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January 19, 2017 —
Paul Bloom | Against empathy
Sixty-Second Sermons
December 27, 2017 —
Robert Wright & Paul Bloom
The Wright Show
- Is "dehumanization" really the root of cruelty?
- How love deludes us
- Paul: Empathy makes us morally stupid
- The weird psychology of the Trump era
- What people get wrong about Harvey Weinstein and dehumanization
- When is objectification morally acceptable?
- Keeping our worst selves in check
- Getting pleasure out of your own pain
May 30, 2016 —
Robert Wright & Paul Bloom
The Wright Show
September 20, 2019 —
Robert Wright & Agnes Callard
The Wright Show
- Why Agnes once lay down on the yellow line in the middle of the road
- What explains "akrasia," or weakness of will?
- Agnes's book, Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming
- How Agnes views free will and self-creation
- How do you become the "you" that you want to be?
- Aspiration and the divine
- Agnes's forthcoming book on how Socrates changed the rules
November 26, 2019 —
Robert Wright & Paul Bloom
The Wright Show
- A new study says empathy can increase political polarization
- How empathy operates in today's political environment
- Is cognitive empathy a form of intelligence?
- The Machiavellian uses of cognitive empathy
- A counterproductive #Resistance view of Trump supporters
- Paul doesn't understand how anyone can still support Trump
- Why "dehumanization" isn't the real problem
- Paul's core message: "Don't listen to your heart"
June 03, 2020 —
Robert Wright & Paul Bloom
The Wright Show
- Paul describes the view from Toronto
- Zero- and non-zero-sum aspects of the pandemic
- Paul: Canada's multiparty system helps defuse polarization
- A disaster without solidarity
- How our emotions caused us to underreact to the pandemic
- Masks and mobs
- Trump's fragile feelings
- Why has the external threat of the disease not united humanity?
- A deep dive into the meaning of statistical significance
April 26, 2019 —
Robert Wright & Paul Bloom
The Wright Show
- How the new media landscape exacerbates tribalism
- Can science and reason help combat tribalism?
- Why tribal behavior comes naturally to humans
- Want to succeed on social media? Try ridicule and moral condemnation!
- Why virtual reality may not help you understand the plight of others
- Trump's masterful exploitation of empathy
- If a magic therapy "cured" Harvey Weinstein, would punishment still be necessary?
- Why social science is, and will stay, liberal
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