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MeaningofLife.tv videos — February 2016
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Feb 28, 2016 —
Nikita Petrov & Daniele Bolelli
- Daniele’s new book Not Afraid and the practice of cage fighting
- In martial arts, you want to play it safe—but not too safe
- Raising a baby girl: the greater battle
- Other practices: meditation, psychedelics, and life in general
- The changing face and functions of online media
- Daniele’s mix-and-match approach to philosophy and religion
Feb 20, 2016 —
Robert Wright & William MacAskill
- Will’s new book Doing Good Better and its topic, effective altruism
- A shockingly cheap and easy way to help schools in Africa
- The perils of pursuing only the quantifiably good
- The case against buying fair trade products and donating to disaster relief
- Long-term do-good planning
- Why it makes sense to invest in apocalypse prevention even though we’ll probably be fine
Feb 13, 2016 —
Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci
- What constitutes an explanation in the natural sciences?
- Looking for a categorical difference between natural and social sciences
- Biological and social explanations of human behavior
- The difference between the narratives of social and physical sciences
- Does social science explain events or their interpretations?
- Must a science have “laws”? Are there social scientific laws?
Feb 7, 2016 —
Robert Wright & Paul Froese
- What do we mean by a meaningful life?
- Finding purpose in being a part of something bigger
- How social context determines our understanding of meaning
- Fantasies about uniting humanity: one cause, one God, one reality
- Are we making moral progress?
- Is it empowering or terrifying to think we create our own meaning?
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