Are we animals in an alien zoo? ... Does evolution have a direction? A purpose? ... The emergence of the "giant global brain" ... How to get Dan Dennett mad ... Does consciousness do anything? ... Bob’s semi-crazy theory of consciousness ... Questions from the audience ...

What makes Bob's worldview "spiritual" ... Scientific arguments for a spiritual discipline ... The expanding grounds for intellectual humility ... Does evolution have a purpose? ... The mystery and value of subjective experience ... Is consciousness a scientific problem? ...

Who attends a “Reason Rally”? ... The non-believers who identify as religious ... Sunday Assembly and evangelicals: compare and contrast ... The spirituality of Sam Harris ... Foreign policy and the New Atheists ... The history of “secularism” and “humanism” ... Atheist organizations in the U.S. ...

Is humanity becoming a superorganism? ... Game theory as an explanation for history’s direction ... Bob's pragmatic view of moral progress ... Homo progressivus and the tribeless tribe ... Conversation with science writer John Horgan ... Questions from the audience ...

Why we’re probably not the universe’s first intelligent species ... The hardest step on the road from non-life to civilization ... Surviving our planet’s adolescence ... Would aliens be as tribalistic as we are? ... Planet Earth as a superorganism ... A few thoughts about Buddhism ...

What is an “evangelical progressive Christian”? ... Tribal tendencies in the evangelical community ... The urge to annihilate the “other” ... Do right beliefs lead to right actions? ... The upside of despair ... Our toxic political system ...

Massimo's new book, The Nature of Philosophy ... Two ways that philosophy and science progress ... Logic, mathematics, and the physical world ... Does physics depend on mathematics too much? ... Comparing mathematics to games and fiction ... Why does mathematics describe the real world so well? ...

A theory of evil that isn’t supernatural ... Could "moral imagination" have prevented the Iraq War? ... Was saying "We are Charlie Hebdo" a bad idea? ... Knowledge as a moral good ... How "moral imagination" fits into a larger spiritual worldview ... Paul Bloom interrogates Bob ... Questions from the audience ...

Bernard's new book Connecting With Coincidence ... Debating whether coincidences are significant ... Jungian synchronicity and archetypes ... The weird coincidence involving the sun and the moon ... Mental states that make coincidences seem meaningful ... Should you take guidance from coincidences? ...

Dacher's new book The Power Paradox ... How being nice can make you powerful ... Gossip and other ways to keep leaders in check ... How getting power can make you mean ... The bully politics of Donald Trump ... Stories the rich tell themselves ...