Glenn Loury Interviews Bob (Glenn Loury & Robert Wright)
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🗓️ 31 December 2024
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2:12 The uncertain future of AI 6:58 What would it mean to “lose the AI race” to China? 10:27 The promise and peril of artificial general intelligence 14:13 The international policy challenges of AI16:44 Can Trump deliver peace between Russia and Ukraine?20:58 Are there any good arguments for Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense? 26:07 Bob: With Iran weakened, Israel faces a decision: bombs or diplomacy 30:41 The continuing assault on Gaza 34:45 Antiwar speech codes 40:09 Apartheid, genocide, ethnic cleansing 45:27 Missed opportunities to turn the temperature down in Israel 53:41 Bob: The international community has little sway over Israel 56:37 The advantages of cognitive empathy
Glenn Loury (Brown University, Manhattan Institute, Late Admissions) and Robert Wright (Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True). Recorded December 17, 2024.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, it's Bob. Now, my custom is to end each year with some self-indulgence before I embark on reforms in January. |
| 0:13.4 | And accordingly, this end of the year podcast is an interview not by me, but of me. It was conducted by Glenn Lowry and posted a couple of days |
| 0:24.9 | ago on the Glenn Show podcast, and I thought I'd share it with those of you who aren't Glenn Show |
| 0:30.1 | subscribers. Glenn and I get into a lot of things in this conversation, artificial intelligence, |
| 0:35.7 | foreign policy, speech codes, the coming Trump |
| 0:39.1 | administration, the outgoing Biden administration, and other stuff. And as long as it's the |
| 0:45.3 | end of the year, I want to take this opportunity to thank you for being a non-zero podcast listener. |
| 0:52.8 | And I especially want to thank those of you who are full-fledged non-zero members, |
| 0:59.5 | which is to say paid subscribers to the non-zero newsletter on Substack. |
| 1:05.1 | Your support helps us keep doing what we're doing, |
| 1:08.4 | and everybody on the team appreciates it. |
| 1:11.8 | And of course, we also appreciate it when people rate and or review us on Apple Podcasts |
| 1:20.2 | or the podcast app of your choice or smash the YouTube like button or click the Non Zero |
| 1:25.9 | Newsletter Like button or in some other way help spread awareness of Non Zero and its mission. |
| 1:33.0 | So we will keep pursuing that mission in 2025 and I will see you then. |
| 1:39.5 | Thanks again and enjoy the holidays. You're listening to Robert Wright's Non-Zero Podcast. |
| 2:12.5 | Hello, everybody. |
| 2:13.9 | This is Glenn Lowry. |
| 2:14.8 | You've tuned in or are listening to The Glenn Show. |
| 2:19.3 | I'm with Robert Wright. Bob is an old friend. He is a founder of the bloggingheads. |
| 2:28.3 | and MeaningofLife.TV channels. He's creator of the Non Zero Foundation. |
| 2:34.7 | He's the author of many books on human culture and behavior and psychology and evolutionary |
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