Choosing Better

Conversations about wacky ideas, economics, and the art of living well.

Choosing Better is a science podcast hosted by Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor, with 79 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor hosts Choosing Better, a science show with 79 episodes published.

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  Episode #65

  "It's Just Wrong": Making Moral Arguments in Public Spaces

  Sep 18, 20261h 5mS3

  Is freedom doing whatever you want, or becoming what you were made to be? Enoch and Tim trace the shift from classical to modern freedom, from Adam Smith to John Stuart Mill's harm principle, and ask what we lost along the way. Why can we only argue about usury, cheating, or assisted suicide in terms of harm and victims, when what many of us really believe is "it's just wrong"? Recording Date: March 26, 2026 Credits: Drew Elliot (music)

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  Episode #64

  The Age of AI Surveillance: Flock Cameras and the Future of Privacy

  Sep 4, 202659 minS3

  Enoch and Tim discuss privacy in an age of data, AI, and mass surveillance. Using Flock cameras as a central example, they explore the benefits and drawbacks of the new technology that has drawn such backlash. They compare Flock tocorporate data systems like Ring, consider how privacy laws might have such a hard time catching up with technology, and challenge the idea that “nothing to hide” means nothing to fear. Correction: In the episode Enoch incorrectly stated that each vehicle in the US gets scanned an average of over 800 times per day that should have been per year. Recording Date: September 1, 2026 Credits: Drew Elliot (music)

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  Episode #63

  Marriage and America Coming Apart: How We Sort in Who We Marry and Where We Live

  Aug 21, 20261h 2mS3

  America is coming apart. The most likely place for a college educated adult to meet their spouse is at university. This is not just true for some college and universities; it is true for just about every university. But what happens when intelligent people leave their hometowns for university study, meet “the one”, and then settle down? We begin to sort our very neighborhoods and towns my education and merit. Fewer than half of Americans have a college degree, yet most people with a college degree live in towns where most of their neighbors also have college degrees. Join Enoch and Tim as they explain this social problem and throw out some ideas on how to fix it. Note: We accidentally posted these in reverse order, so last week was part two on this topic and this week is part I. Hope you enjoy! Reference: Coming Apart by Charles Murray (2012). Recording Date: May 7, 2026 Credits: Drew Elliot (music)

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  Episode #60

  Marriage and America Coming Apart: How We Sort in Who We Marry and Where We Live

  Aug 7, 20261h 2mS3

  America is coming apart. The most likely place for a college educated adult to meet their spouse is at university. This is not just true for some college and universities; it is true for just about every university. But what happens when intelligent people leave their hometowns for university study, meet “the one”, and then settle down? We begin to sort our very neighborhoods and towns by education and merit. Fewer than half of Americans have a college degree, yet most people with a college degree live in towns where most of their neighbors also have college degrees. Join Enoch and Tim as they explain this social problem and throw out some ideas on how to fix it. Reference: Coming Apart by Charles Murray (2012). Recording Date: May 7, 2026 Credits: Drew Elliot (music)

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  Episode #59

  The Selection Effect: Prenatal Screening and the Quiet Disappearance of Down Syndrome

  Jul 24, 20261h 6mS3

  When does prenatal screening determine whether a child will be born at all? In this episode of Choosing Better , Enoch and Tim explore Down syndrome, abortion, eugenics, and the quiet social pressures that shape “choice.” From viral controversy and global termination rates to Tim’s research on Down syndrome birthrates, they ask what we are missing when children with disabilities are screened out and disappear from our communities. The conversation ends with a call to choose better by building communities where families facing a pregnancy with Down syndrome are met with courage, support, and love. Commercial referenced in the episode can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju-q4OnBtNU . Tim’s full public lecture can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULqFaSh3nG0 .

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