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EP 236 Gregg Henriques on Free Will vs Determinism

Posted April 23, 202400:36:32

Jim talks with Gregg Henriques about his take on the free will versus determinism debate. They discuss the importance of definitions, the enlightenment...

EP 235 Robin Hanson on Beware Cultural Drift

Posted April 17, 2024

Jim talks with Robin Hanson about the ideas in his essay "Beware Cultural Drift: Thoughts on modernity's monoculture mistake." They discuss drift...

EP 234 Richard Bartlett on an Experiment in Co-Living

Posted April 9, 202401:03:09

Jim talks with Richard Bartlett about the ideas in his essay "What we learned from a 3-month co-living experiment." They discuss Jim's visit to a...

EP 233 Robert Conan Ryan on Seven Ethical Perspectives

Posted April 4, 2024

Jim talks with Robert Conan Ryan about seven ethical perspectives and why everyone should know them. They discuss why understanding ethical stances...

EP 232 Matthew David Segall on Process Philosophy and the Origin of Life

Posted April 3, 202401:26:50

Jim talks with Matthew David Segall about the ideas in his and Bruce Damer's new essay, "The Cosmological Context of the Origin of Life: Process Philosophy...