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### Perception - In defense of idleness ### Risk Taking - The precautionary principle ### Decision Making - The problem with the regret minimization framework - Don’t try ### Epistemology - The problem of knowledge - The taboo of uncertainty - The dialectic purpose - What i

July 7, 2021Uncategorized

Perception

  • In defense of idleness

Risk Taking

  • The precautionary principle

Decision Making

  • The problem with the regret minimization framework
  • Don’t try

Epistemology

  • The problem of knowledge
  • The taboo of uncertainty
  • The dialectic purpose
  • What is truth
  • The difference between intelligence and wisdom

The Self

  • The experiencing self

Ancient Philosophy

  • The revival of stoicism

Cognitive Bias

  • When not to argue
  • The rationality of confirmation bias
  • The sin of representativeness

Philosophy of Religion

  • Girard and the problem of divine hiddenness
  • Three ways the Bible is taken out of context
  • The problem with the Sam Harris cookbook example
  • Thelogosargument or “why atheists aren’t atheists”
  • The role of myths

Debates

  • The munk debate on the rise of populism
  • Triggered Sam Harris versus Scott Adams on the post truth world
  • Jordan Peterson versus Matt Dillahunty

Philosophy of Technology

  • Is technology a curse?
  • The singularity
  • The nature of technological constraints
  • The arguments of the singularity is near
  • When Harari warned Daniel Kahneman about the future
  • A history of iron and blood
  • Technology is not neutral
  • Godel, Escher, Bach and A.I.
  • How AI is changing the way we live