{"id":967,"slug":"butterfield-stewart","name":"Butterfield, Stewart","type":"person","created_at":"2026-08-08T04:39:11.722351+00:00","hidden":0,"aliases":["Butterfield"],"episodes":[{"id":"b91b651c-5008-487c-a633-2633e0660332","slug":"s5e03-welcome-to-the-churn","subject":"s5e03: Welcome to the Churn","title":"Welcome to the Churn","publish_date":"2017-09-26T00:00:00+00:00","year":2017,"month":9,"season":5,"episode":3,"episode_label":"s05e03","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s5e03-welcome-to-the-churn/","is_premium":0,"word_count":5142,"context":" … attempt to be equitable* \"don't be creepy\" but Stewart \"degree in Philosophy\" <mark>Butterfield</mark>.\n\n\n\nScore one for the humanist technologists. 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