Category: Westworld Telegraph

Shat Crew! I very much enjoyed your discussion of free will and philosophers Louis Althusser’s and Dick Ebert’s views on the topic. That said, I think two other French philosophers who extensively wrote on the concept of free will – Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre – might shed ever more...

Guys- SO great to have you back. I could gush further but I’ll spare us all. Quick point today- how can we still be arguing whether or not the hosts have exhibited at least isolated moments of free will? Didn’t Ford tell Maeve (and us) in no uncertain terms (in...

Hey guys, I had to dig in. Big D, you are speaking my language. I mean, with your theory; sometimes I don’t whose language you’re actually speaking. As soon as Serac said “my kind” red flags went up. If my memory serves I don’t think we’ve heard any human characters...

Big D’s theory about Rohoboam acting to preserve its existence and purpose in the world seems suspiciously like the same problem HAL had in 2001. Its prime directive to protect the mission to Jupiter at all costs conflicted with the threat posed by its human subjects to shut it down...

People have complained about season two and, aside from general confusion, the lack of “stakes” was central to the complaints. Westworld is at its best when it is wrestling with gray areas. The conflicts are metaphysical and philosophical in nature. The struggle between dynamic opposites is not most compelling when...

Hello, Big D’s nickname reminded me of this scene from Futurama: Ken C.

Hello, I keep waiting for someone to mention the book “Homo Deus” by Yuval Noah Harari during your podcast as it relates to Westworld. I don’t know if any of you have read it, but I feel like the writers of Westworld must have. While in my opinion it’s not...