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0:00 Bob: The oligarchy has arrived
8:00 What do the odd 2024 betting markets mean for the race?
17:27 Trump on Palmer’s manhood: a closer look
25:00 The Elon empathy enigma
34:27 Coates’s controversial cognitive-empathizing
42:42 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 October 22, 2024.
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Overtime titles:
0:00 Should Amy Wax have gotten the axe?
2:52 Stephen Jay Gould’s multiple mismeasurements
16:19 Do book reviews still matter?
20:05 Trump’s kind words for Kamala
22:35 The time Paul and Steven Pinker took on Gould and (almost) Chomsky
