by Nonzero
Conversations with a series of people who have nothing in common except that program host Robert Wright is curious about what they’re thinking. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.nonzero.org?utm_medium=podcast">www.nonzero.org</a>
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April 21, 2025
<p>Audio of the livestream titled “KOSMOPOLITIKA#2: Where Do We Belong?”—the latest installment in an ongoing (and evolving) collaboration between Nonzero and <a target="_blank" href="https://psychopolitica.substack.com/">Psychopolitica</a>.</p><p>INTRODUCTIONS :4:14 Nikita: Leaving Russia. The psychedelic lineage. Humanity is a trip, not a species21:59 16 years ago, Boris took such a good nap after visiting a sacred Ancient Greek site that he still thinks about it 25:25 In The Dark Places of Wisdom: mystical practices at the root of Western civilization 26:57 What makes us feel we belong: identity & community 31:00 Humanity as a planetary force MEMBER PARTICIPATION PART: 39:15 What makes us feel we belong: values & norms 49:14 What makes us feel we belong: direct experience 52:26 Psychedelics & meditation in service of planetary identity 54:19 “To be” comes from the word "to grow", "am" & "is" from "to breath" 56:32 Rationalists 58:15 How Socrates got himself killed 1:04:30 What makes us feel we belong: awareness of inter-dependence 1:11:30 Gaia, humanity, and AI are 3 generations of planetary forces 1:15:32 Zizians. There's something to be said about dogma 1:17:47 “DMT, death, and nanobots are the same thing, somehow” 1:21:24 Humanity is still being born 1:23:21 Ideas are alive 1:25:59 JFK's "my fellow Americans" address, in which he casts the country as a peer to the citizen 1:30:13 VR brings us back into the body 1:34:33 The human experience is an image that arises from the play of ideas and matter 1:38:30 Agency found in choosing one's metaphors 1:42:15 Ta-Nehisi Coates's The Message 1:47:52 Homeric rhapsodes 1:52:34 Conversation as distributed thinking</p><p>Nikita Petrov, and Boris Shoshitaishvili. Recorded April 14, 2025.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/NonzeroNews">https://twitter.com/NonzeroNewshttps://twitter.com/NonzeroPods</a></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.nonzero.org/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.nonzero.org/subscribe</a>
April 18, 2025
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit <a href="https://www.nonzero.org?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7">www.nonzero.org</a><br/><br/><p>0:28 Ron violates retirement dress code 2:25 Trump’s “antisemitism crackdown" 14:28 Is the Israel lobby bad for American Jews? 21:53 The disturbing Tufts detention case 28:59 Why don’t more progressive Jews call out the Israel lobby? 34:24 How bad journalism makes antisemitism worse 45:53 Heading to Overtime</p><p>Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Ron Kampeas (https://ronkampeas.substack.com, Jewish Telegraphic Agency). Recorded April 17, 2025.</p>
April 15, 2025
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit <a href="https://www.nonzero.org?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7">www.nonzero.org</a><br/><br/><p>0:28 Sam's theory of (some of) Trump's tariffs 18:09 The bad scenario and the less bad scenario 22:58 Scott Bessent's radicalism 25:58 Will Trump display the art of the deal? 28:57 China's trade-war strengths 31:48 An intentional end to American hegemony? 36:10 Sam’s defense of chip restrictions 40:28 Heading into Overtime</p><p>Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Samuel Hammond (Foundation for American Innovation, https://www.secondbest.ca/). Recorded April 14, 2025.</p><p>Twitter: <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/NonzeroPods">https://twitter.com/NonzeroPods</a></p>
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