Clearer Thinking is a podcast about ideas that truly matter. If you enjoy learning about powerful, practical concepts and frameworks, wish you had more deep, intellectual conversations in your life, or are looking for non-BS self-improvement, then we think you'll love this podcast! Each week we invite a brilliant guest to bring four important ideas to discuss for an in-depth conversation. Topics include psychology, society, behavior change, philosophy, science, artificial intelligence, math, economics, self-help, mental health, and technology. We focus on ideas that can be applied right now to make your life better or to help you better understand yourself and the world, aiming to teach you the best mental tools to enhance your learning, self-improvement efforts, and decision-making. • We take on important, thorny questions like: • What's the best way to help a friend or loved one going through a difficult time? How can we make our worldviews more accurate? How can we hone the accuracy of our thinking? What are the advantages of using our "gut" to make decisions? And when should we expect careful, analytical reflection to be more effective? Why do societies sometimes collapse? And what can we do to reduce the chance that ours collapses? Why is the world today so much worse than it could be? And what can we do to make it better? What are the good and bad parts of tradition? And are there more meaningful and ethical ways of carrying out important rituals, such as honoring the dead? How can we move beyond zero-sum, adversarial negotiations and create more positive-sum interactions?

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Trying to convince Spencer to be a utilitarian (with Tyler John) 2025-08-13
A conversation with an autistic person (with Megan Neff) 2025-08-06
AI: Autonomous or controllable? Pick one (with Anthony Aguirre) 2025-07-30
How much does global population decline matter? (with Dean Spears) 2025-07-23
Is AI going to ruin everything? (with Gabriel Alfour) 2025-07-16
What listeners think Spencer's wrong about: steel-manning critiques 2025-07-10
What do we know about psychology that matters? (with Paul Bloom) 2025-07-03
Bringing your "A-game" to your relationships (with Annie Lalla) 2025-06-25
The rival philosophies to Stoicism that you've never heard about (with Greg Lopez) 2025-06-18
What can we all agree on? (with Bradley Tusk) 2025-06-11
Shamanism, witchcraft, and the power of narrative (with Manvir Singh) 2025-06-04
Which Spencer is real? Spencer vs. his AI clone 2025-05-28
Too many mental health challenges and not enough psychiatrists (with Jacob Appel) 2025-05-21
Misinformation from all sides (with Brian Dunning) 2025-05-14
A conversation with a rigid perfectionist who has OCPD (with Darryl Rossignol) 2025-05-07
Simple and effective methods for helping people that nonprofits often ignore (with Kanika Bahl) 2025-04-30
How to unleash student potential in education (with Jack Despain Zhou) 2025-04-23
How f***ed is psychology? (with Adam Mastroianni) 2025-04-20
A conversation with a multiple-time survivor of sexual abuse 2025-04-10
A story can change the world (with Elizabeth Cox) 2025-04-02
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