Is life the culmination of immersive technology? What can science truly establish about this reality? And what kinds of religious questions are raised by the simulation theory?

My friend Behnam Arzaghi and I discuss why the idea of life being a simulation is deeper, older and truer than a contemporary hot topic, as affirmed by Eastern religious myths and psychedelic accounts.

Is beauty a trap, both for the beautiful and those who are pursuing it? Is there a beauty that does not create judgment and misery? Is love only a chemical cocktail? If so, would it be ethical to give a love drug to everyone?

Data scientist Jackie (嘉雯) and I discuss our personal, as well as social perceptions, of death. We share our feelings on death, speculate where they come from, discuss near-death experiences, and how psychedelics influence the anxiety of death.

Data scientist Jackie (嘉雯) and I talk about the nature of reality and consciousness, and the meaning and absurdity of life, in the context of a Humans of New York post.

Young data scientist Jackie (嘉雯) tells us about growing up in China, what drives her in life, sci-fi stories she's read and written, and the time when her heart started beating very loudly all the time.

Pace and I discuss our experiences of different strategies to battle depression and anxiety, such as talk therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, medicine, psychedelics, and meditation.

Pace talks about being the first human diagnosed with a new disease. He describes its causes and effects, and how it shaped him to be raised without any accommodations for it.

What attracts young people to today's thought leaders like Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson? Should we be aware of any blind spots in them?

Pace shares his view that some welfare policies work against their own goal, and we can reimagine how to make welfare actually effective.