{"podcast":{"title":"A Book with Legs","slug":"a-book-with-legs-4895595","podcast_index_feed_id":4895595,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/a-book-with-legs/","website_url":"https://smeadcap.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/d083d036-dbf5-49c1-9e4c-6a243e657de2/aBbpAdCjon8b5JLa6SSYuHo1.png","author":"Smead Capital Management","episode_count":125,"summary":"In each episode, we explore value investing through an entirely unique lens, bringing in authors to discuss books that have directly or indirectly influenced the decisions the Smead Capital Management team has made on their investments in stocks and equities. The podcast is for the curious-minded looking for worldly wisdom. Investing is the last great liberal art, and the team at Smead wants to learn as much as they can. Any level of investor, business person, or thinker, whether personally or professionally, will be intrigued and engaged by these discussions.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-book-with-legs-4895595"},"episode":{"title":"Tom Griffiths - Laws of Thought: The Quest for a Mathematical Theory of the Mind","slug":"tom-griffiths-laws-of-thought-the-quest-for-a-mathematical-theory-of-the-mind","published_at":"2026-03-02T06:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-book-with-legs-4895595/tom-griffiths-laws-of-thought-the-quest-for-a-mathematical-theory-of-the-mind","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-book-with-legs-4895595","url":"https://smeadcap.com/episode/tom-griffiths-laws-of-thought-the-quest-for-a-mathematical-theory-of-the-mind","audio_url":"https://p.podderapp.com/1491119697/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/7133b827-6ced-4a76-aba9-1869106f6d7c.mp3","summary":"What is the divine, and what can the distinctions between AI learning and human cognition reveal about it? These concepts are explored in the latest episode of A Book with Legs, where value investor Cole Smead, CEO and Portfolio Manager of Smead Capital Management, is joined by author and professor Tom Griffiths to discuss his book, “The Laws of Thought: The Quest for a Mathematical Theory of the Mind.” The two discuss the history of attempts to understand human behavior through a mathematical lens and engage in thought-provoking conversation on the differences between machine and human learning. Griffiths is the Henry R. Luce Professor of Information Technology, Consciousness, and Culture in the Department of Psychology and Computer Science at Princeton University. Purchase a copy of The Laws of Thought: The Quest for a Mathematical Theory of the Mind here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250358356/thelawsofthought/ Sign up to be notified about new A Book with Legs episodes: https://hubs.ly/Q0452V800","meta_description":"What is the divine, and what can the distinctions between AI learning and human cognition reveal about it? These concepts are explored in the latest episo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5047,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-book-with-legs-4895595/episodes/tom-griffiths-laws-of-thought-the-quest-for-a-mathematical-theory-of-the-mind/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-book-with-legs-4895595/tom-griffiths-laws-of-thought-the-quest-for-a-mathematical-theory-of-the-mind.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}