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0:00 Kati’s unusual niche
2:12 How Covid changed meditation
7:10 Kati: The optimal amount of meditation is…
14:42 Is focusing on the breath overblown?
22:38 AI as a spiritual challenge
32:35 Meditation and cognitive empathy
39:24 Using technology mindfully
45:56 Heading to Overtime

Discussed in Overtime:
Bob’s humiliating meditation hack.
Can meditation erase your attention deficit?
Mushrooms as pacifiers.
Marijuana vs psychedelics—neuroscientifically.
The science of spontaneous enlightenment.
What enlightenment looks like.
Can microdosing be spiritual?
Non-linear meditative progress.

Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Kathryn Devaney (The Berkeley Alembic). Recorded March 21, 2024.

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