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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Will MacAskill (philosopher and ethicist)

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.668.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2022

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

Will MacAskill (What We Owe the Future) is a professor at Oxford and philosopher. Will joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how our moralities are affected by global ideologies, how fair trade works, and what effect artificial intelligence will have on our future. Will and Dax talk about the fundamentals of effective altruism, how people can figure out who to donate their money to, and what their opinions are on longtermism as it relates to preserving human life. Will explains why he took his ex-wife's grandmother's maiden name, how we can extend the lifespan of the sun, and how anyone can have an impact on making the world a better place. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Welcome, welcome welcome to armchair expert experts on expert. I'm Dan Rathers. I'm joined by the Duchess of

0:06.7

Duluth and the King of Kiwis. King of Kiwis is great. It's great, the King of Kiwis. Let me pitch you guys a new, I know you're not supposed to give

0:15.8

yourself nicknames. It's kind of gross. Well you have Boulder. I guess I have a long history of it, so why stop now? You know Howard Stern named himself the King of

0:25.3

all Media? Oh, he named himself that? Oh, that's been a thing for 30 years. He's the King of

0:30.7

all media. And there was a period where it was kind of a joke, but then he really did end up being the King of All Media. And there was a period where it was kind of a joke,

0:33.5

but then he really did end up being the King of All Media.

0:35.6

So it kind of also self-fulfilling prophecy.

0:38.6

So I was thinking, what could I call myself the King of?

0:40.8

Because it's such an exciting title title as you just found out king of

0:44.3

keyweese king of conveyance I think it works it's got a ring to it king of

0:50.1

conveyance so if you want to go somewhere in a boat, I'm your guy, a motorcycle, a car,

0:55.9

any kind of Conveyance, I'm the King of Conveyance. I like that because that's also a

1:00.5

expensive word. Conveyance? And do you have a good vocabulary? Oh, thank you. So I guess, yeah, implicit in there is, he's a word file. You weren't confused by conveyance. No, a little, for a second second I had it's fun being conveyed by you. Oh thank you

1:16.4

thank you David scary and fun that nice sweet mix.

1:20.0

Wakes you up. Okay this is a ding dingding-ding-ding for a future two-part flightless bird that has to do with conveyance.

1:31.0

Mm-hmm. When it's fancy, finish this chewy bagel.

1:34.0

Mm-hmm.

1:35.0

Montreal.

1:36.7

So chewy.

1:37.7

You have to say that's the operative word in describing these bagels.

1:42.2

Have you had them, David? I've had, I think I've had it,

1:44.7

when I rub. Yeah, I think you had it once. I don't mean to make a bit out of your

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