Mutual Understanding

Apr 03 2025 37 ep. 97 mins 9

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A podcast where we seek to understand our mutual's worldviews

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Sarah Constantin and I talk emotions

Apr 03 2025 108 mins

I saw this Twitter thread from Sarah and offered her to talk to her about it on a podcast, and Aaron volunteered to moderate. I was more taking the position that all emotions are functional, and Sarah was approaching things from a more bio-realist perspective. Ultimately, I don’t think we disagreed about all that much once we hashed it out!Some things we referenced:* How Emotions

Shea and I talk epistemology etc

Mar 19 2025 113 mins

In this podcast, we recap a conversation we didn’t record where Shea and I talked about epistemology and decision theory, and I decided to flag it more when I say “but what would that even mean”I also made a case for subjective probability as a useful concept, and we talked a little about politics at the end.At one point I referenced this LW post that mentions confidence and

Cristie Henry on unschooling

Feb 13 2025 97 mins

I had a great time talking to my friend Cristie Henry about unschooling, an educational philosophy that we both practice within our families.And here’s a link to the thing I wrote about unschooling that I mentioned when we were talking. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mutualunderstanding.sub

Jordan Myska Allen on metaphysics, identity, better social media, etc.

Jan 30 2025 128 mins

I caught up with my friend Jordan, and we talked about a whole bunch of stuff! Not a very organized conversation, and I hope you enjoy it.You can find him at The Relateful Company, and his new company Uptrust should be online soon at uptrusthq.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mutualundersta

Some recent dog training updates

Jan 23 2025 38 mins

A pretty rambling podcast about what’s been going through my head recently when trying to work on getting our dogs and cats comfortable with each other. tldr; I think I was accidentally messing up my training plans by using spatial pressure without realizing it, and I think I better get how Argos’s frustration is working This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss th

Re: Kave Rennedy on natural law conflicting with itself

Jan 10 2025 15 mins

I started a threadapalooza on natural law, Kave responded with some thoughts on natural law conflicting with itself, and now I have recorded some thoughts on what I think natural law means and why I think it doesn't. All of this is quite inspired by what David Friedman wrote on property rights. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or ge

Thoughts on Kid Behavior Change

Jan 02 2025 42 mins

In this episode I try to talk though one of my top go-to frameworks for thinking through what to do when my kids are doing stuff that doesn’t work for me, or them, or the family. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mutualunderstanding.substack.com

Shea Levy on why he disagrees with Less Wrong rationality, Part 2

Dec 28 2024 200 mins

It was great having Shea back on to finish up our conversation from the other week! We talked somewhat more about the Less Wrong rationality stuff, and also hit some other topics like Shea’s issues with libertarians, why he’s against altruism, how consciousness works, and what he thinks about LLMs.He mentioned two books, The Ominous Parallels and The Open Society and Its Enemie

Ruth Wong on Cornerstone Kids, not Capstone Kids

Dec 28 2024 140 mins

This podcast came out of a twitter conversation Ruth and I had, and we ended up comparing notes about a lot of our parenting tactics and approaches, including how to not be too stressed while having kids. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mutualunderstanding.substack.com

Attachment Theory and Object Permanence

Dec 05 2024 30 mins

I was going to record with a guest today, but we ended up rescheduling, so instead I talked about some things I think about attachment theory and object permanence. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mutualunderstanding.substack.com