Minds Almost Meeting

'Inadequate Equilibria'

Jul 17, 2022

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A Broken World Is One Where the System Is Broken

02:01

How Much Performance Have We Gone From Rationality Right?

02:53

How to Burn the System Down and Have a New System

01:54

Introduction

2min

How Do Financial Markets Work?

2min

The World Isn't Broken

2min

The Second Part of the Book

2min

You Can't Foresee to Defend

3min

The Key Point About Agreeing to Disagree

2min

Difference of Opposition or Common Knowledge of It

2min

The Broken World and the Signs Are Wrong

3min

Is It Verbal Argumentation or a Difference of Opinion?

2min

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Is There a Difference of Opinion in the World?

2min

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A Broken World Is One Where the System Is Broken

2min

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Do You Think the Medical Establishment Is Wrong 20 Percent of the Time?

3min

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You Know When You're Dealing With a Major Calamity in Your Life You Shouldn't Trust the Authorities

2min

14.

Are You Over Confident or Under Confident?

3min

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The Imperfections Are Rather Sticky

2min

16.

The Quest for Status Is a Big Problem Right

4min

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How to Burn the System Down and Have a New System

2min

18.

The Over to the Window

2min

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The Overton Window Obstacle

3min

20.

How Much Performance Have We Gone From Rationality Right?

3min

21.

How to Agree to Disagree

2min

22.

Are You Sleeping Right Now?

2min

23.

I'm Not a Believer in Intervention but I'd Be Skeptical About It.

2min

24.

Do You Think Vaccines Make You Less Like the Rest of the World?

2min

25.

Is There Mutual Awareness With the Vaccine Case?

2min

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Argumentation Is a Dynamic Process of Disagreement

3min

27.

Is It Rational for Me to Defend With You Um?

3min

28.

You're Defying the Systemic Policeman

3min

View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/inadequate-equilibria

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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