Robert Wright's Nonzero

The controversy over the neurochemical basis for trust ... What causes "altruistic punishment?" ... How haste makes good people bad ... The nuts and bolts of forgiveness ... The psychology of political conflict ... What makes us care about strangers? ...

Paul’s brand new book, Against Empathy ... The damage empathy can do ... The difference between empathy and compassion ... Why our moral intuitions aren’t so moral ... Are low empathy people more likely to hurt others? ... Empathy as moral jet fuel ... The costs and benefits of feeling other people’s pain ...

Jay’s anti-Trump appeals ... How the election unleashed hate ... When “love your enemy” just won’t work ... Is empathy a limited resource? ... Jay’s spiritual toolkit for coping with a Trump presidency ... Trump, the anti-Buddha ... Can mindfulness help save the world? ...

How hormones drive consumer and mating behavior ... How your fingers give your testosterone level away ... Why some people seem taller than they are ... Why grandfathers get fewer gifts than grandmothers ... Is religion at the root of bad behavior? ... Is Islam more conducive to violence than other religions? ... Evolutionary perspectives on religion ...

Consciousness as an illusion ... How would a belief look in the brain? ... Two kinds of dualism ... What if you and I see blue differently? ... Is it like something to be Keith Frankish? ... Why thinking about consciousness is so hard ...

Announcing a series of “sixty-second sermons” ... Tribalism and Trump’s success ... Apocalypse now? ... Dan vs. Bob on whether a global community is possible ... The moral dimensions of the election ... The backlash against political correctness ... What it feels like to be an outsider ... A closer look at MeaningofLife.tv’s “sermons" and other local news ...

Arlie’s new book Strangers in Their Own Land ... The red state paradox ... The psychology of Tea Party discontent ... Does identity politics breed identity politics? ... Justifying Trump’s bad behavior ... Racial attitudes in rural white communities ... The blue state paradox ...

The search for non-human consciousness ... Consciousness in the organic and inorganic worlds ... Measuring consciousness ... Lucky us: The universe breeds consciousness ... How scientific and spiritual worldviews can enrich each other ... Artificial intelligence is not (necessarily) artificial consciousness ... The Allen Institute for Brain Science and its mission ...

Why Trumpism isn’t surprising ... Trump’s vulgarity as a feature, not a bug ... Glenn: “America first” puts humanity last ... The emptiness of attacks on Trump ... How liberal elites give power to Trump’s dog whistles ... Does America need an anti-tribalism movement? ...

Bob and Pam team up to analyze the mind of Trump ... Inside the mind of a narcissist ... Narcissists are made not born ... Psychoanalyzing Trumpism ... A moment of compassion for Trump ...