Solitary, Poor, Nasty, British, and Short

Episode 10: Entrepreneurship and Innovation

This week, Scott sits down with Thomas Hellmann, a leading expert in entrepreneurship, venture capital, and innovation. He serves as the DP World Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School, and previously taught at Stanford and the University of British Columbia. He has also advised organizations including the World Economic Forum and numerous startup companies. Get full access to Solitary, Poor, Nasty, British, and Short at solitarypoornastybritishandshort.substack.com/subscribe [https://solitarypoornastybritishandshort.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Pandemic Ethics

This week, Scott sits down with Dominic Wilkinson, Professor of Medical Ethics at Oxford. He is the author of Death or Disability?, Ethics, Conflict and Medical Treatment for Children, and Pandemic Ethics: From COVID-19 to Disease X. His work uniquely combines hands-on neonatal care with ethical analysis of emerging technologies like AI in medicine. Enjoy! Get full access to Solitary, Poor, Nasty, British, and Short at solitarypoornastybritishandshort.substack.com/subscribe [https://solitarypoornastybritishandshort.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

When Algorithms Infer: Law and Privacy in the Age of Prediction feat Ignacio Cofone

In this episode, Scott is joined by Professor Ignacio Cofone, Oxford’s Professor of Law and Regulation of AI and a member of both the Institute for Ethics in AI and Reuben College. Author of The Privacy Fallacy: Harm and Power in the Information Economy, Professor Cofone’s research examines privacy, fairness, and responsibility, focusing on how the law should govern new harms created by AI-enabled inference, prediction, and profiling. He and Scott explore surveillance, prediction, and responsibility while entertaining various real and hypothetical scenarios. Get full access to Solitary, Poor, Nasty, British, and Short at solitarypoornastybritishandshort.substack.com/subscribe [https://solitarypoornastybritishandshort.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Sic Transit Gloria Mundi feat. Armand D’Angour

Today, Scott is joined by Professor Armand D’Angour, an Oxford classicist and Fellow of Jesus College. Armand’s work spans ancient Greek music, lyric poetry, and the cultural imagination of the classical world. He’s the author of The Greeks and the New, Socrates in Love, How to Innovate: An Ancient Guide to Creative Thinking, and How to Talk About Love: Plato’s Symposium. Get full access to Solitary, Poor, Nasty, British, and Short at solitarypoornastybritishandshort.substack.com/subscribe [https://solitarypoornastybritishandshort.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Episode 6: Empire, History, and Moral Theology with Nigel Biggar

This week, Scott sits down with Nigel Biggar. Nigel Biggar is the Emeritus Regius Professor of Moral Theology at the University of Oxford and the author of more than a dozen books, including Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning (2023), What’s Wrong with Rights? (2020), and In Defence of War (2013). He chairs the board of the Free Speech Union, lectures internationally, and writes regularly for major newspapers and magazines. Enjoy! Get full access to Solitary, Poor, Nasty, British, and Short at solitarypoornastybritishandshort.substack.com/subscribe [https://solitarypoornastybritishandshort.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]