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Tyler Cowen: AI Isn’t Conscious. Neither Are We.
To understand artificial intelligence, we need to be honest with ourselves: We don’t control—or perceive—very much of what we do.
Tyler Cowen
The Parents Who Let Their Daughter Die
‘I don’t want my little girl to die,’ Cissy Dekker said about her 19-year-old daughter, Iris. ‘But out of love, I also don’t want this life for her.’
Rupa Subramanya
What People Who Choose Assisted Death Actually Say
Rupa Subramanya spent years interviewing Canadians before their assisted deaths. What she found in Canada’s medical assistance in dying program should…
Coleman Hughes
1HR 0M
Is Therapy Tearing Us Apart?
Therapy promised Americans greater agency and insight. Instead, it delivered a more satisfying story about why someone else is to blame.
Jonathan Alpert
Arthur Brooks: Inside the Mind of an Internet Troll
Why do comment sections on news stories—and even on essays about love and happiness—so quickly become toxic dumps of vitriol?
Arthur Brooks
Arthur Brooks: Why Your Neighbor Became a Conspiracy Theorist. And Maybe You, Too.
Millions of Americans aren’t just misinformed. They’re searching for coherence in a world that no longer provides it.
Arthur Brooks
Confessions of a Former Marijuana Evangelist
Neal Pollack spent most of his adulthood promoting weed’s cultural and legal adoption. Now he says it was ruining his life. This is how he changed his…
Maya Sulkin
32M
Arthur Brooks: Happiness Lessons from a Miserable Wretch
I chose to study happiness because I was failing at it. Now I’m joining The Free Press to share what actually works.
Arthur Brooks
Coleman Hughes Answers Your End-of-Year Questions
From Trump’s hold on the news cycle to birth rates, AI, psychedelics, and religion, Coleman Hughes answers listeners’ questions on the issues shaping…
Coleman Hughes
48M
I’m Finally Practicing Medicine the Way It Should Be Done
A new model of medicine lets doctors, not insurers, decide on care.
Charlotte Grinberg, MD
When Empathy Goes Too Far with Dr. Gad Saad
A conversation with Dr. Gad Saad about compassion, politics, and what happens when feelings replace facts.
Coleman Hughes
1HR 1M
Steven Pinker on How Common Knowledge Rules Our Lives
In order to make any decision at all, we have to know what other people know. The cognitive psychologist explores the powerful force of ‘common…
Coleman Hughes
55M
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