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#178 – Emily Oster on what the evidence actually says about pregnancy and parenting
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#174 – Nita Farahany on the neurotechnology already being used to convict criminals and manipulate workers
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#173 – Jeff Sebo on digital minds, and how to avoid sleepwalking into a major moral catastrophe
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#169 – Paul Niehaus on whether cash transfers cause economic growth, and keeping theft to acceptable levels
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#167 – Seren Kell on the research gaps holding back alternative proteins from mass adoption
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#164 – Kevin Esvelt on cults that want to kill everyone, stealth vs wildfire pandemics, and how he felt inventing gene drives
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Alex Lawsen on avoiding 10 mistakes people make when pursuing a high-impact career
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What the past can tell us about how AI will affect jobs
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#161 – Michael Webb on whether AI will soon cause job loss, lower incomes, and higher inequality — or the opposite
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Hannah Boettcher on the mental health challenges that come with trying to have a big impact
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How to cope with rejection in your career
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#152 – Joe Carlsmith on navigating serious philosophical confusion
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Luisa and Keiran on free will, and the consequences of never feeling enduring guilt or shame
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Luisa and Robert Long on how to make independent research more fun
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#146 – Robert Long on why large language models like GPT (probably) aren’t conscious
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#145 – Christopher Brown on why slavery abolition wasn’t inevitable
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#131 – Lewis Dartnell on getting humanity to bounce back faster in a post-apocalyptic world
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My experience with imposter syndrome — and how to (partly) overcome it
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