What Robert Wright Thinks About Basically Everything
b'Robert Wright (@robertwrighter), author of Nonzero, The Moral Animal, Why Buddhism Is True, and others, joins Erik on this episode.
They discuss:
- The common theme of exploring the meaning of life that Robert says runs through all of his books.
- Whether global governance could be feasible and how positive-sum thinking can play a part in reducing hostilities between nations.
- Why consciousness gives life meaning.
- How to deal with the quest for status.
- The emotional manipulation that political leaders employ.
- Why we shouldn\\u2019t rush to bring in new technologies before we know the consequences.
- Why evolution has not programmed us to be happy.
- How to deal with tribalism.
- Why people say that \\u201cto explain something is to excuse it\\u201d and why not thinking that way can bring about a more compassionate world.
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