232 | Amy Finkelstein on Adverse Selection and Hidden Information
If you knew exactly when every person was going to die, or require medical care, you could make a killing buying and selling insurance. Nobody knows these things, of course -- the future is hard to pr...
10 Apr 20231h 13min
Ask Me Anything | April 2023
Welcome to the April 2023 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patre...
3 Apr 20234h 4min
231 | Sarah Bakewell on the History of Humanism
Human beings are small compared to the universe, but we're very important to ourselves. Humanism can be thought of as the idea that human beings are themselves the source of meaningfulness and matteri...
27 Mar 20231h 21min
230 | Raphaël Millière on How Artificial Intelligence Thinks
Welcome to another episode of Sean Carroll's Mindscape. Today, we're joined by Raphaël Millière, a philosopher and cognitive scientist at Columbia University. We'll be exploring the fascinating topic ...
20 Mar 20231h 57min
229 | Nita Farahany on Ethics, Law, and Neurotechnology
Every time our brain does some thinking, there are associated physical processes. In particular, electric currents and charged particles jump between neurons, creating associated electromagnetic field...
13 Mar 20231h 12min
AMA | March 2023
Welcome to the March 2023 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patre...
6 Mar 20233h 1min
228 | Skye Cleary on Existentialism and Authenticity
God is dead, as Nietzsche's madman memorably reminded us. So what are we going to do about it? If there is no powerful force out there to guide us and give meaning to our lives, how are we supposed to...
27 Feb 20231h 16min
227 | Molly Crockett on the Psychology of Morality
Most of us strive to be good, moral people. When we are doing that striving, what is happening in our brains? Some of our moral inclinations seem pretty automatic and subconscious. Other times we have...
20 Feb 20231h 11min
