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0:00 Does Paul have CDS (Chaos Desensitization Syndrome)?
3:42 Worthwhile Canadian backlash
9:30 Elon’s Tesla problem 15:10 Trump 2.0’s free speech crackdown
17:54 The primal psychology of Trump and Elon
25:46 Bezos and university presidents bow to Trump
36:05 Heading to Overtime
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Bloom (https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net, University of Toronto, The Sweet Spot, Against Empathy). Recorded February 26, 2025.
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Overtime titles:
The ethics of anti-Elon schadenfreude.
In defense of Silo, in critique of Severance.
AI, porn, and the Matrix.
Have Bob and Paul gone full AI doomer?
Battle of the book plugs.
Overtime video:
