23 October 2016
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Robert Greene (Power, Seduction, and War, The 50th Law) and Eliezer Yudkowsky (Singularity Institute, Less Wrong)
- Robert’s new book, “The 50th Law” . 10:46
- Robert says power is better than happiness . 4:56
- Robert’s controversial 7th law: Take credit for others’ work . 5:09
- Eliezer on censorship in online communities . 9:59
- Will politics thwart transhumanists’ dreams? . 4:50
- Do you need a looming threat of death to get stuff done? . 10:29
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Tech visionary Kevin Kelly, author of The Inevitable, on how the shift from books to screens is affecting our culture. Plus: Parenting artificial intelligence.
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What’s eating the GOP?
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis debate whether the problem is Trump or conservative ideology.
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Lost in thought
Meditation teacher Daniel Ingram, author of Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, on the pathology of our wandering minds.
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Women as a Marxist class
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Rescued from the dustbin of history
A long-lost, never-before-shown 2006 conversation between Robert Wright and “new atheist” Sam Harris.
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Is power about independence or interdependence?
Theologian John Thatamanil contrasts the views of Trump and Pope Francis. Plus: Trump as an affront to God.
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Runaway debt
Richard Vague, author of The Next Economic Disaster, warns that today’s unprecedented borrowing could spell disaster. Plus: The loopholes Trump loves.
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Will science ever explain consciousness?
Margaret Werthiem, author of Physics on the Fringe, on the questions we should be asking about the mind.
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The right’s delusion about the left’s weakness
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis on the conservative belief that all the GOP needed was a candidate strong enough to fight. Plus: Evan McMullin, Trump slayer?
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Trump’s military fixation
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