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Seeing through cognitive traps (with Alex Edmans)
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How do we distinguish correlation from causation in organizational success? How common is it to mistake luck or d…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The most important century (with Holden Karnofsky)
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Has society reached ‘peak progress’? Can we sustain the level of economic growth that technology has enabled over…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Should we try to live forever? (with Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston)
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Why do humans live as long as they do? Since whales have literally tons more cells than humans, why don't they de…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Trying to convince Spencer to be a utilitarian (with Tyler John)
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How has utilitarianism evolved from early Chinese Mohism to the formulations of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mi…
8 months ago
A conversation with an autistic person (with Megan Neff)
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What does autism feel like from the inside? Do autistic people lack empathy? What is context insensitivity? What …
8 months, 1 week ago
AI: Autonomous or controllable? Pick one (with Anthony Aguirre)
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Is AI that's both superintelligent and aligned even possible? Does increased intelligence necessarily entail decr…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
How much does global population decline matter? (with Dean Spears)
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What is the current global birth rate? What factors have contributed, or are currently contributing, to this rate…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Is AI going to ruin everything? (with Gabriel Alfour)
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Is AI going to ruin everything? What kind of AI-related dangers should we be most worried about? What do good ins…
9 months ago
What listeners think Spencer's wrong about: steel-manning critiques
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What defines a cult? Is there such a thing as a good cult? Do Clearer Thinking's tools actually help people? Why …
9 months, 1 week ago
What do we know about psychology that matters? (with Paul Bloom)
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NOTE: The video version of this conversation is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hWNknrc23Fo
In light of …
9 months, 2 weeks ago