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Simulacra levels, moral mazes, and low-hanging fruit (with Zvi Mowshowitz)
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Why do we leave so much low-hanging fruit unharvested in so many parts of life? In what contexts is it better to …
2 years, 3 months ago
Effectively encouraging people to give more (with Josh Greene)
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How can people be encouraged in ways that are more natural and less manipulative to increase the amounts they giv…
2 years, 4 months ago
We can't mitigate AI risks we've never imagined (with Darren McKee)
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How can we find and expand the limitations of our imaginations, especially with respect to possible futures for h…
2 years, 4 months ago
What tools do students really need in order to become successful humans? (with AJ Crabill)
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Why did students struggle so much to learn through video meetings during the locked-down days of the pandemic? Wh…
2 years, 4 months ago
Rethinking what it means to learn math (with Eugenia Cheng)
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What should the goals of math education be? What does it mean to "think well"? Is math real? Why are feelings of …
2 years, 4 months ago
Values, principles, and behavior change (with Eric Zimmer)
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What can we learn from the parable of the two wolves? What is valuism? Do we choose our own intrinsic values? How…
2 years, 5 months ago
Escaping a cult: physically, mentally, and emotionally (with Daniella Mestyanek Young)
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How do the experiences of children born into cults differ from members who join as adults? Why do some cults that…
2 years, 5 months ago
Win-Win vs. Moloch, the many-headed monster that may consume us all (with Liv Boeree)
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Who's Moloch? And what do we mean when we call something "Molochian"? What does healthy competition look like? Ho…
2 years, 5 months ago
Do technological innovations yield net gains in the long run? (with Justin Smith-Ruiu)
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What are the limits of tech solutionism? Do technological innovations create as many problems as they solve? Or, …
2 years, 5 months ago
Money, status, power, and sex in nightclubs around the world (with Ashley Mears)
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What interesting social phenomena can be observed at nightclubs? What are "whales" hoping to achieve by spending …
2 years, 5 months ago