NonzeroClips | The Dharma of Bob 8: A Cosmic View of Our Situation | Robert Wright & Josh Summers | The Wright Show @MeaningoflifeTV | Uploaded November 2021 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
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0:00 What part of secular-guru space (if any) does Bob occupy?
10:25 On the origin of Bob’s theses (by means of natural selection)
22:09 The mind-boggling mystery of consciousness
35:00 Could evolution have a larger purpose?
42:20 The “global brain” as the flowering of natural selection’s seed
47:43 Saving our species by transcending some species-typical tendencies
1:03:53 The algorithm of evolution as “the Logos”
1:11:34 How cognitive biases get in the way of global cooperation
1:19:48 The positive feeling of negative emotions (but can mindfulness feel even better?)
1:36:50 Bob explains his recent writings on tribalism
1:53:12 Bob: You are an expression of "the [evolutionary] Logos"
1:57:06 Bob’s latent-functionality theory of epiphenomenal consciousness
2:06:10 Does evolution steer us toward greater alignment with moral truth?
2:14:41 On the “panoramic specificity” of Bob’s dharma
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Josh Summers (The Power of Mindfulness, joshsummers.net). Recorded November 18, 2021.
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0:00 What part of secular-guru space (if any) does Bob occupy?
10:25 On the origin of Bob’s theses (by means of natural selection)
22:09 The mind-boggling mystery of consciousness
35:00 Could evolution have a larger purpose?
42:20 The “global brain” as the flowering of natural selection’s seed
47:43 Saving our species by transcending some species-typical tendencies
1:03:53 The algorithm of evolution as “the Logos”
1:11:34 How cognitive biases get in the way of global cooperation
1:19:48 The positive feeling of negative emotions (but can mindfulness feel even better?)
1:36:50 Bob explains his recent writings on tribalism
1:53:12 Bob: You are an expression of "the [evolutionary] Logos"
1:57:06 Bob’s latent-functionality theory of epiphenomenal consciousness
2:06:10 Does evolution steer us toward greater alignment with moral truth?
2:14:41 On the “panoramic specificity” of Bob’s dharma
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Josh Summers (The Power of Mindfulness, joshsummers.net). Recorded November 18, 2021.
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Richard Dawkins helps Michael lose his faith. Michaels infatuation with a 16th-century quantum astrologer. Are dreams of a final theory delusional? Johns new stream-of-consciousness memoir Pay Attention.
John Horgan (Stevens Institute of Technology, The End of Science) and Michael Brooks (The Quantum Astrologers Handbook). Recorded December 5, 2020.
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01:05 Is the “Morality Everywhere Problem” really a problem?
08:24 Why Robert finds the moral question difficult to dispel
16:41 Peter Singer’s “drowning child” thought experiment
28:17 Is weakness of will keeping Robert from volunteering at the soup kitchen?
43:19 Dan: “Embrace the normal”
59:50 What do those living in dire poverty want first-worlders to do?
1:08:10 Why Rob is repulsed by utilitarianism
1:19:46 Dan: The end goal of charity is human flourishing
1:32:02 Were people less sensitive in the past?
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Robert Gressis (CSU Northridge)
Recorded June 3, 2019
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00:21 Rhonda’s path to meditation and Buddhism 0:21
14:15 Rhonda’s new book, The Inner Work of Racial Justice
20:41 Is equanimity the enemy of activism?
27:55 Using mindfulness to overcome biases and stereotypes
36:05 How Rhonda deploys contemplative practices in her law school classroom
44:01 Can one feel compassion for a cop who shot an unarmed black man?
Recorded on December 10, 2019
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Rhonda Magee (University of San Francisco School of Law, rhondavmagee.com)
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In the latter half of the video, where Massimo and Dan discuss Keith Frankishs IAI piece, they mistakenly refer to him as Philip Goff several times. We apologize for the error.
Will the pandemic forever change college education? 0:05
Laying out the “hard problem” of consciousness 8:34
Why panpsychism is not a solution to the problem 23:32
The battle between radicals and conservatives in physics 32:10
Physicalism vs. idealism 37:43
Massimo explains “scientific metaphysics” 46:05
Why illusionism is not a solution to the problem 50:16
Misrepresentations vs. useful representations 58:32
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Massimo Pigliucci (CUNY Graduate Center, Platos Footnote, How To Be a Stoic)
Recorded March 30, 2020
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2:32 Why Dan and Milton love Stranger Things
16:46 How does the new season measure up?
24:56 Is “the Upside Down” a coherent idea?
31:13 Is Generation X about to have its moment in pop culture?
40:30 Dan fears wokeness is ruining pop culture
59:04 The risks of a fourth Stranger Things season
67:37 Pop culture in an era of massive corporate control
80:02 Speculating on HBO’s mysterious Watchmen adaptation
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Milton Lawson (miltonlawson.com)
Recorded July 9, 2019
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0:00 Intro
6:36 Buddhism and the military atrocities in Myanmar and Sri Lanka
14:39 The early political history of Buddhism
24:38 Varieties of Buddhist rationales for nonviolence
32:06 The history of war between Southeast Asian nations
42:09 Is warfare antithetical to attaining enlightenment?
44:54 Justifications for non-pacifism
52:13 Meditation and the antiwar mindset
58:36 Foreign policy, anti-China sentiment, and BLM protests
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Bhikkhu Bodhi (Chuang Yen Monastery)
Recorded June 11, 2020
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