Robert Wright's Nonzero

Bruce's new book, Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age ... Debunking the idea of the "predictable crises of adult life" ... Two kinds of life changes: "disruptors" and "lifequakes" ... Does Bob need a lifequake? ... Bruce: "The linear model of life transitions is just wrong" ... Millennials zigging and zagging ... The ABCs of meaning: agency, belonging, cause ... How to write your own life story ... Are the stories we tell about ourselves just BS? And is that okay? ... How to change the meaning of your life ...

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Trump's three- (or maybe four-) pronged campaign strategy ... Was Bob too nice to Bari Weiss in his anti-Bari essay? ... What's really new about cancel culture? ... On the purported bigotry of Maria Farmer, a prominent victim of Jeffrey Epstein ... Mickey wishes Ghislaine well ... Reasons to doubt "horseshoe theory," where the Trumpist right teams up with the left ... Remembering Michael Brooks, who died this week at 36 ... The liberal conspiracy theory that Trump is poised to impose martial law ... Aleister Crowley, Walter Duranty, and the Parrot Room ...

David's new book, On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It ... The tension at the heart of dehumanization ... David: Genocides are moralistic ... The essential role of psychological essentialism ... Dehumanization in American politics ... When David received death threats after critiquing Jordan Peterson ... The "Great Chain of Being" and our complex conception of monsters ... Why David doesn't like the term "the banality of evil" ... How to resist dehumanization ...

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Mickey gets epically ratioed for a tweet about cancel culture ... Is it creepy that the Lincoln Project wants to "de-Trumpify" the GOP? ... The problem with data-driven campaigns ... Bob tries to uncancel himself on trans issues ... Bari Weiss and Andrew Sullivan exit their woke publications ... How culpable is Trump for rising Covid deaths? ... The Trump administration’s attack on Fauci ... A smarter way to counter China ... This week's wild Epstein speculation ... Will Israel’s covert attacks on Iran start a war? ... What happens if there's a Supreme Court vacancy before November? ...

Mickey gets epically ratioed for a tweet about cancel culture ... Is it creepy that the Lincoln Project wants to "de-Trumpify" the GOP? ... The problem with data-driven campaigns ... Bob tries to uncancel himself on trans issues ... Bari Weiss and Andrew Sullivan exit their woke publications ... How culpable is Trump for rising Covid deaths? ...

Bari Weiss's very public resignation from the New York Times ... Is the NYT a toxic workplace? ... Why Katie signed the Harper's open letter ... Aryeh: The vagueness of the letter fueled the backlash ... Do we have a cancel culture problem or a Twitter culture problem? ... Katie critiques the counterletter ... The recent failed attempt to cancel Aryeh ... Do online subcultures trend toward toxicity? ...

Buddhism and the military atrocities in Myanmar and Sri Lanka ... The early political history of Buddhism ... Varieties of Buddhist rationales for nonviolence ... The history of war between Southeast Asian nations ... Is warfare antithetical to attaining enlightenment? ... Justifications for non-pacifism ... Meditation and the antiwar mindset ... Foreign policy, anti-China sentiment, and BLM protests ...

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What are persons? ... Why don't we say "my legs went to the store"? ... Actions and intentions ... The case of the robot who voted ... Are addicts in control of their actions? ... The moral culpability of a naughty dog ...

Covid deaths are suddenly rising and a new school year approaches ... Is Trump’s reelection campaign doomed? (And is Steve Bannon part of it?) ... Mickey’s theory about BLM and the future of American cities ... Weighing the consequences of the Harper’s anti-cancel-culture letter ... Bob complains about American journalism (cont’d) ... Who killed Jeffrey Epstein? Discussing an underdiscussed candidate. ...

Covid deaths are suddenly rising and a new school year approaches ... Is Trump’s reelection campaign doomed? (And is Steve Bannon part of it?) ... Mickey’s theory about BLM and the future of American cities ... Weighing the consequences of the Harper’s anti-cancel-culture letter ... Bob complains about American journalism (cont’d) ... Who killed Jeffrey Epstein? Discussing an underdiscussed candidate. ...