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#398 – Mark Zuckerberg: First Interview in the Metaverse

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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:38) – Metaverse
(23:01) – Quest 3
(37:50) – Nature of reality
(42:28) – AI in the Metaverse
(59:26) – Large language models
(1:05:23) – Future of humanity

#397 – Greg Lukianoff: Cancel Culture, Deplatforming, Censorship & Free Speech

Greg Lukianoff is a free speech advocate, first-amendment attorney, president of FIRE – Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, and co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind and a new book The Canceling of the American Mind. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(10:49) – Cancel culture & freedom of speech
(25:21) – Left-wing vs right-wing cancel culture
(34:06) – Religion
(36:46) – College rankings by freedom of speech
(42:54) – Deplatforming
(57:29) – Whataboutism
(1:02:32) – Steelmanning
(1:10:08) – How the left argues
(1:20:48) – Diversity, equity, and inclusion
(1:32:39) – Why colleges lean left
(1:40:17) – How the right argues
(1:44:52) – Hate speech
(1:53:39) – Platforming
(2:03:10) – Social media
(2:24:17) – Depression
(2:35:48) – Hope

#396 – James Sexton: Divorce Lawyer on Marriage, Relationships, Sex, Lies & Love

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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:01) – Why marriages fail
(30:32) – Sex and fetishes
(39:49) – Breakups
(1:05:35) – Johnny Depp and Amber Heard
(1:25:36) – Complicated divorce cases
(1:32:22) – Cheating with the nanny
(1:34:39) – Relationship advice
(1:43:20) – Cost of divorce
(2:05:11) – Prenups
(2:19:33) – Cheating
(2:27:17) – Open marriages and threesomes
(2:40:05) – Sex and fighting
(3:05:00) – Kevin Costner’s divorce
(3:14:44) – Lying
(3:22:12) – Productivity
(3:30:06) – Jiu Jitsu
(3:38:38) – Sex, love, and marriage

#395 – Walter Isaacson: Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Einstein, Da Vinci & Ben Franklin

Walter Isaacson is an author of biographies on Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo da Vinci, and many others. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(30:44) – Einstein
(36:02) – Tesla
(53:07) – Elon Musk’s humor
(57:17) – Steve Jobs’ cruelty
(1:00:41) – Twitter
(1:12:50) – Firing
(1:15:35) – Hiring
(1:24:38) – Time management
(1:32:22) – Groups vs individuals
(1:36:08) – Mortality
(1:39:40) – How to write
(2:00:38) – Love & relationships
(2:05:33) – Advice for young people

#394 – Neri Oxman: Biology, Art, and Science of Design & Engineering with Nature

Neri Oxman is a designer, engineer, scientist, and artist working on computational design, synthetic biology and digital fabrication, previously at MIT, and now at OXMAN. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:06) – Biomass vs anthropomass
(23:27) – Computational templates
(43:42) – Biological hero organisms
(54:42) – Engineering with bacteria
(1:02:59) – Plant communication
(1:16:22) – Albert Einstein letter
(1:19:44) – Beauty
(1:24:40) – Faith
(1:34:26) – Flaws
(1:54:15) – Extinction
(2:05:22) – Alien life
(2:09:12) – Music
(2:10:39) – Movies
(2:15:11) – Advice for young people

#393 – Andrew Huberman: Relationships, Drama, Betrayal, Sex, and Love

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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:42) – Exercise routine
(15:52) – Advice to younger self
(23:07) – Jungian shadow
(27:53) – Betrayal and loyalty
(48:03) – Drama
(1:05:42) – Chimp Empire
(1:10:35) – Overt vs covert contracts
(1:16:42) – Age and health
(1:22:49) – Sexual selection
(1:33:26) – Relationships
(1:45:59) – Fertility
(1:56:25) – Productivity
(2:13:13) – Family

#392 – Joscha Bach: Life, Intelligence, Consciousness, AI & the Future of Humans

Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist, AI researcher, and philosopher. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:26) – Stages of life
(18:48) – Identity
(25:24) – Enlightenment
(31:55) – Adaptive Resonance Theory
(38:42) – Panpsychism
(48:42) – How to think
(56:36) – Plants communication
(1:14:31) – Fame
(1:40:09) – Happiness
(1:47:26) – Artificial consciousness
(1:59:35) – Suffering
(2:04:19) – Eliezer Yudkowsky
(2:11:55) – e/acc (Effective Accelerationism)
(2:17:33) – Mind uploading
(2:28:22) – Vision Pro
(2:32:36) – Open source AI
(2:45:29) – Twitter
(2:52:44) – Advice for young people
(2:55:40) – Meaning of life

#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine

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(10:41) – Palestine
(35:09) – Hate
(48:40) – Antisemitism
(56:37) – Peace in the Middle East
(1:03:34) – West Bank
(1:13:43) – Hamas
(1:23:31) – Two-state solution
(1:39:21) – Jerusalem
(1:46:04) – Role of the US
(1:47:54) – Ghassan Kanafani
(1:58:39) – 2024 Elections
(1:59:48) – Poetry
(2:09:08) – Language
(2:17:36) – Hope

#390 – Yuval Noah Harari: Human Nature, Intelligence, Power, and Conspiracies

Yuval Noah Harari is a historian, philosopher, and author of Sapiens, Homo Deus, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, and Unstoppable Us. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(27:31) – Origin of humans
(37:53) – Suffering
(58:35) – Hitler
(1:17:07) – Benjamin Netanyahu
(1:35:30) – Peace in Ukraine
(1:52:20) – Conspiracy theories
(2:06:59) – AI safety
(2:21:16) – How to think
(2:31:00) – Advice for young people
(2:33:41) – Love
(2:43:50) – Mortality
(2:48:14) – Meaning of life

#389 – Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel, Palestine, Power, Corruption, Hate, and Peace

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(08:22) – Hate
(14:02) – Judicial reform and protests
(22:38) – AI
(32:40) – Competition
(39:21) – Power and corruption
(46:32) – Peace
(1:01:05) – War in Ukraine
(1:05:01) – Abraham Accords
(1:09:02) – History
(1:13:48) – Survival