#299 — Steps in the Right Direction

Sam Harris speaks with Russ Roberts about decision-making and the
nature of moral progress. They discuss the shortcomings of
economics as a science, the power of books, the difference
between "wild" and "tame" problems, Darwin’s embarrassing
thoughts about the value of marriage, the utility of decision of
analysis, incommensurate goods, free riding, counterfactuals, how
the decisions we make change us, the difficulty of predicting
future experience, changing moral norms, Effective Altruism, free
speech, whether we are making moral progress, social media, truth
vs comfort, problems with consequentialism, rule-based
consequentialism, free will, meditation, and other topics.


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