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Censorship, cancel culture, and truth-seeking (with Iona Italia)
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When is a certain speech act an opinion versus a call to action? Does that distinction matter for censorship purp…
2 years, 10 months ago
Why are birth rates plummeting? And how much does it matter? (with Malcolm & Simone Collins)
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What is pro-natalism? How fast are birth rates falling around the world? How long will it take for us to really f…
2 years, 11 months ago
Science is learning from start-ups (with Adam Marblestone)
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What are focused research organizations? Which kinds of research projects lend themselves to the FRO model? Resea…
2 years, 11 months ago
The range of human perceptual experiences (with Anil Seth)
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How does the world differ from our perception of it? Where is color located? Is the self constructed in the same …
2 years, 11 months ago
The capabilities approach to welfare (with Martha Nussbaum)
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What is the capabilities approach to welfare? To what is this approach reacting? How should capabilities be balan…
2 years, 11 months ago
Should you become a charity entrepreneur? (with Joey Savoie)
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What is charity entrepreneurship? What sorts of incentives pull charities away from their stated goals? Why is Ef…
2 years, 11 months ago
Has political polarization been misunderstood? (with Nick Gillespie)
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Are the US's culture wars a sign of a society falling apart? Is social media a cause or a symptom (or both or nei…
3 years ago
How can you tell if you're cut out for entrepreneurship? (with Matt Clifford)
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What are "variance-amplifying" and "variance-dampening" institutions? Has the world been getting weirder recently…
3 years ago
Letting ChatGPT make your decisions for you (with Dax Flame)
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What would happen if you chose to let ChatGPT control your life for a year? If products like ChatGPT help us (e.g…
3 years ago
What good is college now that we can learn everything for free on the internet? (with Nick Dirks)
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Why are colleges and universities valuable to societies? Why does formal post-secondary education seem unnecessar…
3 years ago