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How broken is social science? (with Matt Grossman)
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What makes studying humans harder than studying other parts of the universe? Is social science currently improvin…
4 years, 7 months ago
How to communicate better with the people in your life (with Sara Ness)
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What are the "relating" languages? What strategies do we use when interacting with each other under various condi…
4 years, 7 months ago
How to hack your own brain (with Elizabeth Ricker)
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Why should we be doing more experiments on our own lives? How should we approach and get started with self-experi…
4 years, 7 months ago
Why do civilizations collapse? And is ours next? (with Samo Burja)
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What is "long" history? Why don't historians usually focus on what happened before recorded human history? What (…
4 years, 7 months ago
Utopia on earth and morality without guilt (with Joe Carlsmith)
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What are some of the challenges of defining utopia? What should a utopia look like? What are concrete versus subl…
4 years, 8 months ago
How do you leverage your limitations? (with Oliver Burkeman)
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How can we leverage our own limitations? Why does converting the average human lifespan from years to other units…
4 years, 8 months ago
The secrets of effective learning (with Andy Matuschak)
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How can we accelerate learning? Is spaced repetition the best way to absorb information over the long term? Do we…
4 years, 8 months ago
Exploring your shadow and healing your traumas (with Aurora Quinn-Elmore)
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What is metamodernism? How does metamodernism relate to spiral dynamics? What does it look like to apply a metamo…
4 years, 8 months ago
Dances with robots (with Catie Cuan)
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What is a choreographic interface? Is dance for everyone? What is dance for? What can dancers learn from robotici…
4 years, 8 months ago
Heaven and hell on earth: a trip to the limits of human consciousness (with Anthony David Adams)
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What is "metaphysical geometry"? What do we get out of surrendering to the idea of death? Why do some people find…
4 years, 9 months ago