Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

A podcast by Spencer Greenberg - Thursdays

Thursdays

247 Episodes

  1. Should we pause AI development until we're sure we can do it safely? (with Joep Meindertsma)

    Published: 4/24/2024

  2. What should the Effective Altruism movement learn from the SBF / FTX scandal? (with Will MacAskill)

    Published: 4/15/2024

  3. Why are so many people experiencing homelessness in big cities in the U.S., and what can be done to help? (with Kevin Adler)

    Published: 4/10/2024

  4. Common body language mistakes and how to avoid making them (with Blake Eastman)

    Published: 4/4/2024

  5. True things, useful things, and the differences between them (with Derek Sivers)

    Published: 3/27/2024

  6. Should we widen our moral circles to include animals, insects, and AIs? (with Jeff Sebo)

    Published: 3/20/2024

  7. How to have a positive impact with your career (with Benjamin Hilton)

    Published: 3/13/2024

  8. Spencer's takeaways after 200 episodes (with Spencer Greenberg)

    Published: 3/6/2024

  9. Psychological change in a single session (with Jessica Schleider)

    Published: 2/28/2024

  10. Academic group think, free speech norms, and the psychology of time (with Anne Wilson)

    Published: 2/21/2024

  11. How can Stoicism improve your life? (with Bill Irvine)

    Published: 2/14/2024

  12. Is there a grand unified theory of everyone? (with Michael Muthukrishna)

    Published: 2/8/2024

  13. The alternate histories and possible futures of nuclear weapons (with Carl Robichaud)

    Published: 2/2/2024

  14. How can AIs know what we want if *we* don't even know? (with Geoffrey Irving)

    Published: 1/24/2024

  15. Schemas, goals, values, and the pursuit of happiness (with Jeff Perron)

    Published: 1/17/2024

  16. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and beyond (with David Burns)

    Published: 1/10/2024

  17. There are shrinks, and then there are SUPER-shrinks (with Daryl Chow)

    Published: 1/3/2024

  18. Bringing conspiracy theorists back from the brink (with Jesse Richardson)

    Published: 12/28/2023

  19. Simulacra levels, moral mazes, and low-hanging fruit (with Zvi Mowshowitz)

    Published: 12/20/2023

  20. Effectively encouraging people to give more (with Josh Greene)

    Published: 12/15/2023

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Clearer Thinking is a podcast about ideas that truly matter. If you enjoy learning about powerful, practical concepts and frameworks, wish you had more deep, intellectual conversations in your life, or are looking for non-BS self-improvement, then we think you'll love this podcast! Each week we invite a brilliant guest to bring four important ideas to discuss for an in-depth conversation. Topics include psychology, society, behavior change, philosophy, science, artificial intelligence, math, economics, self-help, mental health, and technology. We focus on ideas that can be applied right now to make your life better or to help you better understand yourself and the world, aiming to teach you the best mental tools to enhance your learning, self-improvement efforts, and decision-making. • We take on important, thorny questions like: • What's the best way to help a friend or loved one going through a difficult time? How can we make our worldviews more accurate? How can we hone the accuracy of our thinking? What are the advantages of using our "gut" to make decisions? And when should we expect careful, analytical reflection to be more effective? Why do societies sometimes collapse? And what can we do to reduce the chance that ours collapses? Why is the world today so much worse than it could be? And what can we do to make it better? What are the good and bad parts of tradition? And are there more meaningful and ethical ways of carrying out important rituals, such as honoring the dead? How can we move beyond zero-sum, adversarial negotiations and create more positive-sum interactions?