Devil’s Advocate

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The surprising reason secrets destroy us

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3 min

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with

Michael Slepian

Debate world champion: Why agreement is overrated

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4 min

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with

Bo Seo

Why psychedelics are “freakishly safe”

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5 min

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with

Matthew W. Johnson

How to make space for “longpath” thinking

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4 min

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with

Ari Wallach

Debunking one of the Metaverse’s biggest myths

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5 min

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with

Matthew Ball

3 free will arguments, explained by physicist Sean Carroll

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7 min

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with

Sean Carroll

The case for and against cryptocurrency

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4 min

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with

Tyler Cowen

Are near-death experiences just dreams or hallucinations?

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Dr. Bruce Greyson

The 2 biggest misconceptions about happiness

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3 min

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with

Tal Ben-Shahar

Devil’s Advocate: Why worry about fascism?

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3 min

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with

Jason Stanley

3 steps to cure your money anxiety

We’re afraid to talk about money–and that costs us.

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7 min

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with

Kathleen Burns Kingsbury

The Well

Tyler Cowen: America is at a critical point in history

“There’s a sense of crisis today that we did not have in the 1980’s or 90’s” — economist Tyler Cowen on progress in America.

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5 min

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Tyler Cowen

How dirty debaters win against better opponents

How to defeat debaters who deal in distractions, according to a two-time world debate champion.

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5 min

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with

Bo Seo

Harvard professor argues for rationality

Is it better to be rational or optimistic? Steven Pinker explains.

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7 min

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with

Steven Pinker

The mind-blowing stats on male inequality

Male inequality — the enormous cultural shift happening right under our nose.

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15 min

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with

Richard Reeves