An assortment of topics looking forward to 2025.

Timestamps:

00:00 Truth is indispensable

04:06 The “search for truth” is error correction

08:11 Remarks on selflessness and personhood. How can we square the two?

09:14 Decisions and free will and creativity

10:46 Truth and the two senses of “believe”.

13:30 Belief, epistemology and psychology

17:16 “Popperian” knowing.

18:07 Newtonian Gravity I

23:53 Why GR and QM do not mesh.

26:57 Newtonian Gravity II

27:43 Knowledge is…

29:11 Knowledge creation, reason, rationality and reality.

31:11 Reason, Creativity, Fun and Flow States

36:13 Learning is knowledge creation

39:06 Selfishness and having fun

42:53 Fun, innovation, wealth and value

43:51 Wealthy people create value

48:17 Creativity, Wealth and energy

52:27 Optimism about 2025

139 - Forgiveness, what is that?