Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

A podcast by Spencer Greenberg - Thursdays

Thursdays

257 Episodes

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

    Published: 5/15/2023

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

    Published: 5/3/2023

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

    Published: 4/27/2023

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

    Published: 4/19/2023

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

    Published: 4/12/2023

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

    Published: 4/5/2023

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

    Published: 3/29/2023

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

    Published: 3/22/2023

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

    Published: 3/15/2023

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

    Published: 3/8/2023

  11. Are you working on the most important problem in your field? Why not? (with Rohit Krishnan)

    Published: 3/1/2023

  12. How huge a deal is climate change, really? (with Diana Ürge-Vorsatz and Misha Glouberman)

    Published: 2/22/2023

  13. Becoming a policy entrepreneur (with Tom Kalil)

    Published: 2/15/2023

  14. How to build your second brain (with Tiago Forte)

    Published: 2/8/2023

  15. Does every language have a word for depression? (with Sean Mayberry)

    Published: 2/1/2023

  16. What things in life *shouldn't* we optimize? (with Christie Aschwanden)

    Published: 1/25/2023

  17. How can we make science more trustworthy? (with Stuart Ritchie)

    Published: 1/19/2023

  18. Living a life of service to others (with Tasshin Fogleman)

    Published: 1/12/2023

  19. Mapping metaethics (with Lance Bush)

    Published: 1/5/2023

  20. Do organizations have to get slower as they grow? (with Alex Komoroske)

    Published: 12/28/2022

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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?