Conversations with Tyler

Larissa MacFarquhar on Getting Inside Someone's Head

Jan 16, 2019
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The Hostility Toward Extreme Altruists
02:28 • 2min
3
The Pathogenesis of Altruism
04:09 • 3min
4
The Moral Luck Concept of Extreme Altruism
06:53 • 3min
5
The Importance of Motives in Political Action
10:02 • 2min
6
The Importance of Empathy
11:37 • 4min
7
The Importance of Heroism in Genre Fiction
15:40 • 3min
8
The Complexity of Dementia
18:38 • 4min
9
The Purpose of Adherence to Truth
22:29 • 2min
10
The Roots of Complacency
24:44 • 3min
11
The Malign Effects of Technology
27:25 • 2min
12
Hillary Mantle's Profile on Altruism
29:21 • 2min
13
The Moral Equivalent of War
31:17 • 2min
14
How to Interview a Person
33:41 • 5min
15
The Dangers of Describing People's Looks
38:53 • 2min
16
Kenneth Tynan: Overrated or Underrated?
40:27 • 2min
17
The DSM Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders
42:20 • 1min
18
The Importance of Diagnosis
43:50 • 3min
19
Why People Leave American Small Towns
47:17 • 5min
20
The Underrated Factor That Induces People to Stay Instead of Leave
52:11 • 2min
21
The Resistance to Altruism
54:00 • 2min
22
The Larissa McFarker Production Function
55:51 • 2min
23
The Importance of Writing Every Day
58:01 • 2min