Episodes (Page 5)
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Examining the breakdown of trust in institutions and intellectual authority.
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Ben Lamm discusses de-extinction efforts for mammoths and other species.
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Simon Sebag Montefiore on the Middle East conflict and Jewish history.
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Christine Rosen discusses technology's impact on culture and journalism.
39:48
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Mark Cuban on Trump's ethics and political resilience.
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Nate Silver on cultural risk attitudes and American politics.
46:59
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Rahm Emanuel on world order and American politics.
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Discussed humanity's self-destruction capacity and information networks in crises.
Social Order
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Examined AI alignment failure and the perception of superintelligence risk.
AI Utopia
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Analyzed war games testing democracy against authoritarianism.
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Discussed the Trump assassination attempt and the state of X.
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Explored the genome as a palimpsest and future genetic information use.
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Debated debate tactics, Trump derangement, and norm violations.
Right and Left
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Studied attention, awareness, and the failure of brain-training games.
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Discussed AI risk and California's proposed AI regulation bill.
Regulating Artificial Intelligence
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Differentiated influence from propaganda and discussed communication shifts.
Digital Delusions
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Reviewed psychedelic research history and FDA approval setbacks.
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Discussed autocracy's rise and democracy's decline with Anne Applebaum.
How Democracies Fail