Minds Almost Meeting

Jan 30 2025 92 ep. 63 mins 353
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Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would they discuss? Would they talk past each other? Make any progress? Would anyone want to hear them? Economist Robin Hanson and philosopher Agnes Callard decided to find out.

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Open Socrates (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)

Jan 30 2025 65 mins  
Minds Almost Meeting: Season 10, Episode 6. View the transcript for this episode here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mindsa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠lmostmeeting.com/episodes/open-socrates Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and gr

Perfection vs. greatness (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard)

Jan 23 2025 59 mins  
Minds Almost Meeting: Season 10, Episode 5. View the transcript for this episode here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mindsa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠lmostmeeting.com/episodes/perfection-vs-greatness Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities,

Fighting vs. arguing (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)

Dec 05 2024 61 mins  
Minds Almost Meeting: Season 10, Episode 4. View the transcript for this episode here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mindsa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠lmostmeeting.com/episodes/fighting-vs-arguing Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and

Activism (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard)

Nov 21 2024 63 mins  
Minds Almost Meeting: Season 10, Episode 3. View the transcript for this episode here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mindsa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠lmostmeeting.com/episodes/activism Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules.

Potential vs. achievement (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)

Nov 07 2024 60 mins  
Minds Almost Meeting: Season 10, Episode 2. View the transcript for this episode here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mindsa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠lmostmeeting.com/episodes/potential-vs-achievement Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, a

Polls vs. prediction markets (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard, with Arnold Brooks)

Oct 31 2024 63 mins  
Minds Almost Meeting: Season 10, Episode 1. View the transcript for this episode here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mindsa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠lmostmeeting.com/episodes/polls-vs-prediction-markets Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground ru

Modernism (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)

Oct 10 2024 60 mins  
Minds Almost Meeting: Season 9, Episode 13. View the transcript for this episode here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mindsa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠lmostmeeting.com/episodes/modernism Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. W

Fear of persuasion (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard)

Sep 12 2024 63 mins  
Minds Almost Meeting: Season 9, Episode 12. View the transcript for this episode here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mindsa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠lmostmeeting.com/episodes/fear-of-persuasion Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground

Cancel culture (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)

Aug 28 2024 59 mins  
Minds Almost Meeting: Season 9, Episode 11. View the transcript for this episode here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mindsa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠lmostmeeting.com/episodes/cancel-culture Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules.

Romantic validation (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard)

Aug 08 2024 63 mins  
Minds Almost Meeting: Season 9, Episode 10. View the transcript for this episode here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mindsa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠lmostmeeting.com/episodes/romantic-validation Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground r