NonzeroClips | The Dharma of Bob 5: Mindful Defiance | Robert Wright & Josh Summers | The Wright Show @MeaningoflifeTV | Uploaded May 2021 | Updated October 2024, 11 minutes ago.
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0:00 Intro
6:18 Josh tries to help Bob retool his meditation practice
16:24 Identifying the purpose of your practice
24:54 What to do when your mind wanders
33:35 Tuning your mind
44:26 The Four Rs
50:14 Can mindfulness help us bolster our courage?
1:00:09 Learning to tolerate blowback from your tribe
1:10:16 Suffering and the psychology of tribalism
1:19:11 Developing a non-zero-sum relationship with your own mind
1:32:31 So you say you've been called a neofascist...
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Josh Summers (The Power of Mindfulness, joshsummers.net). Record May 5, 2021.
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0:00 Intro
6:18 Josh tries to help Bob retool his meditation practice
16:24 Identifying the purpose of your practice
24:54 What to do when your mind wanders
33:35 Tuning your mind
44:26 The Four Rs
50:14 Can mindfulness help us bolster our courage?
1:00:09 Learning to tolerate blowback from your tribe
1:10:16 Suffering and the psychology of tribalism
1:19:11 Developing a non-zero-sum relationship with your own mind
1:32:31 So you say you've been called a neofascist...
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Josh Summers (The Power of Mindfulness, joshsummers.net). Record May 5, 2021.
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0:00 Intro
06:45 Megan: philosophy of religion shouldnt focus on proofs for God
17:38 Determining rational grounds for supernaturalism
24:29 Why Dan rejects epistemic foundationalism
29:17 Megans Christian agnosticism, Dans Jewish atheism
38:52 Wittgensteins engagement with philosophy of religion
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54:57 Dan has a revelation
1:02:59 Has philosophy forgotten that its a humanistic discipline?
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Megan Fritts (Utah State University). Recorded on December 11, 2020.
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12:07 The danger of runaway retaliation
25:15 Reviewing The Social Dilemma, a new documentary critical of social media
39:53 Enhance your online stature by vilifying the other tribe!
48:48 How will historians view the social media era?
59:43 Can Democrats oppose Barrett mindfully?
1:04:23 The links between yoga and mindfulness
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Josh Summers (The Power of Mindfulness, joshsummers.net). Recorded September 23, 2020.
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00:47 Why Alex shifted from international relations to quantum physics
05:44 Alex: “We are walking wave functions”
15:51 Do the origins of consciousness and free will lie in the wave collapse?
26:19 Quantum decision theory and human irrationality
39:03 The advantage of viewing humanity as quantum rather than classical
49:25 How a nation-state is like a quantum state
55:21 Alex: Language is best understood quantumly
1:05:23 The possibility of collective consciousness
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Alexander Wendt (Ohio State University, alexanderwendt.org)
Recorded August 19, 2019
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Abby’s research on “death anxiety” 0:24
Demoralization, purpose, and meaning 12:03
Death anxiety and the quality of life of health care providers 22:22
Abby’s experience contracting the coronavirus 30:32
Is religious belief a cure for death anxiety? 38:43
Is life without death worth living? 43:05
Aryeh Cohen-Wade (Joking on the Square, @AryehCW) and Abigail Nathanson (abigailnathanson.com)
Recorded May 13, 2020
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