Robert Wright and I meet every two weeks or so to discuss the issues of the day. This is a joint production of Small Potatoes and Bob’s Non-Zero Podcast. Here’s the most recent meeting.
0:00 Is Kanye’s new song really pro-Hitler?
12:07 How free should free speech be?
16:25 Substack economics
23:35 Welcome to Sam Altman’s orb
30:01 Can higher education survive AI?
40:55 Did Carney tame Trump?
44:11 Good and bad signs from Trump 2.0
48:43 Heading to Overtime
Paid subscribers get the overtime segment, which includes:
0:00 Trump’s enduringly weird brain
12:50 Bob attacks Paul’s friends
19:10 What was White Lotus really about?
22:44 Waking Life, psychedelics, and the downside of infinite love
26:16 Has AI killed the cartooning star?
34:20 AI awareness—situational and otherwise
They also get a special discount offer to Bob’s podcast/newsletter.
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