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0:00 The newly united state of Canada
8:57 What’s Elon’s endgame?
17:08 Ross Douthat gives doubting Paul pause
22:32 Which AI ad won the Super Bowl?
31:33 The real stakes of Elon’s OpenAI bid
38:03 Trump 2.0's free speech hypocrisy
43:50 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 12, 2025.
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Overtime titles:
0:00 Bob is king of Severance analysis (says Bob)
9:12 Recent all-time-great TV shows (or lack thereof)
17:41 What likeable killers reveal about human psychology
28:04 Creeping: conceptual and otherwise
32:36 Tom Friedman, taxi drivers, and Uber economics
38:37 Is a Trump-Musk moratorium in order?
41:31 Paul is sweet on Bob’s Tarts
