Elon vs Bluesky, Jake Paul vs Tyson, AI vs World Peace (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
Robert Wright's Nonzero
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🗓️ 20 November 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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0:28 Are Bluesky pastures really greener? 10:12 Dissecting SciAm editor’s Bluesky blowup 21:32 Elon’s free speech stolen valor 31:05 The “highlights” of the Paul-Tyson “fight” 39:48 Has the military-industrial complex conquered the AI industry? 48:39 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 November 19, 2024.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Robert Wright's Non-Zero Podcast. |
| 0:29.0 | Hello, Paul Bloom. |
| 0:31.4 | Hello, Robert Wright. |
| 0:32.1 | Hello, Robert Wright. |
| 0:34.6 | Of the Non-Zero Podcast, the Non-Zero Corporation, the Non-Zero Industrial Complex. And global media juggernaut, including the newsletter. How are you doing? Do you get a haircut, Paul? I did. Thank you for noticing. I did. I did, but you didn't notice. But that's fine. I'm not bitter. I'm not bitter. I was going to mention your... |
| 0:54.5 | A relationship's in really good shape, Paul. Jesus, John. You're very touchy today. Sorry. Yeah. That's okay. Anyway, I got one. I think it looks great. I think it looks great, too. Yeah. It's very good. It's very flattering. Mm-hmm, thank you. |
| 0:51.5 | You know, you could go to trouble getting a haircut. |
| 0:53.9 | You just go to Zoom. too. Yeah. It's very good. It's very flattering. Mm-hmm. Thank you. |
| 1:13.3 | You know, you could go to trouble getting a haircut. |
| 1:17.3 | You just go to the zoom and you adjust the controls and it just makes you look better. |
| 1:23.3 | I'm waiting for full AI enhancement where it's kind of darkens your hair to the color you want, |
| 1:26.8 | straightens one's nose, removes jowls. |
| 1:31.0 | I want it to transform me into another person altogether. |
| 1:33.5 | We're not far from that. |
| 1:35.3 | No, it can do that now, I think. |
| 1:38.8 | Do you have another person in mind or just a younger version of yourself? |
| 1:40.7 | I was thinking Jake Paul. |
| 1:43.4 | My new hero? |
| 1:45.0 | Really? |
| 1:47.1 | No, not really. |
| 1:48.6 | But we can talk about that. I thought you were more of a Logan Paul, man. |
| 1:51.1 | You know, I only recently became conversion in the distinction. |
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