#207 – Sarah Eustis-Guthrie on why she shut down her charity, and why more founders should follow her lead
"I think one of the reasons I took [shutting down my charity] so hard is because entrepreneurship is all about this bets-based mindset. So you say, “I’m going to take a bunch of bets. I’m going to tak...
14 Marras 20242h 58min
Parenting insights from Rob and 8 past guests
With kids very much on the team's mind we thought it would be fun to review some comments about parenting featured on the show over the years, then have hosts Luisa Rodriguez and Rob Wiblin react to t...
8 Marras 20241h 35min
#206 – Anil Seth on the predictive brain and how to study consciousness
"In that famous example of the dress, half of the people in the world saw [blue and black], half saw [white and gold]. It turns out there’s individual differences in how brains take into account ambie...
1 Marras 20242h 33min
How much does a vote matter? (Article)
If you care about social impact, is voting important? In this piece, Rob investigates the two key things that determine the impact of your vote:The chances of your vote changing an election’s outcome....
28 Loka 202432min
#205 – Sébastien Moro on the most insane things fish can do
"You have a tank split in two parts: if the fish gets in the compartment with a red circle, it will receive food, and food will be delivered in the other tank as well. If the fish takes the blue trian...
23 Loka 20243h 11min
#204 – Nate Silver on making sense of SBF, and his biggest critiques of effective altruism
Rob Wiblin speaks with FiveThirtyEight election forecaster and author Nate Silver about his new book: On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything.Links to learn more, highlights, video, and full transc...
16 Loka 20241h 57min
#203 – Peter Godfrey-Smith on interfering with wild nature, accepting death, and the origin of complex civilisation
"In the human case, it would be mistaken to give a kind of hour-by-hour accounting. You know, 'I had +4 level of experience for this hour, then I had -2 for the next hour, and then I had -1' — and you...
3 Loka 20241h 25min
Luisa and Keiran on free will, and the consequences of never feeling enduring guilt or shame
In this episode from our second show, 80k After Hours, Luisa Rodriguez and Keiran Harris chat about the consequences of letting go of enduring guilt, shame, anger, and pride.Links to learn more, highl...
27 Syys 20241h 36min
