Debating the Hunter Biden Pardon (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
Robert Wright's Nonzero
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🗓️ 5 December 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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0:28 A masterclass in audience alienation 3:50 Paul defends Biden’s paternal pardon 9:43 Should family come before societal good? 18:51 The costs of the Hunter pardon 32:18 Was Hunter the victim of a witch hunt? 37:52 Elon sues OpenAI (again) 45:12 Heading to Overtime
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Bloom (https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net, University of Toronto, The Sweet Spot, Against Empathy). Recorded December 04, 2024.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Robert Wright's Non-Zero podcast. You're listening to Robert Wright's Non-Zero Podcast. |
| 0:29.2 | Hello, Paul. |
| 0:30.9 | Hello, Bob. How are you? |
| 0:32.7 | I'm doing fine. |
| 0:34.5 | You know, the fact that we've got Paul Bloom and Robert right together can mean only one thing, which is another edition of the |
| 0:40.0 | small non-zero podcast, the collaboration between your newsletter, |
| 0:44.8 | small potatoes, and my newsletter and podcast and media empire, |
| 0:51.1 | non-zero. |
| 0:53.8 | And Paul, stop me if you've heard this joke, which you may have. |
| 0:58.8 | Do you hear that Hunter Biden is changing his name? |
| 1:01.8 | I have not. |
| 1:02.7 | You haven't heard that? |
| 1:03.6 | Really? |
| 1:04.3 | No, go on. |
| 1:05.2 | In that case, it's not a joke. |
| 1:06.4 | It's true. |
| 1:07.3 | Have you heard that Hunter Biden is changing his name? |
| 1:10.4 | No, I haven't. Sorry. |
| 1:12.5 | He's changing it from Hunter to nothing. |
| 1:15.7 | Do you know why he's changing it to nothing? |
| 1:18.1 | I mean, nobody. I'm sorry, screwed up the joke. |
| 1:20.3 | He's changing it. He's changing it to nobody. |
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