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Clearer Thinking is a podcast about ideas that truly matter. If you enjoy learning about powerful, practical concepts and frameworks, wish you had more deep, intellectual conversations in yo...
Read the full transcript here. How do we tell the difference between a theory that is incomplete and a theory that is simply wrong? What sho...
Read the full transcript here. What should count as trauma, and what gets lost when the word expands to cover ordinary distress? Why do some...
Read the full transcript here. Is dishonesty best understood as a permanent feature of human nature or as a condition that worsens when ince...
Read the full transcript here. Could AI trigger an economic break as large as the Industrial Revolution, or even larger? What changes when l...
Read the full transcript here. What makes broad, all-encompassing worldviews so attractive in periods of institutional distrust? Why do char...
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Read the full transcript here. If you enjoy our podcast, we have some exciting news – we’ve just launched a new membership called Clearer Th...
Read the full transcript here. If you enjoy our podcast, we have some exciting news – we’ve just launched a new membership called Clearer Th...
Read the full transcript here. If you enjoy our podcast, we have some exciting news – we’ve just launched a new membership called Clearer Th...
Read the full transcript here. If you enjoy our podcast, we have some exciting news – we’ve just launched a new membership called Clearer Th...
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Read the full transcript here. The Clearer Thinking Podcast listener survey is here! If you've ever listened to the Clearer Thinking podcast...
Read the full transcript here. The Clearer Thinking Podcast listener survey is here! If you've ever listened to the Clearer Thinking podcast...
Read the full transcript here. The Clearer Thinking Podcast listener survey is here! If you've ever listened to the Clearer Thinking podcast...
Read the full transcript here. What is the core public interest case for foreign aid beyond soft power? How should we define safety and pros...
Read the full transcript here. How can we distinguish “real CBT” from supportive talk - does it include homework, clear goals, or a manualiz...
Read the full transcript here. Which decisions should be made by election and which by random sampling? Where is competition healthy for cho...
Read the full transcript here. What explains fearing nuclear more than the harms we tolerate from fossil fuels? Can we judge energy risk by...
Read the full transcript here. Where is the line between ordinary intrusive thoughts and an OCD pattern that hijacks the day? How do obsessi...
Read the full transcript here. Are we going to solve climate change with technology rather than personal sacrifice? If most offsets fail on...
Read the full transcript here. Are stock prices set by cash flows or crowd vibes? Why do bubbles last if “smart money” can short them? What...
Read the full transcript here. What does “100x more good” mean relative to your current giving? How can your giving more closely align with...
Read the full transcript here. Note: Please note that in this episode, Spencer and Dr. O'Sullivan discuss a controversial and complex medica...
Read the full transcript here. What do we miss when we treat public shootings as the whole story of mass murder? If public events are a smal...
Read the full transcript here. What makes a forum truly open-minded rather than performative? When does listening change minds instead of ju...
Read the full transcript here. What does rationality mean when life won’t fit a spreadsheet? If models demand one common scale, what happens...
Read the full transcript here. Are the existential risks posed by superhuman AI fundamentally different from prior technological threats suc...
Read the full transcript here. What does it mean to treat facts as drafts rather than monuments? If truth is something we approach, how do w...
Read the full transcript here. What changes when we treat violence as a human problem rather than a demographic story? Are fear, anger, and...
Read the full transcript here. What changes when psychology stops naming traits and starts naming parts - can “entities and rules” turn fuzz...
Read the full transcript here. Are we trying to maximize moment-to-moment happiness or life satisfaction? Can self-reports really guide poli...
Read the full transcript here. Are existential risks from AI fundamentally different from those posed by previous technologies such as nucle...
Read the full transcript here. How do we distinguish correlation from causation in organizational success? How common is it to mistake luck...
Read the full transcript here. Has society reached ‘peak progress’? Can we sustain the level of economic growth that technology has enabled...
Read the full transcript here. Why do humans live as long as they do? Since whales have literally tons more cells than humans, why don't the...
Read the full transcript here. How has utilitarianism evolved from early Chinese Mohism to the formulations of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuar...
Read the full transcript here. What does autism feel like from the inside? Do autistic people lack empathy? What is context insensitivity? W...
Read the full transcript here. Is AI that's both superintelligent and aligned even possible? Does increased intelligence necessarily entail...
Read the full transcript here. What is the current global birth rate? What factors have contributed, or are currently contributing, to this...
Read the full transcript here. Is AI going to ruin everything? What kind of AI-related dangers should we be most worried about? What do good...
Read the full transcript here. What defines a cult? Is there such a thing as a good cult? Do Clearer Thinking's tools actually help people?...
Read the full transcript here. NOTE: The video version of this conversation is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hWNknrc23Fo In light o...
Read the full transcript here. What does it mean to bring your "A-game" to relationships? What is emotional "fitness"? What forces do relati...
Read the full transcript here. Do we still have a lot to learn from ancient Greco-Roman philosophies? What is telos ? What is ataraxia ? Wha...
Read the full transcript here. In times of such extreme political polarization, where can we find common ground? Should we require disclosur...
Read the full transcript here. What do westerners misunderstand about "tribal" cultures? How does justice in very small communities differ f...
Read the full transcript here. Can you tell which is the real Spencer and which is his AI clone? How irrational are people really? What do m...
Read the full transcript here. How big is the current mental health crisis? What's causing it? What do we know about the age distribution of...
Read the full transcript here. Why is misinformation a never-ending problem? What fraction of misinformation is intentionally manipulative?...
Read the full transcript here. What is obsessive compulsive personality disorder (OCPD), and how does it compare to obsessive compulsive dis...