17 October 2021
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The existential stakes of enlightenment
Robert Wright and Josh Summers discuss how mindfulness can help humankind overcome potentially disastrous cognitive biases.
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In this video:
- Remembering Michael Brooks
- The existential stakes of enlightenment
- Overcoming the affective dimension of cognitive bias
- Bringing broader awareness to the concept of cognitive bias
- Cognitive bias and the roots of war
- The folly of feedback loops
- Quelling our primitive retributive impulses
- Taking a mulligan in your meditation practice
- Focusing on the hindrances
- Can you fail at meditation?
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