The Joe Walker Podcast

On Ayn Rand, Cooperation, And Successful Societies - David Sloan Wilson

Dec 31, 2020
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
Optimism for 2020
02:16 • 6min
3
Atlas Shrugged: A Novel About Iron Rans
08:07 • 2min
4
The Power of Fiction
10:27 • 4min
5
Evolution Complexity and the Third Way of Entrepreneurship
14:31 • 3min
6
The Nordic Model of Governance
17:40 • 4min
7
The Third Way and the Problems With Central Planning
22:01 • 4min
8
Atlas Shrugged: A Novel of the Future Based on Science
26:01 • 5min
9
The Science Behind Atlas Hug
30:36 • 5min
10
Atlas Harg: A Quest for Truth
35:10 • 1min
11
The Appeal of Empiricism for Rand
36:37 • 6min
12
The Rise and Fall of John Galt III
42:29 • 5min
13
The Pleasurable Process of Writing Fiction
47:00 • 4min
14
Atlas Hogg: The Evolution of Objectivism
50:31 • 4min
15
The Importance of High Agency in Atlas Shrugged
54:32 • 4min
16
Brian Boyd's Best Qualities as a Proofreader
58:19 • 3min
17
The Fast Runner
01:00:49 • 5min
18
The Evolution of Virtue
01:05:26 • 3min
19
The Critique of Biochemical Group Selection
01:08:20 • 4min
20
The Nature of Variation
01:12:34 • 4min
21
The Importance of Cultural Evolution
01:16:23 • 6min
22
The Secret of Our Success by Joe Henrik
01:21:56 • 2min
23
The Inverse Correlation of Inequality and Cooperation
01:24:23 • 4min
24
The Role of Reputation in World Cooperation
01:28:20 • 3min
25
The Rise and Fall of the Elite
01:30:53 • 3min
26
The Importance of a Primary Social Identity
01:34:13 • 4min
27
The Silver Lining of the Pandemic
01:38:31 • 2min
28
The Evolution of Group Selection
01:40:15 • 3min
29
The Misguidedness of Kin Selection
01:43:36 • 5min
30
The Importance of Constructive Disagreement in Science
01:48:26 • 2min
31
The Year of the Pandemic
01:50:00 • 4min
32
How to Be a Better Communicator in 2021
01:53:56 • 6min