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Conversations with Coleman

Science and Spirituality with Robert Wright

Conversations with Coleman

The Free Press

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.5625 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

My guest today is Robert Wright. Robert is an author and journalist whose work has spanned a variety of topics from evolutionary psychology and game theory to the nature of consciousness and the role of mindfulness meditation in society. He's the author of many best-selling books, including "The Moral Animal", ''Nonzero'', and ''Why Buddhism is True''.  In today's conversation, we explore the intersection of science, spirituality, and ethics, as well as how Robert's work can help us navigate the increasingly complex landscape of modern society. We also discuss the power of mindfulness and meditation, fostering personal growth and promoting a more compassionate and connected world.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Eat into the fruit goes bad

0:07.0

Staying hungry till I see a huge tote tag

0:11.0

I'm eating to the fruit goes bad

0:15.0

Yeah

0:18.0

Eating to the fruit goes bad.

0:23.9

Staying hungry till I see a huge tote tag.

0:27.2

I'm eating to the fruit goes bad.

0:28.2

Yeah.

0:34.5

The track you just heard is an excerpt from my brand new album, Amor Fati.

0:55.8

You may remember the music videos I put out last year, blasphemy, straight A's, and forward. This new album features all three of those singles plus seven brand new songs. Now, I put my all into this project, and it's a real representation of my passion for music. So if you want to listen to the whole thing, click in the description, or search Cold X-Man on Spotify, Apple Music, or wherever you listen to music. Now back to the podcast. Welcome to another episode

1:03.4

of Conversations with Coleman. Today's guest is Robert Wright. Robert is an author and journalist

1:08.8

whose work has spanned a variety of topics from evolutionary

1:12.4

psychology and game theory to the nature of consciousness and the role of mindfulness

1:17.4

meditation in society. He's the author of many best-selling books, including The Moral Animal,

1:23.1

Non-Zero, and Why Buddhism is True. In today's conversation, we'll explore the intersection of

1:28.2

science, spirituality, and ethics, as well as how Robert's work can help us navigate the

1:33.2

increasingly complex landscape of modern society. We'll also discuss the power of mindfulness

1:38.0

and meditation and fostering personal growth and promoting a more compassionate and connected

1:42.6

world. So without further ado, Robert Wright.

1:49.0

Okay, Robert Wright. Thanks so much for coming on my show. Thank you for having me.

1:52.3

So I was on your show just a little while back and you got to grill me on my contributions to the

1:58.1

public sphere over the past few years and now I get to explore yours. And you have

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