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0:00 Worthwhile Canadian conquest
4:55 Late takes on Luigi Mangione
10:03 Elon’s AI motivation
13:59 Is the successor species sentient? (It matters!)
18:15 Paul’s AI freakout has arrived
23:15 AI buzzword of the year revealed
29:00 Bluesky brutality
35:20 Google’s experimental AI groks humanity
43:20 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 December 27, 2024.
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Overtime titles:
0:00 Why Silo sucks (and Severance and Pantheon don’t)
9:55 The darkest humor in cinema
13:54 Why the Coen brothers (and Martin Scorsese) are great
20:13 Bob's cautionary vaping tale
24:26 Live from New Jersey: Drone update
30:44 Even later takes on Luigi Mangione
37:47 Final reflections on Trump, AI, and Bob’s book
47:03 Year-end inspiration courtesy of William Faulkner
