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#84 - William MacAskill: Effective Altruism

Posted March 29, 2020 • 01:31:09

William MacAskill is a philosopher, ethicist, and one of the originators of the effective altruism movement. His research focuses on the fundamentals...

#83 – Nick Bostrom: Simulation and Superintelligence

Posted March 26, 2020 • 01:57:06

Nick Bostrom is a philosopher at University of Oxford and the director of the Future of Humanity Institute. He has worked on fascinating and important...

Lex Fridman #1: Seven Levels of Coronavirus Attack and How We Can Fight Back

Posted March 24, 2020 • 00:31:56

The coronavirus pandemic is a global tragedy, but it is also a moment that unites us, that reveals the strength of our community, the human capacity...

#82 – Simon Sinek: Leadership, Hard Work, Optimism and the Infinite Game

Posted March 21, 2020 • 00:38:16

Simon Sinek is an author of several books including Start With Why, Leaders Eat Last, and his latest The Infinite Game. He is one of the best communicators...

#81 – Anca Dragan: Human-Robot Interaction and Reward Engineering

Posted March 19, 2020 • 01:39:01

Anca Dragan is a professor at Berkeley, working on human-robot interaction — algorithms that look beyond the robot’s function in isolation, and...