs move inexorably towards extinction, we ponder whether the progress of civilisation is merely illusory.\n\nImage: JamesGardinerCollection via Flickr\n\nThings mentioned in this podcast\n-\u2018Meditations on Moloch\u2019 from Slate Star Codex: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/\n-The Tragedy of the Commons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons\n-Ronald Coast, \u2018The Problem of Social Cost\u2019: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/466560\n\nFor more Cognitive Engineering episodes find us on iTunes, Google Play or wherever you get your podcasts, or add this RSS feed to your preferred player: feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:219479129/sounds.rss