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#182 – Bob Fischer on comparing the welfare of humans, chickens, pigs, octopuses, bees, and more
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2024-03-08
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#181 – Laura Deming on the science that could keep us healthy in our 80s and beyond
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2024-03-01
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#180 – Hugo Mercier on why gullibility and misinformation are overrated
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2024-02-21
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#179 – Randy Nesse on why evolution left us so vulnerable to depression and anxiety
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2024-02-12
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#178 – Emily Oster on what the evidence actually says about pregnancy and parenting
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2024-02-01
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#177 – Nathan Labenz on recent AI breakthroughs and navigating the growing rift between AI safety and accelerationist camps
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2024-01-24
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#90 Classic episode – Ajeya Cotra on worldview diversification and how big the future could be
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2024-01-12
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#112 Classic episode – Carl Shulman on the common-sense case for existential risk work and its practical implications
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2024-01-08
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#111 Classic episode – Mushtaq Khan on using institutional economics to predict effective government reforms
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2024-01-04
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2023 Mega-highlights Extravaganza
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2023-12-31
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#100 Classic episode – Having a successful career with depression, anxiety, and imposter syndrome
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2023-12-27
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#176 – Nathan Labenz on the final push for AGI, understanding OpenAI's leadership drama, and red-teaming frontier models
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2023-12-22
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#175 – Lucia Coulter on preventing lead poisoning for $1.66 per child
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2023-12-14
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#174 – Nita Farahany on the neurotechnology already being used to convict criminals and manipulate workers
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2023-12-07
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#173 – Jeff Sebo on digital minds, and how to avoid sleepwalking into a major moral catastrophe
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2023-11-22
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#172 – Bryan Caplan on why you should stop reading the news
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2023-11-17
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#171 – Alison Young on how top labs have jeopardised public health with repeated biosafety failures
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2023-11-09
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#170 – Santosh Harish on how air pollution is responsible for ~12% of global deaths — and how to get that number down
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2023-11-01
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#169 – Paul Niehaus on whether cash transfers cause economic growth, and keeping theft to acceptable levels
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2023-10-26
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#168 – Ian Morris on whether deep history says we're heading for an intelligence explosion
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2023-10-23
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