Minds Almost Meeting

Utopia (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard)

Dec 29, 2022

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Are We Living in Utopian Worlds?

02:45

The Unappealing Nature of Utopian Worlds

02:30

Why Do We Need to Add Sacrifice to Our World?

02:20

Introduction

2min

Is There a Ugly Idea of Utopia?

2min

We're Not the Sort of Creatures Who Can Be Happy With Anything

3min

Is It Possible to Know What You Want?

3min

The Unappealing Nature of Utopian Worlds

2min

We Don't Know What We Want

2min

Utopian Environments Aren't Realistic, Right?

2min

The Struggle Is What We Want

2min

The Problem With This World Is That It's Missing the Struggle

2min

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I Don't Want to Be Happy but I Want to Achieve It

2min

11.

The Problem Isn't That You're Being Meteorized in a Christian Theology

1min

12.

The Sacred Is an Attitude and It's Okay for God to Construct Your World

2min

13.

Is Sacrifice a Crucial Part of the Good?

2min

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Uh, It's Death That Gives Meaning

2min

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Are We Imploded by Our Easy Wins?

2min

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We Earned Through Suffering Good Results

2min

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Why Do We Need to Add Sacrifice to Our World?

2min

18.

The Anti-Republic Repugnant Conclusion

2min

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Are We Living in Utopian Worlds?

3min

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Is There a Utopian Life?

2min

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Planning Versus Adaptation

3min

22.

Is There a Struggle to Motivate You?

2min

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Are You Planning for Long-Term Success?

3min

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What Are the Side Effects of Short-Term Thinking?

2min

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Futurism or Long-Termism?

2min

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Long Termism and Physical Conservatism

3min

27.

The Conservative Argument Is a Kind of Romance

3min

View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/utopia

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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