Minds Almost Meeting

The Intellectual vs. The Social (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)

Dec 21, 2022

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The Risks of Just Talking Ideas

02:09

The Difference Between Passionate Hobbyists and Professional Intellectuals

02:14

Is There a World of Rare People?

03:28

Introduction

4min

You Don't Have to Go to Dinner With Your Friends

2min

How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs

2min

Is There a Dorm Like That?

2min

Are You Good at Socializing?

3min

Are We Most Effective Talking About Ideas When We Can?

3min

What Happens in the Dinner?

5min

The Social Games Have Value and the Intellectual Activity Has Disvalue

2min

The Risks of Just Talking Ideas

2min

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The Difference Between Passionate Hobbyists and Professional Intellectuals

2min

11.

Are You a Professional Philosopher?

2min

12.

The Intersection of the Two Kinds of People

2min

13.

Is There a Deep Chasm Between the Intellectual and the Social?

2min

14.

Getting a Q and a From a Speaker

2min

15.

Is There a Third Category of People Who Don't Interact With Other People?

3min

16.

Is There a World of Rare People?

3min

17.

The Myth of the Pure of Heart Intellectual Nerd

2min

18.

Are You a Nerd or a Non-Nerd?

2min

19.

Are You Interested in a Topic?

2min

20.

The Nerds Are Not as Good at the Social Game

2min

21.

Having an Intellectual Conversation or Social Conversation?

2min

22.

Is There a Sustaining Inquiry?

2min

23.

A Q and a Isn't a Sustained Pursuit, Right?

2min

24.

Is There Really a Deep Tension?

2min

25.

The Problem of Attention Coordination in a Social Environment

3min

26.

The Art of Exaggerating Claims in Politics

2min

27.

Social vs Intellectual - Is That a Stereotype?

2min

28.

The Relationship Between Confrontational and Cooperative Relationships

4min

View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/intellectual-vs-social

Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would they discuss? Would they talk past each other? Make any progress? Would anyone want to hear them? Economist Robin Hanson and philosopher Agnes Callard decided to find out.

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