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2024-11-15

  Highlights: #206 – Anil Seth on the predictive brain and how to study consciousness

Neuroscientist Anil Seth explains how much we can learn about consciousness by studying the brain in these highlights from our full interview — including:Luisa’s intro (00:00:00)How our brain interprets reality (00:00:15)How our brain experiences our o...
  The 80000 Hours team author
2024-11-12

  Highlights: #205 – Sébastien Moro on the most insane things fish can do

Science writer and video blogger Sébastien Moro blows our minds with the latest research on fish consciousness, intelligence, and potential sentience.This is a selection of highlights from episode #205 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast: Sébastien Moro on the...
  The 80000 Hours team author
2024-10-30

  Highlights: #204 – Nate Silver on making sense of SBF, and his biggest critiques of effective altruism

Election forecaster Nate Silver gives his takes on: how effective altruism could be better, the stark tradeoffs we faced with COVID, whether the 13 Keys to the White House is "junk science," how to tell whose election predictions are better, and if ven...
  The 80000 Hours team author
2024-10-21

  Highlights: Luisa and Keiran on free will, and the consequences of never feeling enduring guilt or shame

This is a selection of highlights from our April 2023 episode with host Luisa Rodriguez and producer Keiran Harris on 80k After Hours. These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this...
  The 80000 Hours team author
2024-10-18

  Highlights: #203 – Peter Godfrey-Smith on interfering with wild nature, accepting death, and the origin of complex civilisation

This is a selection of highlights from episode #203 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast. These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:...
  The 80000 Hours team author
2024-10-15

  Off the Clock #6: Starting Small with Conor Barnes

Watch this episode on YouTube! https://youtu.be/yncw2T77OAcMatt, Bella, and Huon sit down with Conor Barnes to discuss unlikely journeys, EA criticism, discipline, timeless decision theory, and how to do the most good with a degree in classics. Check o...
  The 80000 Hours team author
2024-10-04

  Highlights: #202 – Venki Ramakrishnan on the cutting edge of anti-ageing science

This is a selection of highlights from episode #202 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast. These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:...
  The 80000 Hours team author
2024-09-30

  Highlights: #201 – Ken Goldberg on why your robot butler isn’t here yet

This is a selection of highlights from episode #201 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast. These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:...
  The 80000 Hours team author
2024-09-18

  Highlights: #200 – Ezra Karger on what superforecasters and experts think about existential risks

This is a selection of highlights from episode #200 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast. These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:...
  The 80000 Hours team author
2024-09-12

  Highlights: #199 – Nathan Calvin on California’s AI bill SB 1047 and its potential to shape US AI policy

This is a selection of highlights from episode #199 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast. These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:...
  The 80000 Hours team author