Are People Becoming Less Moral? - Alex O'Connor - #729

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01/08/24

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98m

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Alex O’Connor is a YouTuber, writer and a podcaster.

Grappling with difficult moral questions is a part of human life, but in the age of Wikipedia and ChatGPT, are we now outsourcing our morality? Are people becoming less moral over time?

Expect to learn why Peter Hitchens really does not like Alex, whether ChatGPT can be convinced of the existence of God, what the non-identity problem is, if Nihilism will make a comeback, the impact of the debate around free will, how much we can trust the historical accuracy of the bible and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (00:18) The Peter Hitchens Incident (08:11) Alex’s Experience Debating Ben Shapiro (17:00) Has Philosophy Revealed Anything Impactful Recently? (29:40) What Everyone Needs to Know About Ethics (38:07) Making Nihilism Great Again (47:38) Why People Hate Talking About Free Will (54:34) The Sexy Paradox (1:07:49) The Fine-Tuned Universe Argument (1:12:36) Was Jesus’ Resurrection Historically Accurate? (1:20:07) Why Philosophers Go Mad (1:26:50) Is Society Experiencing Mass Cope? (1:38:01) What’s Next for Alex?

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January 6, 2024

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Gregory Clark is a Professor of Economics at the University of California, Davis, researcher and an author.

Everyone has a dream of making a better life for their family. But fascinating new research suggests that your social status is heavily predetermined by your genetics, and that your descendants escaping the position they've always been in is very unlikely.

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January 11, 2024

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Mike Thurston is a podcaster, YouTuber and a fitness model.

Me and Mike went to university together 15 years ago. And yet in 2024 many of the problems we encountered back then have gotten even worse. Why is a lack of confidence, overly comparative mindsets and body dysmorphia so persistent and how do we go about fixing it?

Expect to learn why male body dysmorphia is on track to overtake female body dysmorphia, what Mike's relationship with social media looks like right now, where you actually gain confidence from, whether being super highly followed on the internet makes you more or less self-assured, how your priorities should change as you get older, Mike’s thoughts on Sam Sulek and much more...

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