The Trump-Kamala Debate | Robert Wright & Paul Bloom

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0:00 Tragedy strikes the Wright household
3:56 Breaking down the big Trump-Kamala debate
22:20 Are debates actually valuable?
28:52 Kamala’s worst debate moment (according to Bob)
33:15 Elon vs Taylor Swift, Brazil, and himself
36:55 Bob and Paul argue about free speech
44:54 Heading to Overtime

Discussed in Overtime:
Bob DESTROYS Paul’s take on free speech
Tucker Carlson’s latest outrage
(Evo)psychoanalyzing J.D. Vance
“Raw-dogging”: a new path to mindfulness?
In defense of Vance’s offensiveness
Uses and abuses of AI
Understanding Taylor Swift (Bob’s version)
Was Pat Buchanan a better MAGA candidate than Trump?
When Bob was a White House darling
Commenter film criticism, consciousness, and cognitive empathy
Do we have a “need for chaos”?

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 September 11, 2024.

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