S12 EP48: Stop me if you've heard this one before

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I basically told my wife, like, let's not have any more kids. It's too uncertain. I don't think they'll ever join the workforce.

Daniel Kokotajlo

OpenAI Whistleblower FINALLY Speaks: “A…

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There is I'm forgetting the term off the top of my head, but it's something like Doom Loop or something that a lot of Gen Z is getting into, where mostly because of the information out there and the algorithms they find themselves in, they think everything's gonna be so bad forever. Why not just spend the money?

Caleb Hammer

Why Everyone Is Drowning In Debt (and h…

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It's a very strange sort of a recursive system. It's this self reinforcing mechanism that if you have negative information about the economy and about the quality of life for young people and about how hard you've got it and the fact that it's never gonna get better, that encourages people to behave in a way that makes the thing true.

Chris Williamson

Why Everyone Is Drowning In Debt (and h…

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This is the most important thing happening in our lifetimes, probably in all of history, in fact, and it's very important that it go well.

Daniel Kokotajlo

OpenAI Whistleblower FINALLY Speaks: “A…

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If we have a whole system where people feel shameful to even bring up their close friends, their family, or even their therapist, that they're in a bad financial situation, they're not going to get that emotional support, they're not going to get that encouragement that they actually need to change.

Caleb Hammer

Why Everyone Is Drowning In Debt (and h…

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It really seems like we're on a pretty scary path, and the more you think about it, the more worried you get. And, you know, in stories, it always ends well, but this is real life.

Daniel Kokotajlo

OpenAI Whistleblower FINALLY Speaks: “A…

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We think that at a high level, people need to have money, and also people need to have power.

Daniel Kokotajlo

OpenAI Whistleblower FINALLY Speaks: “A…

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Eleanor Roosevelt, every night when she went to bed, she had this prayer where she said, I wanna see the simple beauties all around me and be aware of the hidden loveliness of people that they ordinarily hide.

Dacher Keltner

Find Your Purpose & Live a Meaningful L…

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The Dalai Lama said, Kindness is a basic state of human nature.

Dacher Keltner

Find Your Purpose & Live a Meaningful L…

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