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Meditation and Enlightenment (with Jeremy Stevenson)
What's a good definition of meditation that cuts through all the dogma and differing methodology? What are the techniques, skills, and insights associated with meditation? How does meditation connect…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Forgiveness and E-Prime (with Josh Castle)
What is the goal of this podcast? How does a person become a polymath? What are the conceptual difficulties surrounding forgiveness? How can E-Prime help to highlight logical fallacies? How can we im…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Lines of Retreat and Incomplete Maps (with Anna Salamon)
What does it mean to leave lines of retreat in social contexts? How can we make sense of the current state of the world? What happens when we run out of map? How does the book Elephant in the Brain a…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
THINKERS Workshop (with Spencer Greenberg)
Why is it important to learn about cognitive biases? What are the various modes of nuanced thinking? What kind of mindset do people have to have in order to change their minds? When should we make "g…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Death and Story-Telling (with A.J. Jacobs)
Are there more meaningful and ethical ways of honoring the dead than our traditional rituals? Why is it useful to adopt probabilistic thinking in our everyday lives? What sorts of things do we value …
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Life Experiments and Philosophical Thinking (with Arden Koehler)
What is 80,000 Hours? What sorts of people should become entrepreneurs? How can you run cheap experiments on yourself? What are some beneficial modes of philosophical thinking?
Arden Koehler is a rese…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Negotiation and Psychological Immune Systems (with Julie Kheyfets)
How can we move beyond zero-sum, adversarial negotiations? What are some tools we can use to overcome physical and psychological pain? How can we develop psychological resilience and stability?
Julie …
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Education and Charity (with Uri Bram)
Are universities a cult? Do charitable interventions like de-worming work? How much should we trust the conclusion of well-respected charity evaluators like GiveWell?
Uri is the publisher of The Brows…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago