NonzeroClips | How “Wokeness” Has Changed Academia I Robert Wright and Norman Finkelstein I Nonzero @MeaningoflifeTV | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
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Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Norman Finkelstein (I Accuse!, I'll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It!). Recorded February 7, 2023.
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Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Norman Finkelstein (I Accuse!, I'll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It!). Recorded February 7, 2023.
![How to Make a Comic Book | Daniel Kaufman & Milton Lawson [Sophia]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ll_LMBU0sPI/hqdefault.jpg "How to Make a Comic Book | Daniel Kaufman & Milton Lawson [Sophia]
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0:00 Intros
2:38 The new issue of Miltons comic book, Thompson Heller: Detective Interstellar
12:01 Christopher Hitchens influence on Miltons comic
22:14 The anxieties of robot personhood
37:04 The economic determinants of comic book production
50:04 How a new comic writer finds an artist
1:07:39 The comic book art division of labor
1:17:14 Thompson Hellers future
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Milton Lawson (miltonlawson.com)
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![The Past and Future of Marvel Movies | Daniel Kaufman & Milton Lawson [Sophia]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lmdDOXFt78U/hqdefault.jpg "The Past and Future of Marvel Movies | Daniel Kaufman & Milton Lawson [Sophia]
0:00 The future of Batman on film
9:02 The incredible achievement of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
20:09 The choices that led to the MCU’s greatness…
31:39 …and the choices that didn’t quite work out
36:34 Critiquing Black Panther, Captain Marvel, and Dr. Strange
53:01 Milton foresees future “Has Marvel Lost Its Way?” thinkpieces
1:03:04 Blatant speculation on upcoming films
1:12:27 Dan fears wokeness ruining Marvel movies
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Milton Lawson (miltonlawson.com)
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0:00 Intro
2:17 Rutger’s new book, Humankind: A Hopeful History
9:05 Debunking the “veneer theory” of human nature
17:23 Are violence and war intrinsic to human nature?
30:15 The human self-domestication thesis
34:09 Why Bob doesn’t like the idea of people “deserving punishment”
42:32 Is it bad to emphasize the dark side of human nature?
49:34 What the debunking of the Stanford Prison Experiment can teach us
1:11:41 Giving money to rich people: Why the U in UBI?
1:22:03 Would UBI turn us all into couch potatoes (or worse)?
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Rutger Bregman (rutgerbregman.com, Humankind)
Recorded June 25, 2020
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![Gender Critical | Daniel Kaufman & Jesse Singal [Sophia]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nZ9MzhwflI4/hqdefault.jpg "Gender Critical | Daniel Kaufman & Jesse Singal [Sophia]
The continuing battle over gender in philosophy 1:49
Harm avoidance vs. competing interests 9:25
Jesse: There’s disagreement within the trans community over what it means to be trans 22:22
Dan: “This is madness to everyone other than the people inside the tent” 33:22
The social dynamics of philosophy 38:41
Ordinary language and “they” 50:23
Will the trans movement moderate? 1:00:10
Dan: Philosophy is in trouble and the pandemic is making it worse 1:15:17
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Jesse Singal (New York Magazine)
Recorded April 30, 2020
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![The Tyranny of Opinion | Daniel Kaufman & Russell Blackford [Sophia]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nlo1EKIMdAs/hqdefault.jpg "The Tyranny of Opinion | Daniel Kaufman & Russell Blackford [Sophia]
04:30 Russell’s book, The Tyranny of Opinion: Conformity and the Future of Liberalism
18:29 Preserving the liberal tradition
32:22 Can the genie of stakes-inflation be put back in the bottle?
45:20 Dan: Woke illiberalism is a kind of luxury
52:16 Russell’s recommendations for keeping the liberal tradition alive
1:02:38 The role of legislation and institutions in tamping down illiberalism
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Russell Blackford (The Tyranny of Opinion)
Recorded May 10, 2020
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![What is consciousness for? | Robert Wright & David Chalmers [The Wright Show] (full conversation)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oVt40z5JIYY/hqdefault.jpg "What is consciousness for? | Robert Wright & David Chalmers [The Wright Show] (full conversation)
What is consciousness for? | Robert Wright & David Chalmers [The Wright Show] (full conversation)")
