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Jul 30, 2016 — Roohi Choudhry & Eileen Pollack
How Eileen’s fascination with science led to her new book,
A Perfect Life
Getting meaning from minutiae
Why Eileen left physics for writing
Bridging the gap between the humanities and science
Jul 27, 2016 — Oliver Burkeman & Susan Piver
When rage intrudes on meditation
The internal logic of bad acts
Susan explains the uses of lovingkindness meditation
Resisting the temptation to take pleasure in anger
Seeing terrorists as humans
Susan: don’t flee from bad feelings
Jul 22, 2016 — Robert Wright & Jack Tsonis
Introducing the Saunatarian movement
Varieties of sauna
Jack’s conversion and the start of thermovangelism
Spiritual aspects of sauna
(Limited) data on health benefits
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Jul 13, 2016 — Robert Wright & Cristina Bicchieri
What is a social norm?
Why do norms like genital mutilation exist?
Ways to change norms (and ways to fail)
Change we have seen: smoking, gay marriage, bullying
Fear disrupts norms and helps people like Trump
The internet as a tool against “pluralistic ignorance”
Why the political establishment is in trouble
Jul 10, 2016 — Robert Wright & Kenneth Folk
The bell-curve of awakening
Being enlightened feels “meta-okay”
The benefits of experiencing life impersonally
Does enlightenment have to have a moral dimension?
Awakening as growing up
The lenses and filters through which we see life
Jul 5, 2016 — Robert Wright & Steven Nadler
What made Spinoza a heretic?
Why Spinoza matters today
Perspectives on the purpose, if any, of nature
Religion: a source of morality, meaning, and fear
Spinoza’s mysticism—or lack thereof
Parallels between Spinozan and Buddhist thought
Jul 3, 2016 — Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci
Massimo’s new book on the nature of philosophy
The distinctive way philosophy makes progress
Are philosophers really more like artists?
Has philosophy “gotten better”?
Jul 1, 2016 — Robert Wright & Jack Tsonis
Karl Jaspers and the “Axial Age” theory of history
The “world religions” paradigm
Jack: The Axial Age theory has racist vibes
Does it make sense to talk about “progress” in history?
Jack avoids vapid moral relativism
Does the Axial Age theory find unity where none exists?
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