NonzeroClips | On Inhumanity | Robert Wright & David Livingstone Smith [The Wright Show] @MeaningoflifeTV | Uploaded July 2020 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
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0:00 Intro
0:48 David’s new book, On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It
7:14 The tension at the heart of dehumanization
9:58 David: Genocides are moralistic
19:41 The essential role of psychological essentialism
30:28 Dehumanization in American politics
38:41 When David received death threats after critiquing Jordan Peterson
44:07 The “Great Chain of Being” and our complex conception of monsters
55:23 Why David doesn’t like the term “the banality of evil”
59:29 How to resist dehumanization
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and David Livingstone Smith (University of New England, davidlivingstonesmith.com)
Recorded June 29, 2020
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0:00 Intro
0:48 David’s new book, On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It
7:14 The tension at the heart of dehumanization
9:58 David: Genocides are moralistic
19:41 The essential role of psychological essentialism
30:28 Dehumanization in American politics
38:41 When David received death threats after critiquing Jordan Peterson
44:07 The “Great Chain of Being” and our complex conception of monsters
55:23 Why David doesn’t like the term “the banality of evil”
59:29 How to resist dehumanization
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and David Livingstone Smith (University of New England, davidlivingstonesmith.com)
Recorded June 29, 2020
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![On Inhumanity | Robert Wright & David Livingstone Smith [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wuFaNVp6kyY/hqdefault.jpg "On Inhumanity | Robert Wright & David Livingstone Smith [The Wright Show]
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0:00 Intro
0:48 David’s new book, On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It
7:14 The tension at the heart of dehumanization
9:58 David: Genocides are moralistic
19:41 The essential role of psychological essentialism
30:28 Dehumanization in American politics
38:41 When David received death threats after critiquing Jordan Peterson
44:07 The “Great Chain of Being” and our complex conception of monsters
55:23 Why David doesn’t like the term “the banality of evil”
59:29 How to resist dehumanization
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and David Livingstone Smith (University of New England, davidlivingstonesmith.com)
Recorded June 29, 2020
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![Activism and Philosophy | Daniel Kaufman & David Ottliner [Sophia]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yJXwEX8pMpU/hqdefault.jpg "Activism and Philosophy | Daniel Kaufman & David Ottliner [Sophia]
0:53 The fight, and meta-fight, in philosophy over trans issues
11:36 David’s essay on philosophy and activism
27:32 The admonition to “go read the literature”
40:12 Dan: The profession needs to push back against the mob
52:07 Should philosophers avoid signing petitions?
63:10 David regrets the “neglect of the ordinary virtues” in this battle
81:47 How professors should teach controversial subjects
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and David Ottlinger (The Electric Agora)
Recorded August 19, 2019
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![How to Be an Epicurean | Robert Wright & Catherine Wilson [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y_sBCyqu710/hqdefault.jpg "How to Be an Epicurean | Robert Wright & Catherine Wilson [The Wright Show]
Catherine’s new book, How to Be an Epicurean 0:28
How Epicureanism is like and unlike utilitarianism 7:20
How the ancient Epicureans viewed nature and reality 17:16
Comparing Epicureanism with its big rival, Stoicism 28:28
On suffering and death 47:49
Epicurean influence on post-Enlightenment science and philosophy 53:23
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Catherine Wilson (The Graduate Center, CUNY)
Recorded December 3, 2019
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![Manifesto for a Moral Revolution | Robert Wright & Jacqueline Novogratz [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zPVdDg-XXQQ/hqdefault.jpg "Manifesto for a Moral Revolution | Robert Wright & Jacqueline Novogratz [The Wright Show]
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Jacqueline’s new book, Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World 1:08
Female saints as childhood role models 7:52
How Jacqueline helped start Rwanda’s first microfinance bank 12:43
Jacqueline’s “patient capital” investment nonprofit, Acumen 18:44
The four steps toward building moral imagination 26:50
Toilet entrepreneurship in Nairobi 31:23
Changing the market for coffee and chocolate farmers 36:05
Can identity connect as well as it divides? 41:36
Jacqueline: A moral revolution must come from inside us 61:11
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Jacqueline Novogratz (Acumen)
Recorded May 20, 2020
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![Meditation Retreats | Robert Wright & Josh Summers [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zRjrz-ZnrNU/hqdefault.jpg "Meditation Retreats | Robert Wright & Josh Summers [The Wright Show]
0:05 Common misconceptions about meditation retreats
14:15 Hitting the bliss button
24:54 Scheduled vs. unscheduled retreats
30:20 How austere does it have to be to be effective?
35:08 Process vs. outcomes
48:54 Bob’s mini-epiphany about his dripping sink
64:05 Is meditation “for” something?
75:15 Pitfalls after leaving a retreat
87:17 Tips for first-timers
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Josh Summers (The Power of Mindfulness, joshsummers.net)
Recorded July 14, 2019
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