266 - Annaka Harris: The Fundamentality of Consciousness
Annaka Harris is the New York Times bestselling author of CONSCIOUS: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind and writer and producer of the audio documentary series, LIGHTS ON. Her work h...
21 Dec 20251h 33min
265 - Jacob Barandes: A New Foundation for Quantum Mechanics
Jacob Barandes is Senior Preceptor in Physics at Harvard University, where he works widely across the philosophy of physics, with focuses on the foundations of quantum mechanics, the philosophy of spa...
7 Dec 20253h 14min
264 - Lee Cronin: The Chemistry of Life
Lee Cronin is Regius Chair of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow. Among his many pursuits are the digitization of chemistry, the discovery of alien life, and the creation of artificial life. In th...
23 Nov 20252h
263 - Sara Imari Walker: Astrobiology, Aliens, and the Origin of Life
Sara Imari Walker is Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, where she is Deputy Director of the Beyond Center. Sara is an astrobiologist and theoretical ph...
9 Nov 20251h 47min
262 - Slavoj Žižek: Marxism, Quantum Mechanics, and Artificial Intelligence
Visit our sponsor, Wealthfront!: wealthfront.com/robinsonSlavoj Žižek is international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London, visiting professor at New York...
26 Okt 20251h 38min
261 - Tyler Cowen: The Economics of Artificial Intelligence
Go to https://surfshark.com/robinsonerhardt and use code robinsonerhardt at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN!Tyler Cowen is the Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason Univ...
12 Okt 20251h 7min
260 - Reid Hoffman: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity
Reid Hoffman is the co-founder of LinkedIn, Manas AI, and Inflection AI. As an investor at Greylock, he is one of the leading figures in the tech industry, working at the forefront of AI development. ...
28 Sep 20251h 24min
259 - Kenneth Roth: Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing, and How to Shame a Dictator
Support our sponsor, FarmKind, to fix factory farming: https://www.farmkind.givingThe code “ROBINSON” will increase your donation by 50% with a bump from large donors.Kenneth Roth is the Charles and M...
14 Sep 20251h 13min
