16 April 2024
Thinking Back on Kahneman, Fast and Slow
Robert Wright and Paul Bloom discuss the late Nobel laureate’s life and legacy.
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In this video:
- Why Paul’s eclipse experience eclipsed Bob’s
- Remembering pioneering psychologist Daniel Kahneman
- Bob fails gender affirmation test
- Has the “replication crisis” tainted Kahneman’s legacy?
- Eastern vs. Western “enlightenment”
- How AI doomerism came to the rationalist community
- 3 Body Problem review goes into Overtime
AI, Rationalism, and the “Great Filter”
Robert Wright and economist and futurist Robin Hanson discuss Robin’s solution to the Fermi Paradox and how AI fits into it. Plus: where rationalist culture gets “cultish”, seeing AI as offspring, and more.
Things to know about the noosphere
Robert Wright and Sister Ilia Delio—theologian, author, and expert on Jesuit priest and scientist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin—discuss what Teilhard described as the “thinking envelope of the Earth.”
RFK Jr.’s Bad VEEP Pick
Is RFK Jr’s VP pick an affront to democracy? Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss on this week’s DMZ.
Meditation Tips for Beginners (and Non-Beginners)
Neuroscientist Kathryn Devaney of the Berkeley Alembic and Robert Wright discuss meditative best practices, how meditation aids cognitive empathy, whether mindfulness can save us from AI doom, and more.
America’s Blood Bath (and Beyond)
Are media elites overreacting to Donald Trump’s use of the term “bloodbath”? Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss on this week’s DMZ.
The Open Source AI Question
Robert Wright and Nathan Labenz, host of the Cognitive Revolution podcast, discuss all things open source AI—its meaning, its promise, its perils, and more.
Biden could stop the war in Gaza
Middle-East expert Daniel Levy, speaking to Robert Wright, explains how.
Kyrsten Sinema Says Goodbye
Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s decision not to seek re-election in Arizona, and whether she could have survived by working harder not to alienate the progressive base.
The DMZ
Can Abortion Sink Trump?
Can Donald Trump move to the center on the issue of abortion? Or will Joe Biden’s ads effectively tie him to the overturning of Roe v. Wade? Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss on this week’s DMZ.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Israel out of control
Robert Wright and American Prestige hosts Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner discuss attacks on aid workers and Iran’s embassy.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
What Does Putin Want?
Robert Wright talks to Nikolay and Kirill of the Russians with Attitudes podcast about Russian politics, the Ukraine war, and Putin’s moderation compared to other Russian elites.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Elon and Altman: Dueling Messiahs
Robert Wright and Paul Bloom also discuss Elon vs. Don Lemon, Altman vs. the AI #Resistance, Oscar highlights and lowlights, and more.
The DMZ
Can TikTok Survive?
Should TikTok be banned? Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss on this week’s DMZ.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Elon v. OpenAI, Google vs Itself
