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Aug 31, 2018 — Robert Wright & K. Anthony Appiah
Anthony’s new book,
The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity
Anthony’s own unusual identity
Cosmopolitanism and its discontents
Patriotism, nationalism, and “legitimate forms of partiality”
Against essentialism in religion
The invention of the idea of a national spirit
Who owns the culture?
How class conflict has changed in the US and UK
Aug 24, 2018 — Robert Wright & Bhikkhu Bodhi
How Bhikkhu Bodhi first encountered Buddhism…
…and how he became a Buddhist monk
Can “secular” Buddhists have spiritual experiences?
Traditional Buddhism, secular Buddhism, and immanent Buddhism
Diving into nirvana: “conditioned arising” and “the unconditioned”
Does Buddhism make you a better person?
Aug 23, 2018 — Stephen Asma & Rami Gabriel
What is pleasure, and what isn’t?
How human will fits into philosophies of pleasure
Addiction, brain chemistry, and the lies we tell ourselves
Why are some people more prone to addiction than others?
Addiction as a disease of deprivation
Antonio Demasio’s new book that rethinks culture and the roots of consciousness
Aug 15, 2018 — Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Philip Christman
Phil’s essay, “What Is It Like to Be a Man?”
Modern male stereotypes: Homer Simpson vs. Harvey Weinstein
Proud Boys, Jordan Peterson, and the crisis of masculinity
The trans challenge to gender norms
Phil explains why his Christian faith doesn’t provide him with certainty
Contrasting certainty in Judaism and Christianity
Aug 14, 2018 — Daniel Kaufman & Justin Weinberg
Justin’s website about the philosophy profession, Daily Nous
What philosophers actually do when they do research
Will we ever solve the big philosophical questions?
What the American Philosophical Association does
Is this a golden age for public philosophy?
Are philosophy departments in danger?
Dan wonders whether there should be a moratorium on new philosophy PhDs
Aug 10, 2018 — Robert Wright & Tim Maudlin
Three fundamental questions about time
Revisiting the famous “twins paradox” thought experiment
Why Tim thinks mainstream physicists are wrong about time
Einstein and determinism
Why Einstein was wrong about quantum entanglement
Non-locality, the weirdest thing in physics
Aug 9, 2018 — Josh Summers & Stephen Asma
Stephen’s new book,
Why We Need Religion
Who is Stephen’s intended audience?
How religion shaped our emotional lives for millennia
Can you benefit from religion without sincere belief?
“False consolation”? No such thing, Stephen says
Stephen learns to appreciate the “smells and bells” of Buddhism in Bhutan
How will religion evolve in America?
Aug 6, 2018 — Nikita Petrov & Gary Lachman
The rise of “occult politics” in the Trump era
Pepe the Frog and “willing Trump into office”
Trickle-down metaphysics from Nietzsche to Trump
Steve Bannon’s connection to European far-right esoteric philosophy
“Putin’s Rasputin,” Alexander Dugin
Gary’s new project on the return of “Holy Russia”
Gary’s thoughts on Jordan Peterson
Aug 3, 2018 — Robert Wright & Ben Blum
Ben’s essay challenging Philip Zimbardo’s famous Stanford Prison Experiment
How a study about prisoners became a study about guards
Evidence that Zimbardo improperly influenced the study
The unexpected political effects of the experiment
What explains the experiment’s durability?
When Zimbardo tried to get Bob to dance
Is Zimbardo himself a victim of circumstance?
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