MeaningofLife.tv

What is polyamory? ... The evolutionary origins of romantic jealousy ... How polyamorous couples manage jealousy, insecurity, and time ... Bob extols the benefits of long-term monogamy ... Geoffrey’s advice for young men who can’t find romantic partners ... Do smaller polyamorous communities get a little, well, incestuous? ... Why are fewer young men having sex regularly? ... Geoffrey: The ethics of polyamory set it apart from casual dating ...

B. D.'s essay on mononucleosis and gnosticism ... What the ancient gnostics believed about body and spirit ... Fingernail clippings and other problems with bodily resurrection ... Pros and cons of living in a body ... Did George H.W. Bush get to walk out of his wheelchair at the gates of Heaven? ... B. D. explains the Children's Crusade of 1212 ... The Children's Crusade's contemporary resonances ... Queer Eye, the reality show that makes you feel good about humanity ...

What explains the sharp divide between analytic and continental philosophy? ... Continental philosophy’s association with romanticism and fascism ... How Richard Rorty, Crispin’s dissertation advisor, bridged the gap between the two schools ... Heidegger’s skepticism of science ... Crispin articulates the divide in terms of substance and style ... How continental philosophy challenges the primacy of argument ...

Paul Shapiro’s new book, Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World ... Why conventional meat production is inefficient and unsustainable (not to mention cruel) ... Recent innovations in lab-cultured protein, fat, and even leather ... Will cultured meat ever become affordable? ... How plant-based “meat” and “dairy” have gained market share in the past decade ... Paul: History won’t look kindly on our treatment of animals ... How Paul's company is working to reduce meat consumption ...

Randy's new book, Good Reasons for Bad Feelings ... What's the function of grief? ... Good for your genes but bad for you ... Evolutionary explanations for low mood/depression ... What Freud got right ... Orgasms and natural selection ... Social media, the digital crack cocaine ...

What does Christianity have in common with Pabst Blue Ribbon? ... Young Bob and young Tripp's critical readings of the Bible ... Tripp: Human dignity doesn’t fit into a reductive materialist worldview ... Do all Christians believe in divine intervention? ... Could a deistic God have created Jesus? ... Spiritual practices for the overly judgmental (pretty much everyone) ... Tripp’s culture shock upon returning to North Carolina ... Paul Tillich and the dialogue between culture and faith ... Tripp: Oprah is the spiritual leader of the one percent ...

Nikita launches a YouTube channel and a Patreon page ... Could depression be rational? ... The nihilistic/psychedelic/Buddhist Russian writer Victor Pelevin ... Louis CK and the problem of evil ... Gnosticism and the blunder of creation ... The mystery of communication ... Russia is a book, America is a computer game ...

Jason’s tenure as editor of MIT’s Technology Review ... Jason says he never, ever feels offended ... Why Jason’s investment firm didn’t back a new gene editing technology ... Is current gene-editing technology a “moral and therapeutic dead end”? ... How to regulate a future designer baby business ... What makes CRISPR gene-editing technology revolutionary? ... 3D-printing and the future of gun control ... Will mind-reading technology kill romantic love? ... The theoretical limits of "thought identification" technology ...

Crispin’s book chapter on the nature of truth ... Do different uses of the word “truth” have a family resemblance? ... The challenge of connecting truth with reality ... Where does linguistics enter the picture? ... How Crispin bucks expectations of academic philosophical writing ... Dan: Analytic philosophy misses the forest for the trees ... What’s missing from Crispin’s exploration of truth? ...

Douglas's new book, Team Human ... Remembering when people behaved better online than IRL ... Douglas was optimistic about the Internet. Then came capitalism. ... Imagining a better Facebook ... Douglas: "Being human is a team sport" ... Tribalism and the Internet ... The false promise of "disruption" ... How capitalism complicates Douglas’s life ...