“The Importance of Blasting Good Ideas Into The Ether” by Bentham’s Bulldog

<p> Crossposted from my blog. </p><p> When I started this blog in high school, I did not imagine that I would cause The Daily Show to do an episode about shrimp, containing the following dialogue:</p><p> Andres: I was working in investment banking. My wife was helping refugees, and I saw how meaningful her work was. And I decided to do the same.</p><p> Ronny: Oh, so you're helping refugees?</p><p> Andres: Well, not quite. I'm helping shrimp.</p><p> (Would be a crazy rug pull if, in fact, this did not happen and the dialogue was just pulled out of thin air).</p><p> </p><p> But just a few years after my blog was born, some Daily Show producer came across it. They read my essay on shrimp and thought it would make a good daily show episode. Thus, the Daily Show shrimp episode was born.</p><p> </p><p> I especially love that they bring on an EA [...]</p> <p>---</p> <p><b>First published:</b><br/> June 3rd, 2025 </p> <p><b>Source:</b><br/> <a href="https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/viSRgubpKDjQcatQi/the-importance-of-blasting-good-ideas-into-the-ether?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Source+URL+in+episode+description&utm_campaign=ai_narration" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/viSRgubpKDjQcatQi/the-importance-of-blasting-good-ideas-into-the-ether</a> </p> <p>---</p> <p>Narrated by <a href="https://type3.audio/?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Narrated+by+TYPE+III+AUDIO&utm_term=ea_forum&utm_campaign=ai_narration" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TYPE III AUDIO</a>.</p> <p>---</p><div style="max-width: 100%";><p><strong>Images from the article:</strong></p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/cea/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mirroredImages/viSRgubpKDjQcatQi/b9soqhclk0uhlxcidtqg" target="_blank"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/cea/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mirroredImages/viSRgubpKDjQcatQi/b9soqhclk0uhlxcidtqg" alt="This appears to be a humorous meme contrasting two characters' reactions: one distraught figure with tears and glasses, and another stoic bearded profile drawing. The text creates a religious-themed joke about prophecy and divine messages." style="max-width: 100%;" /></a><hr style="margin-top: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;" /><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/cea/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mirroredImages/viSRgubpKDjQcatQi/ws9fd1yd2cls8enjzx2n" target="_blank"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/cea/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mirroredImages/viSRgubpKDjQcatQi/ws9fd1yd2cls8enjzx2n" alt="Aaron Gertler tweets: "Forgive me if you've written about this elsewhere, but how did the collaboration come to pass? Did the Daily Show just reach out to you? Was SWP pitched to them by someone?". Andres Jimenez Zorrilla replies: "The producers learned of us through a post from Bentham's Bulldog and contacted us through our website"." style="max-width: 100%;" /></a><p><em>Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try <a href="https://pocketcasts.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Pocket Casts</a>, or another podcast app.</em></p></div>