Nonzero Newsletter

Share this post

The Dharma of Bob 8: A Cosmic View of Our Situation (Robert Wright & Josh Summers)

nonzero.substack.com

The Dharma of Bob 8: A Cosmic View of Our…

Nonzero
Nov 24, 2021
Share this post

The Dharma of Bob 8: A Cosmic View of Our Situation (Robert Wright & Josh Summers)

nonzero.substack.com

Listen now (138 min) | What part of secular-guru space (if any) does Bob occupy? ... On the origin of Bob’s theses (by means of natural selection) ... The mind-boggling mystery of consciousness ... Could evolution have a larger purpose? ... The “global brain” as the flowering of natural selection’s seed ... Saving our species by transcending some species-typical tendencies ... The algorithm of evolution as “the Logos” ... How cognitive biases get in the way of global cooperation ... The positive feeling of negative emotions (but can mindfulness feel even better?) ... Bob explains his recent writings on tribalism ... Bob: You are an expression of "the [evolutionary] Logos" ... Bob’s latent-functionality theory of epiphenomenal consciousness ... Does evolution steer us toward greater alignment with moral truth? ... On the “panoramic specificity” of Bob’s dharma ...

Listen →
  • New First
  • Chronological
© 2023 Nonzero
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great writing