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Practice? Podcast

Practice? Podcast

By: David Fearon and Peter Vaill
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“Theory and practice” is a common phrase. We've seen a lot of writing on theory, but what about that other word? Peter calls it "the dark matter of the social sciences" - Practice. It applies to pencil-pushing, educating, heart surgery, sailing, golfing, and anything you can do with purpose. Peter and Dave take you into a world of thought that couples work and play, purpose and routine, life and legacy. In a world of white-water, On Practice is the raft.

Copyright 2025 David Fearon and Peter Vaill
Career Success Economics
Episodes
  • Episode 299: Episode 282 - Cognition Firing in Practice and Conversation (Dave, Jr and Dad)
    Jun 23 2025

    Dave leads me through a process to understand understanding itself. What happens in real-time moments of learning, moments of cognition. This is the latest in a series of episodes where the son teaches the father, who is probing the nature of Practice. Dave guides me through a process to understand the concept of understanding itself. He explores what occurs during real-time moments of learning and cognition. This is part of an ongoing series of episodes in which the son teaches his father, who is examining the nature of practice.

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Episode 298: Episode 281 - Human Intelligence Thrives in Her Company (Jessica Rich)
    Apr 14 2025

    "High Tech. Human Touch" is a logo of Walker Group led by co-CEO Jessica Rich. Dave knows human intelligence thrives there, even as they know and apply AI, because Walker Group is a registered Benefit Corporation and the first Perpetual Purpose Trust-Owned Company in Connecticut. They promise their practitioners a stable foundation for a long career. Jessica has been with Walker for over 22 years and has no plan or reason to lead elsewhere.

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    33 mins
  • Episode 297: Episode 280 - Exploring the Physics of Socially Enacted Practices
    Mar 8 2025

    Dave, Jr., and I had another conversation to discuss more dimensions of how information and practice in social behavior is not abstract but rooted in the real dynamics of physics, even at the quantum level. Explored this time are how enacted living systems are expressed by Constructor Theory, Assembly Theory, and Indivisible Stochastic Processes

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    1 hr and 14 mins
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