Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

A podcast by Spencer Greenberg - Thursdays

Thursdays

247 Episodes

  1. Glimpses of enlightenment through nondual meditation (with Michael Taft and Jeremy Stevenson)

    Published: 7/19/2023

  2. Crumbling institutions, culture wars, and the dismissal economy (with Ashley Hodgson)

    Published: 7/12/2023

  3. Virtual reality, simulation theory, consciousness, and identity (with David Chalmers)

    Published: 7/5/2023

  4. Deep canvassing, street epistemology, and other tools of persuasion (with David McRaney)

    Published: 6/28/2023

  5. Will AI destroy civilization in the near future? (with Connor Leahy)

    Published: 6/21/2023

  6. Is AI development moving too fast or not fast enough? (with Reid Hoffman)

    Published: 6/14/2023

  7. Where philosophy meets the real world (with Peter Singer)

    Published: 6/7/2023

  8. Large language models, deep peace, and the meaning crisis (with Jim Rutt)

    Published: 5/31/2023

  9. Censorship, cancel culture, and truth-seeking (with Iona Italia)

    Published: 5/24/2023

  10. Why are birth rates plummeting? And how much does it matter? (with Malcolm & Simone Collins)

    Published: 5/18/2023

  11. Science is learning from start-ups (with Adam Marblestone)

    Published: 5/15/2023

  12. The range of human perceptual experiences (with Anil Seth)

    Published: 5/3/2023

  13. The capabilities approach to welfare (with Martha Nussbaum)

    Published: 4/27/2023

  14. Should you become a charity entrepreneur? (with Joey Savoie)

    Published: 4/19/2023

  15. Has political polarization been misunderstood? (with Nick Gillespie)

    Published: 4/12/2023

  16. How can you tell if you're cut out for entrepreneurship? (with Matt Clifford)

    Published: 4/5/2023

  17. Letting ChatGPT make your decisions for you (with Dax Flame)

    Published: 3/29/2023

  18. What good is college now that we can learn everything for free on the internet? (with Nick Dirks)

    Published: 3/22/2023

  19. Not seeing your face as a first step to enlightenment? (with Richard Lang)

    Published: 3/15/2023

  20. Is giving people a sense of agency better than giving them cash? (with Richard Sedlmayr)

    Published: 3/8/2023

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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?