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0:00 Paul’s Substack: small potatoes or some pumpkins?
3:25 Elon sours on Lemon—is ketamine to blame?
9:32 The enduring enigma that is Elon Musk
20:57 Is Altman overdramatizing the AI #Resistance?
29:35 Paul cavalierly ignores Bob’s sage guidance
33:57 Oscars: The good, the bad, and the hammy
40:29 Heading to Overtime (plus: big Small Potatoes news!)
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 March 19, 2024.
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Overtime titles:
0:00 The knotty SSRI sexual side effect question
3:22 How woke is Barbie?
16:36 How Will Smith’s Oscar slap is like Russia-Ukraine
20:41 Is AI Bob’s ticket to immortality?
25:41 Jury Duty, acting, and human nature
35:07 What is the TikTok ban really about?
47:42 Is Paul Pollyanna?
