NonzeroClips | Psychopolitics: Empathy's Downsides | Robert Wright & Paul Bloom [The Wright Show] @MeaningoflifeTV | Uploaded November 2019 | Updated October 2024, 12 minutes ago.
A new study says empathy can increase political polarization 1:35
How empathy operates in today’s political environment 13:49
Is cognitive empathy a form of intelligence? 23:57
The Machiavellian uses of cognitive empathy 39:17
A counterproductive #Resistance view of Trump supporters 44:49
Paul doesn’t understand how anyone can still support Trump 50:24
Why “dehumanization” isn’t the real problem 56:04
Paul’s core message: “Don’t listen to your heart” 64:37
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Bloom (Yale University, Against Empathy, Just Babies)
Recorded November 18, 2019
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A new study says empathy can increase political polarization 1:35
How empathy operates in today’s political environment 13:49
Is cognitive empathy a form of intelligence? 23:57
The Machiavellian uses of cognitive empathy 39:17
A counterproductive #Resistance view of Trump supporters 44:49
Paul doesn’t understand how anyone can still support Trump 50:24
Why “dehumanization” isn’t the real problem 56:04
Paul’s core message: “Don’t listen to your heart” 64:37
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Bloom (Yale University, Against Empathy, Just Babies)
Recorded November 18, 2019
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![Psychopolitics: Empathys Downsides | Robert Wright & Paul Bloom [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5mkFSoFtwvM/hqdefault.jpg "Psychopolitics: Empathys Downsides | Robert Wright & Paul Bloom [The Wright Show]
A new study says empathy can increase political polarization 1:35
How empathy operates in today’s political environment 13:49
Is cognitive empathy a form of intelligence? 23:57
The Machiavellian uses of cognitive empathy 39:17
A counterproductive #Resistance view of Trump supporters 44:49
Paul doesn’t understand how anyone can still support Trump 50:24
Why “dehumanization” isn’t the real problem 56:04
Paul’s core message: “Don’t listen to your heart” 64:37
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Bloom (Yale University, Against Empathy, Just Babies)
Recorded November 18, 2019
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![Anxiety and Happiness | Robert Wright & Ruth Whippman [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6W1uLNu2X4g/hqdefault.jpg "Anxiety and Happiness | Robert Wright & Ruth Whippman [The Wright Show]
Ruth’s book, America the Anxious 0:31
Ruth is skeptical that meditation leads to happiness 6:33
Is being in the moment overrated? 16:21
Is there a mindful view of the coronavirus pandemic? 20:02
Radical self-help at the Landmark Forum 22:15
The CEO of Zappos created a happiness city in Las Vegas. It did not go well. 31:33
A plea for tolerance in the battle over attachment parenting 40:18
Why are Mormons so gosh darn happy? 48:09
Happiness in the UK vs. the US 56:24
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Ruth Whippman (ruthwhippman.com, America the Anxious)
Recorded March 25, 2020
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![Philosophy and Professional Wrestling | Robert Gressis & Douglas Edwards [Sophia]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6pfYIMzyvg0/hqdefault.jpg "Philosophy and Professional Wrestling | Robert Gressis & Douglas Edwards [Sophia]
0:00 Doug’s new book, Philosophy Smackdown
14:45 Plato’s Cave and the three layers of wrestling reality
25:36 What it means when wrestlers break the fourth wall
32:21 Real life can be “just as scripted as wrestling, if not more so”
47:53 How and why moral virtue changed in wrestling
1:14:47 The only performance where people say “you know it’s fake, right?”
1:20:58 What philosophers could learn from professional wrestling
Robert Gressis (CSU Northridge) and Douglas Edwards (Utica College)
Recorded June 29, 2020
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![Call It Grace | Robert Wright & Serene Jones [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/71GW3SewdCM/hqdefault.jpg "Call It Grace | Robert Wright & Serene Jones [The Wright Show]
02:59 Serene’s new book, Call It Grace: Finding Meaning in a Fractured World
13:12 Serene’s theological upbringing and early encounters with Calvin’s writings
18:31 What a romantic tragedy early in life taught Serene about God’s grace
28:59 A revelatory brush with death in rural India
39:05 Timothy McVeigh and the challenge of forgiveness
44:16 How Serene’s father met an epic challenge to his faith and his charity
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Serene Jones (Union Theological Seminary, Call It Grace: Finding Meaning in a Fractured World)
Serenes new book, Call It Grace: Finding Meaning in a Fractured World: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0735223645
Recorded June 18, 2019
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![The New Science of Self-Actualization | Robert Wright & Scott Barry Kaufman [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7A98zPnaYDg/hqdefault.jpg "The New Science of Self-Actualization | Robert Wright & Scott Barry Kaufman [The Wright Show]
Scott’s new book, Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization 1:57
Debunking myths about Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs 7:02
The origins of humanistic psychology 14:33
Optimism for the thinking person 24:55
Psychological security in an era of new threats and superficial social connections 33:58
Psychological growth: exploration, love, and purpose 41:29
Defining “peak experiences” 54:41
Scott says Bob is a “transcender.” Bob is skeptical. 1:00:16
Is this a kind of secular spirituality? 1:04:55
Evaluating peak experiences achieved through psychedelics 1:16:38
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Scott Barry Kaufman (Imagination Institute, Wired to Create, scottbarrykaufman.com)
Recorded March 16, 2020
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![Explaining Quantum Mechanics | John Horgan & Tim Maudlin [Mind-Body Problems]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7hJWOld5EsM/hqdefault.jpg "Explaining Quantum Mechanics | John Horgan & Tim Maudlin [Mind-Body Problems]
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0:00 Why Tim became a philosopher
23:49 John gets entangled in superposition
40:37 Tim explains Bell’s Theorem with diagrams
1:02:29 Tim rejects shutting up and calculating
1:09:41 Will quantum computers lead to a better quantum theory?
John Horgan (Stevens Institute of Technology, The End of Science) and Tim Maudlin (NYU, The Philosophy of Physics). Recorded March 5, 2021.
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![Evolution and Purpose | Robert Wright & Massimo Pigliucci [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7iKWoobyYQ0/hqdefault.jpg "Evolution and Purpose | Robert Wright & Massimo Pigliucci [The Wright Show]
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0:00 Could evolution have a higher purpose?
11:49 The value of (some) untestable hypotheses
19:14 What zombies can (and can’t) teach us about consciousness
35:56 Evolutionary teleology vs. evolutionary teleonomy
55:05 Why does evolution produce increasingly complex forms of life?
1:07:28 Distinguishing between physical laws and natural processes
1:17:59 Could the hypothesis that evolution is serving a larger purpose be tested?
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Massimo Pigliucci (CUNY Graduate Center, Platos Footnote, How to Be a Stoic)
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![Buddhist Ethics | Robert Wright & Bhikkhu Bodhi [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8604BKQXpWw/hqdefault.jpg "Buddhist Ethics | Robert Wright & Bhikkhu Bodhi [The Wright Show]
3:14 What is the foundation of Buddhist ethics?
15:46 Experiencing not-self
24:39 Buddhism is a synthesis of consequentialism and virtue ethics
30:16 The origins of Buddhism’s concern for animal welfare
36:40 Does the Buddha want you to be vegetarian?
41:55 Why isn’t there more anti-militarist activism among Buddhists?
49:45 Trying to comply with the Buddhist ideal of “right speech”
58:15 Mental defilements and their eradication
67:22 Does Buddhism’s emphasis on equanimity discourage activism?
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Bhikkhu Bodhi (Chuang Yen Monastery)
Recorded October 2, 2019
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