# Kevin Simler

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The Elephant in the Brain Kevin Simler, Robin Hanson

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E81: Status, Sacred, and Neglected Truths with Robin Hanson

In this episode of Upstream, Erik Torenberg is joined by economist and futurist Robin Hanson.  They dissect the intricacies of human motives, the psychology of status, and the profound impact of self-deception on behavior. Robin shares his revolutionary ideas for reforming academia and his pioneeri…

021 | The Top 19 Ideas from 2019

Bit of a Tangent is back! In this episode, Jared shares the 19 ideas he couldn’t stop thinking about in 2019, whilst Gianluca does two B-grade Joe Rogan impressions. Together, they discuss everything from mechanism design to personal fitness hacks, and throw in some recommendations for superchargin…

021 | The Top 19 Ideas from 2019

Bit of a Tangent is back! In this episode, Jared shares the 19 ideas he couldn’t stop thinking about in 2019, whilst Gianluca does two B-grade Joe Rogan impressions. Together, they discuss everything from mechanism design to personal fitness hacks, and throw in some recommendations for superchargin…

Could the placebo effect be bullshit? (with Literal Banana)

Read the full transcript here. Is the placebo effect bullshit? Are "open-label" placebos just as effective as "closed-label" placebos? How do placebos differ from dummies? Is the placebo effect just a kind of scientific-sounding "woo"? How does social priming differ from word priming? Why is …

Big Ideas with Robin Hanson

Welcome to Ideas Untrapped podcast. In this episode, I talk with economist Robin Hanson. This episode is about an everyday exploration of some of Robin's biggest ideas. We discussed the hidden motives behind our everyday behaviours and how they shape institutions like education, healthcare, and gov…

Ep 37: Robin Hanson & The Elephant in the Brain

Robin Hanson explores a future of robotic human uploads, helps us worry about The Great Filter, gives us strategies for living in a Simulation, and casually points out the Elephant in the Brain. Bio: Robin Hanson is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University and a research as…

390I_Robin Hanson, American economist and author

"Natural selectin is innovation ... that is when new things are invented in biology. The difference with humans is we have culture which makes us able to make innovations much faster." Are you interested in new forms of government? What do you think about betting markets – can they help our governa…

Why Books Matter More In the Age of AI (And How to Read Better) | with Alex Wieckowski

How do you make time to read more books and build a reading habit that lasts in a world full of distractions? Alex Wieckowski, better known online as Alex & Books, has been writing and posting about the importance of reading books to his more than 1 million followers across social media since 2017.…