Russ Roberts

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    Russ Roberts & Kevin Kelly 27 Mar 2023 • EN

    Kevin Kelly on Advice, AI, and Technology

    Photographer, author, and visionary Kevin Kelly talks about his book Excellent Advice for Living with EconTalk's Russ Roberts. His advice includes how to have a deep conversation, why it's better to control time than money--and whether, in the end, we should give advice in the first place. Other topics of discussion in

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    Russ Roberts & Zach Weinersmith 13 Mar 2023 • EN

    Zach Weinersmith on Beowulf and Bea Wolf

    Tolkien read it as a tale about mortality. The poet David Whyte said it was a metaphor for the psychological demons deep in our minds. And that, insists the cartoonist and writer Zach Weinersmith, is precisely Beowulf's appeal: Its richness opens the door to endless interpretation. Listen as the author of Bea Wolf, a g

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    Russ Roberts & Omer Moav 06 Mar 2023 • EN

    Omer Moav on the Emergence of the State

    Since at least Adam Smith, the common wisdom has been that the transition from hunter-gathering to farming allowed the creation of the State. Farming, so went the theory, led to agricultural surplus, and that surplus is the prerequisite for taxation and a State. But economist Omer Moav of Reichman University argues tha

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    Russ Roberts & Paul Bloom 27 Feb 2023 • EN

    Paul Bloom on Psych, Psychology, and the Human Mind

    Do psychologists know anything? Psychologist Paul Bloom says yes--but not the things that you might think. Bloom discusses his book Psych with EconTalk's Russ Roberts and what the field of psychology can teach us about human intelligence, consciousness, and unhelpful instincts. They also discuss just how far psychology

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    Russ Roberts & Sam Harris 06 Feb 2023 • EN

    Sam Harris on Meditation, Mindfulness, and Morality

    According to neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris, rationality is the key to safeguarding everything we cherish, and its only true enemy is dogmatic inflexibility. Harris speaks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the views that have made Harris famous, teasing out the often mind-blowing subtleties of his religi

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    Russ Roberts & Ian Leslie 09 Jan 2023 • EN

    Ian Leslie on Being Human in the Age of AI

    When OpenAI launched its conversational chatbot this past November, author Ian Leslie was struck by the humanness of the computer's dialogue. Then he realized that he had it exactly backward: In an age that favors the formulaic and generic to the ambiguous, complex, and unexpected, it's no wonder that computers can sou

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