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Jim has a timely discussion with geophysicist Dorian Abbot, whose public lecture was recently canceled by MIT—Jim’s alma mater—due to Dorian’s views on affirmative action… Continue reading Currents 045: Dorian Abbot on Protecting Academic Freedom
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John Vervaeke joins Jim for the fourth of a five-part series examining the ideas put forward in Vervaeke’s popular YouTube series, Awakening from the Meaning Crisis…
Continue reading EP146 John Vervaeke Part 4: Awakening from the Meaning Crisis
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John Vervaeke joins Jim for the third of a five-part series examining the ideas put forward in Vervaeke’s popular YouTube series, Awakening from the Meaning Crisis…
Continue reading EP145 John Vervaeke Part 3: Awakening from the Meaning Crisis
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John Vervaeke joins Jim for the second of a five-part series examining the ideas put forward in Vervaeke’s popular YouTube series, Awakening from the Meaning Crisis…
Continue reading EP144 John Vervaeke Part 2: Awakening from the Meaning Crisis
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John Vervaeke joins Jim for the first of a five-part series examining the ideas put forward in Vervaeke’s popular YouTube series, Awakening from the Meaning Crisis…
Continue reading EP143 John Vervaeke Part 1: Awakening from the Meaning Crisis
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Zak Stein & Jim have a wide-ranging talk inspired by two recent Consilience Project essays on the information war & propaganda…
Continue reading Currents 044: Zak Stein on Propaganda and the Information War
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Lene Rachel Andersen & Jim have a wide-ranging talk about the meaning of Bildung & the growing Bildung movement, inspired by last week’s Global Bildung Festival…
Continue reading Currents 043: Lene Rachel Andersen on Bildung
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Jim has a wide-ranging talk with returning guest Robert Tercek about competing visions of the metaverse…
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Jim has a wide-ranging talk with evolutionary biologist Heather Heying about her & Bret Weinstein’s new book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life…
Continue reading EP141 Heather Heying on Confronting Hyper-Novelty
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Jim talks to Robin Dunbar (of Dunbar’s number) about his new book, Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships…