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The Dharma of Bob 8: A Cosmic View of Our Situation (Robert Wright & Josh Summers)
FromThe Wright Show
The Dharma of Bob 8: A Cosmic View of Our Situation (Robert Wright & Josh Summers)
FromThe Wright Show
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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Nov 24, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
What part of secular-guru space (if any) does Bob occupy? ... On the origin of Bob’s theses (by means of natural selection) ... The mind-boggling mystery of consciousness ... Could evolution have a larger purpose? ... The “global brain” as the flowering of natural selection’s seed ... Saving our species by transcending some species-typical tendencies ... The algorithm of evolution as “the Logos” ... How cognitive biases get in the way of global cooperation ... The positive feeling of negative emotions (but can mindfulness feel even better?) ... Bob explains his recent writings on tribalism ... Bob: You are an expression of "the [evolutionary] Logos" ... Bob’s latent-functionality theory of epiphenomenal consciousness ... Does evolution steer us toward greater alignment with moral truth? ... On the “panoramic specificity” of Bob’s dharma ...
Released:
Nov 24, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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