The machine is ever turning, ever hungry. How do you avoid being eaten? How do you avoid drifting into becoming another cog? Can you escape the machine? Should you try or is it impossible? Pondering these questions and more are the mensch and the machine. The Mensch and the Machine is a 30-45 minute discussion between Joel and Eugene about self-development and grander questions. Topics vary from general to existential. The goal is to give people something to think about and hopefully act upon to improve their lives. To give back some of all the knowledge that has been accumulated over the years.