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Robert Wright (born January 15, 1957) is an American journalist, scholar, and prize-winning author of best-selling books about science, evolutionary psychology, history, religion, and game theory, including The Evolution of God, Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, The Moral Animal, and Three Scientists and Their Gods: Looking for Meaning in an Age of Information. He is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Bloggingheads.tv. He is a Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, a think tank that has been described as radical centrist in orientation. Additionally, Wright teaches an undergraduate seminar at Princeton University on the connections between modern cognitive science and Buddhism, in addition to an online course on the same subject.
Wright was born in Lawton, Oklahoma to a Southern Baptist family and raised in (among other places) San Francisco. A self-described "Army brat", Wright attended Texas Christian University for a year in the late 1970s, before transferring to Princeton University to study Sociobiology, which was a precursor to Evolutionary Psychology. His professors at college included author John McPhee, whose style influenced Wright's first book, Three Scientists and Their Gods: Looking for Meaning in an Age of Information.
Actors: Tim Rogers (director), Christopher Zydowicz (miscellaneous crew), Christopher Zydowicz (actor), David Burke (actor), David Burke (writer), Jack Buttram (actor), Laura Stevenson (editor), Mary Anderson (miscellaneous crew), Edward Panosian (actor), Philip Neves (miscellaneous crew), Becka Rebert (actress), Peter Scheibner (miscellaneous crew), Sarah Berry (miscellaneous crew), Michael Ferrari (miscellaneous crew), Darren Lawson (producer),
Plot: There comes a time when every young man must sever the ties of home to seek his way in the world. For 17-year-old Will Wright, the point of departure comes with the crack of a bat as he makes the cut at Newton Mill. But it's not going to be an easy road. During the late 1920s in South Carolina, "town folk" rarely set foot on "mill hill." Young Will has no problem breaking with tradition but his traditionalist father, Ezekiel Wright, explicitly forbids it. Yet Will feels the call to play ball so deep that he leaves home against his father's wishes and becomes the first "townie" ever to play for Newton. Golden dreams of a baseball career seem within his grasp-if only he can catch the eye of a minor league scout at the league championship. First, he has to survive a summer among the roaring, lint-blanketed world of textile spindles and looms. The clash of cultures is obvious from day one when Pike Spangler, "Big Stick" for the Newton Mill Sluggers, goes out of his way to knock Will down a few pegs. But the palpable tensions between mill players and Will fall away when the rookie finally starts swattin' one homer after another- earning a new nick-name: "Iron Will." The team is ready to welcome anyone who can help them win-all except Pike, for whom enmity with the town boy runs deep and personal. After-game celebrations create new tension for Will who was raised in a conventional "tee-totaling" home. The mill team is home to a flow of beer and bootleg whiskey difficult for any player to resist-especially if he wants to be accepted as one of the boys. Will learns the ropes from Chick Spangler-an old pal who has lived in the mill village all his life. Chick has never been to church and sees no problem with drinking-even though it's against the law under Prohibition. Pricked by his conscience, Will fights the temptation to go along with the crowd. His resolve is encouraged by a high-spirited mill girl named Ginnie Douglas. Though not much of a baseball fan at the outset, Ginnie is intrigued by Will's growing popularity among the boys at the mill. Will is intrigued by Ginnie. When she invites the ball players to hear baseball evangelist, Billy Sunday, the meeting proves a turning point in Chick's life. Will hears the call to follow Jesus Christ but remains unmoved. As the dog days of summer approach with league playoffs, Will feels a constant glare from Pike who lost ability to play ball because of an accident. Pike's hatred for Will is fueled when he sees Ginnie's interest flowing so easily toward the townboy. Pike makes up his mind that "Iron Will's" fall from grace will be as dramatic as his meteoric rise. Only one player can be "Big Stick" at Newton, only one will get a crack at the minor leagues and only one man will rise above personal ambition and selfish desire to be the true pride of Newton Mill.
Keywords: 1920s, baseball, christian-film, independent-film, south-carolinaActors: Catherine Cobb (miscellaneous crew), Timothy Brennen (actor), Yutaka Takeuchi (actor), Valerie Grant (miscellaneous crew), Patrick Chavis (miscellaneous crew), Sydney Sweeney (actress), Megan Maclean (costume designer), Shannon McGann (actress), Nodoka Kato (editor), Omar Samad (director), Omar Samad (writer), Manmeet Kuckreja (producer), Gil McDonald (writer),
Genres: Short, Thriller,Actors: Tom London (actor), George Morrell (actor), Roy Bucko (actor), Clem Bevans (actor), George Cleveland (actor), Ralph Bucko (actor), Wade Crosby (actor), Albert Dekker (actor), Steve Clark (actor), Porter Hall (actor), Russell Hicks (actor), Arthur Hohl (actor), Henry Hull (actor), Joseph Crehan (actor), Bill Nestell (actor),
Genres: Western,Watch this conversation on MeaningofLife.tv http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/36325 00:05 Sam Harris, mystic and atheist 10:51 The mystery of consciousness 16:47 Is mysticism more like science than like religion? 22:12 How religion makes progress 29:08 Sam’s case for intolerance 38:31 The root causes of extremism 1:02:16 Religious and secular reasons to do good 1:11:20 Ways religion may be closer to the truth than atheism 1:18:35 A secular approach to death Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero) and Sam Harris (samharris.org, The Waking Up Podcast) Recorded on September 22, 2006
00:00 Sharon’s new book, Real Love 10:53 How lovingkindness meditation works 20:10 What Buddhists mean when they advise against attachment 27:32 The stories that shape our self-perception 37:50 What real love looks like in relationships 47:52 How to cultivate love for strangers 52:29 Loving people you hate Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero) and Sharon Salzberg (SharonSalzberg.com, Real Love) Recorded on May 23, 2017 Join the conversation on MeaningofLife.tv: http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/38646 Subscribe to the MeaningofLife.tv YouTube channel: https://goo.gl/J9BHA4 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MeaningLifeTV Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MeaningofLife.tv/
07:50 Is consciousness everything… 22:21 …and is it the only thing? 27:30 Can you find truth by looking inwards? 34:50 Debating whether physics supports Deepak’s views 43:53 The weirdness of quantum entanglement 48:03 Why skeptics are skeptical of Deepak’s work Watch this conversation on MeaningofLife.tv: http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/38169 Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero), Deepak Chopra (deepakchopra.com, You Are the Universe), Michael Shermer (Skeptic, Scientific American) Recorded on January 10, 2017
1:31 Bob’s NY Times article on evolution and purpose 23:23 Was evolution likely to produce the Internet? 37:52 The counter-entropic role of life 44:32 Is moral progress built into history? 49:56 Social and political dimensions of moral progress 56:34 The psychology of terrorism 65:50 What can we do to fight tribalist impulses? Watch this conversation on MeaningofLife.tv: http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/37822 Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero) and Michael Shermer (Skeptic, Scientific American) Recorded on December 16, 2016
0:24 Dale’s book What Is Buddhist Enlightenment? 9:28 Why is Vipassana getting more press than Zen? 15:35 What is distinctive about Zen? 22:47 Dale’s meditation practice 26:34 Using mindfulness for good—and evil 40:50 A naturalistic conception of karma 50:55 How Buddhism adapts to Western culture Watch this conversation on MeaningofLife.tv: http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/38017 Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero) and Dale Wright (Occidental College, What Is Buddhist Enlightenment?) Recorded on January 6, 2017
⚠️⚠️⚠️ Documentary Matters ⚠️⚠️⚠️ LAWRENCE KRAUSS AND ROBERT WRIGHT 2017 - ON PHYSICS, PHILOSOPHY, AND ‘NEW ATHEISM’ (no ads on)
A conversation with the author of "The Evolution of God."
00:02:08 Meditation as pumping iron 00:08:09 How to reduce useless pain and enrich pleasure 00:21:01 How self-knowledge can lead to altruism 00:37:07 How Shinzen found the Dharma before it was cool 00:43:03 Synthesizing Buddhism and Western science Watch this conversation on MeaningofLife.tv http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/31820 Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero) and Shinzen Young (The Science of Enlightenment, Shinzen.org) Recorded on 07/25/2013
Lawrence Krauss Debates Robert Wright Part 1 Lawrence Krauss debates Robert Wright on science, specifically physics, philosophy and "new atheism" SUBSCRIBE to "Question Everything" https://www.youtube.com/QuestionEverything Date/Place: 2015/New York Lawrence Maxwell Krauss (born 27 May 1954) is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist who is Foundation Professor of the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, and director of its Origins Project. He is known as an advocate of the public understanding of science, of public policy based on sound empirical data, of scientific skepticism and of science education, and works to reduce the influence of what he opines as superstition and religious dogma in popular culture. Krauss is the author of several bests...
http://www.ted.com Author Robert Wright explains "non-zero-sumness," a game-theory term describing how players with linked fortunes tend to cooperate for mutual benefit. This dynamic has guided our biological and cultural evolution, he says -- but our unwillingness to understand one another, as in the clash between the Muslim world and the West, will lead to all of us losing the "game." Once we recognize that life is a non-zero-sum game, in which we all must cooperate to succeed, it will force us to see that moral progress -- a move toward empathy -- is our only hope.
Robert Wright uses evolutionary biology and game theory to explain why we appreciate the Golden Rule ("Do unto others..."), why we sometimes ignore it and why there’s hope that, in the near future, we might all have the compassion to follow it. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http:/...
http://www.ted.com Author Robert Wright explains "non-zero-sumness," a game-theory term describing how players with linked fortunes tend to cooperate for mutual benefit. This dynamic has guided our biological and cultural evolution, he says -- but our unwillingness to understand one another, as in the clash between the Muslim world and the West, will lead to all of us losing the "game." Once we recognize that life is a non-zero-sum game, in which we all must cooperate to succeed, it will force us to see that moral progress -- a move toward empathy -- is our only hope.
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. A unique perspective on the role of boys and men in society. Robert is a Social Worker and Sociologist with broad experience in direct practice, administration and education. Since 1989 he has been a practicing social worker who has maintained a small private practice. In addition he has served in notable roles over the same period of time: as Race Relations Coordinator of the former Dartmouth District School Board; a Correctional Mental Health Specialist at the Washington State Penitentiary; the Executive Director of Family & Children’s Services of Cumberland County; and as the Executive Director of Nova Scotia’s Child and Youth Strategy. Over the years, Robert has practiced, supervised, consulted, ...
00:00:25 Natural selection doesn’t build brains to see the truth 00:10:31 How perception is like a graphical computer interface 00:24:29 Don's theory: It’s consciousness all the way down 00:35:39 Is there a chicken-and-egg problem with this theory? 00:51:16 Don describes his consciousness formula, sans math (phew) 01:04:58 With this theory, life is more interesting—and painful Watch this conversation on MeaningofLife.tv http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/32997 Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero) and Donald Hoffman (University of California, Irvine) Recorded on 12/09/2015
Bob Wright, M.A.T. is the Director of Education at Hilton Head Health, a residential weight loss retreat. His goal is to provide Guests with the knowledge needed to make informed decisions on personal health habits. His expertise includes nutrition, weight loss management and disease prevention. Bob has been educating Guests at Hilton Head Health for over 30 years and holds a Master's degree in Health Education from the University of South Carolina. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently org...
Journalist Robert Wright visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book, "The Evolution of God." This event took place on June 8, 2009, as part of the Authors@Google series.
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Former Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Robert D. Gaylor was adviser to Secretary of the Air Force John C. Stetson and Chiefs of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David C. Jones and Gen. Lew Allen Jr. on matters concerning welfare, effective utilization and progress of the enlisted members of the Air Force. He was the fifth chief master sergeant appointed to this ultimate noncommissioned officer position. In 2006, the NCO academy at Lackland AFB was named the Robert D. Gaylor NCO Academy in his honor. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organize...
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Liz realised that she spent a lot of time, money and resources buying and maintaining ‘stuff’. So, she set herself the challenge to get rid of 1,000 things from her life in an attempt to live more simply and in a home she had designed. This talk, at the end of her challenge shows us the impact it has had on her. Being the archetypal ‘good girl’, Liz spent the first thirty years of her life working hard, playing the game and climbing the corporate ladder. One day the realisation hit her that she liked neither the view above nor below her on that ladder and she started to make steps to design the life she wanted, not the one that others told her she should want. Liz realised that much of her life was...
Dr Robert Lefever changes our perception on addictions and shares his method of treating addictions. Dr Robert Lefever founded the first NHS group practice in the South Kensington area, one of the first private diagnostic centres in London and possibly the first rehab in the world to treat all addictions non-medicinally. He is regarded as the pioneer of modern addiction treatment methods in rehab centres in the UK. In the last 26 years he has worked with thousands of inpatients suffering from various forms of addictive and compulsive behaviour as well as stress and depression. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx
http://www.ted.com Author Robert Wright explains "non-zero-sumness," a game-theory term describing how players with linked fortunes tend to cooperate for mutual benefit. This dynamic has guided our biological and cultural evolution, he says -- but our unwillingness to understand one another, as in the clash between the Muslim world and the West, will lead to all of us losing the "game." Once we recognize that life is a non-zero-sum game, in which we all must cooperate to succeed, it will force us to see that moral progress -- a move toward empathy -- is our only hope.
December 9. 2009. Christopher Hitchens (Vanity Fair, Slate, God Is Not Great) and Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero) discussing religion on Bloggingheads. Credit to Bloggingheads.tv: http://bloggingheads.tv/videos/2381
Where is humankind heading? Toward the Shangri-la envisioned by techno-utopians? Toward something closer to the apocalypse? And does our knowledge of human history help answer such questions? Acclaimed political scientist Francis Fukuyama, author of The End of History and the Last Man, and Robert Wright, author of Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, come together to consider the shape of things to come—and to ponder the question of whether the direction of history to date suggests that there may in some sense be a larger purpose unfolding on this planet through the workings of nature, including human nature. Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero) and Francis Fukuyama (Stanford University) 10:44 Revisiting Frank’s “End of History” thesis 11:49 Trump, China, and ...
00:11 Paul’s brand new book, Against Empathy 05:51 The damage empathy can do 13:01 The difference between empathy and compassion 25:18 Why our moral intuitions aren’t so moral 29:44 Are low empathy people more likely to hurt others? 43:52 Empathy as moral jet fuel 51:23 The costs and benefits of feeling other people’s pain Watch this conversation on MeaningofLife.tv: http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/37456 Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero) and Paul Bloom (Yale University, Against Empathy, Just Babies) Recorded on November 30, 2016
00:03:23 Three varieties of suffering 00:13:32 Western misconceptions about Buddhism 00:20:34 Are emotions real? 00:31:01 Does the self exist? 00:58:05 Who you callin’ an enlightened vegetable? 01:02:33 Goodness, righteousness, and truth Watch this conversation on MeaningofLife.tv http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/31634 Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero) and Bhikkhu Bodhi (Bodhi Monastery) Recorded on 01/02/2014
00:00:25 Natural selection doesn’t build brains to see the truth 00:10:31 How perception is like a graphical computer interface 00:24:29 Don's theory: It’s consciousness all the way down 00:35:39 Is there a chicken-and-egg problem with this theory? 00:51:16 Don describes his consciousness formula, sans math (phew) 01:04:58 With this theory, life is more interesting—and painful Watch this conversation on MeaningofLife.tv http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/32997 Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero) and Donald Hoffman (University of California, Irvine) Recorded on 12/09/2015
Robert Wright uses evolutionary biology and game theory to explain why we appreciate the Golden Rule ("Do unto others..."), why we sometimes ignore it and why there’s hope that, in the near future, we might all have the compassion to follow it. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http:/...
Christopher Hitchens - Discussing religion with Robert Wright (Full) December 9. 2009. Christopher Hitchens (Vanity Fair, Slate, God Is Not Great) and Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero) discussing religion on Bloggingheads. CNN Professor "Richard Dawkins" "Bill Maher" Bill Darwin Religion god jesus alah athiest "Charles Darwin" Real Creationism Muslim Intelligent Debate atheist atheists Atheism Debate music Creationism Dawkins vote religious Christian theist Buddhism Jew Mohamed Buda Allah Hinduism Hindu Truth Religion Logic Jesus God is dead Judaism Darwin Proof Theory Reason "Charles Darwin" thethinkingatheist AronRa Bible The Biggest Fail Ever Design Truth Morgan Freeman Ali G evolution,bill maher,atheist,dawkins,hitchens,neil degrasse tyson,christopher...
http://www.HistoryBookMix.com This is the summary of Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny by Robert Wright.
1:31 Bob’s NY Times article on evolution and purpose 23:23 Was evolution likely to produce the Internet? 37:52 The counter-entropic role of life 44:32 Is moral progress built into history? 49:56 Social and political dimensions of moral progress 56:34 The psychology of terrorism 65:50 What can we do to fight tribalist impulses? Watch this conversation on MeaningofLife.tv: http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/37822 Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero) and Michael Shermer (Skeptic, Scientific American) Recorded on December 16, 2016
Very interesting debate about God, evolution, free will, consciousness and death. Daniel Clement Dennett is a prominent American philosopher whose research centers on philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science. He is currently the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. Dennett is also a noted atheist and advocate of the Brights movement. Robert Wright is an American journalist, scholar, and prize-winning author of best-selling books about science, evolutionary psychology, history, religion, and game theory, including Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, The Moral Animal, and Three Scientists and Their Go...
A conversation with the author of "The Evolution of God."
00:03:23 Three varieties of suffering 00:13:32 Western misconceptions about Buddhism 00:20:34 Are emotions real? 00:31:01 Does the self exist? 00:58:05 Who you callin’ an enlightened vegetable? 01:02:33 Goodness, righteousness, and truth Watch this conversation on MeaningofLife.tv http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/31634 Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero) and Bhikkhu Bodhi (Bodhi Monastery) Recorded on 01/02/2014
Watch this conversation on MeaningofLife.tv http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/36325 00:05 Sam Harris, mystic and atheist 10:51 The mystery of consciousness 16:47 Is mysticism more like science than like religion? 22:12 How religion makes progress 29:08 Sam’s case for intolerance 38:31 The root causes of extremism 1:02:16 Religious and secular reasons to do good 1:11:20 Ways religion may be closer to the truth than atheism 1:18:35 A secular approach to death Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero) and Sam Harris (samharris.org, The Waking Up Podcast) Recorded on September 22, 2006
Author Robert Wright explains the concept of evolutionary psychology which is the topic of his book, "The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are."
00:00:25 Natural selection doesn’t build brains to see the truth 00:10:31 How perception is like a graphical computer interface 00:24:29 Don's theory: It’s consciousness all the way down 00:35:39 Is there a chicken-and-egg problem with this theory? 00:51:16 Don describes his consciousness formula, sans math (phew) 01:04:58 With this theory, life is more interesting—and painful Watch this conversation on MeaningofLife.tv http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/32997 Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero) and Donald Hoffman (University of California, Irvine) Recorded on 12/09/2015
00:00:21 Gary describes happiness beyond thought 00:12:39 Life without anger and lust 00:21:23 Why has Gary meditated so much for so long? 00:25:57 Buddhist teachings on suffering and selfhood 00:34:50 Explaining the experience of no-thought 00:39:33 Does Buddhism lead to nihilism? Watch this conversation on MeaningofLife.tv http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/31355 Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero) and Gary Weber (Happiness Beyond Thought) Recorded on 12/31/2012
Very interesting debate about God, evolution, free will, consciousness and death. Daniel Clement Dennett is a prominent American philosopher whose research centers on philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science. He is currently the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. Dennett is also a noted atheist and advocate of the Brights movement. Robert Wright is an American journalist, scholar, and prize-winning author of best-selling books about science, evolutionary psychology, history, religion, and game theory, including Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, The Moral Animal, and Three Scientists and Their ...
Very interesting debate about God, evolution, free will, consciousness and death. Daniel Clement Dennett is a prominent American philosopher whose research centers on philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science. He is currently the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. Dennett is also a noted atheist and advocate of the Brights movement. Robert Wright is an American journalist, scholar, and prize-winning author of best-selling books about science, evolutionary psychology, history, religion, and game theory, including Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, The Moral Animal, and Three Scientists and Their ...
⚠️⚠️⚠️ Documentary Matters ⚠️⚠️⚠️ LAWRENCE KRAUSS AND ROBERT WRIGHT 2017 - ON PHYSICS, PHILOSOPHY, AND ‘NEW ATHEISM’ (no ads on)
Very interesting debate about God, evolution, free will, consciousness and death. Daniel Clement Dennett is a prominent American philosopher whose research centers on philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science. He is currently the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. Dennett is also a noted atheist and advocate of the Brights movement. Robert Wright is an American journalist, scholar, and prize-winning author of best-selling books about science, evolutionary psychology, history, religion, and game theory, including Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, The Moral Animal, and Three Scientists and Their Go...
Very interesting debate about God, evolution, free will, consciousness and death. Daniel Clement Dennett is a prominent American philosopher whose research centers on philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science. He is currently the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. Dennett is also a noted atheist and advocate of the Brights movement. Robert Wright is an American journalist, scholar, and prize-winning author of best-selling books about science, evolutionary psychology, history, religion, and game theory, including Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, The Moral Animal, and Three Scientists and Their ...
Robert Wright interviews Daniel Dennett (4 of 8) Very interesting debate about God, evolution, free will, consciousness and death. Daniel Clement Dennett is a prominent American philosopher whose research centers on philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science. He is currently the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. Dennett is also a noted atheist and advocate of the Brights movement. Robert Wright is an American journalist, scholar, and prize-winning author of best-selling books about science, evolutionary psychology, history, religion, and game theory, including Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny,...
Christopher Hitchens Debates Robert Wright: Terrorism, Foreign Policy & Religion Part 1 Christopher Hitchens Debates Robert Wright: Terrorism, Foreign Policy & Religion Part 1 SUBSCRIBE to "Question Everything" Visit "Bloggingheads.tv" Date: 2009 Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was an Anglo-American author, columnist, essayist, orator, religious and literary critic, social critic, and journalist. He contributed to New Statesman, The Nation, The Atlantic, London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, Slate, and Vanity Fair. Hitchens was the author, co-author, editor or co-editor of over 30 books, including five collections of essays, on a range of subjects, including politics, literature, and religion. A staple of talk shows and lecture circuits, h...
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Very interesting debate about God, evolution, free will, consciousness and death. Daniel Clement Dennett is a prominent American philosopher whose research centers on philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science. He is currently the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. Dennett is also a noted atheist and advocate of the Brights movement. Robert Wright is an American journalist, scholar, and prize-winning author of best-selling books about science, evolutionary psychology, history, religion, and game theory, including Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, The Moral Animal, and Three Scientists and Their ...
Bhikkhu Bodhi, a Buddhist scholar, speaks about emotions within Buddhist path. He breaks the common delusion that enlightened Buddhist is and "unemotional vegetable". The short interview is provided by the journalist Robert Wright in his course "Buddhism and Modern Psychology".
Very interesting debate about God, evolution, free will, consciousness and death. Daniel Clement Dennett is a prominent American philosopher whose research centers on philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science. He is currently the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. Dennett is also a noted atheist and advocate of the Brights movement. Robert Wright is an American journalist, scholar, and prize-winning author of best-selling books about science, evolutionary psychology, history, religion, and game theory, including Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, The Moral Animal, and Three Scientists and Their ...
Musician Max Weinberg, Rolling Stone editor Anthony DeCurtis, and journalist Robert Santelli talk about the way Bruce Springsteen has changed and developed as an artist. »»﴿───► See more on the Musicians Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsOd2Va0fMmoyDwyqbf4Eqf_c8ZUQTdZi
Very interesting debate about God, evolution, free will, consciousness and death. Daniel Clement Dennett is a prominent American philosopher whose research centers on philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science. He is currently the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. Dennett is also a noted atheist and advocate of the Brights movement. Robert Wright is an American journalist, scholar, and prize-winning author of best-selling books about science, evolutionary psychology, history, religion, and game theory, including Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, The Moral Animal, and Three Scientists and Their ...
Watch this conversation on MeaningofLife.tv http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/36325 00:05 Sam Harris, mystic and atheist 10:51 The mystery of consciousness 16:47 Is mysticism more like science than like religion? 22:12 How religion makes progress 29:08 Sam’s case for intolerance 38:31 The root causes of extremism 1:02:16 Religious and secular reasons to do good 1:11:20 Ways religion may be closer to the truth than atheism 1:18:35 A secular approach to death Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero) and Sam Harris (samharris.org, The Waking Up Podcast) Recorded on September 22, 2006
00:00 Sharon’s new book, Real Love 10:53 How lovingkindness meditation works 20:10 What Buddhists mean when they advise against attachment 27:32 The stories that shape our self-perception 37:50 What real love looks like in relationships 47:52 How to cultivate love for strangers 52:29 Loving people you hate Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero) and Sharon Salzberg (SharonSalzberg.com, Real Love) Recorded on May 23, 2017 Join the conversation on MeaningofLife.tv: http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/38646 Subscribe to the MeaningofLife.tv YouTube channel: https://goo.gl/J9BHA4 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MeaningLifeTV Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MeaningofLife.tv/
07:50 Is consciousness everything… 22:21 …and is it the only thing? 27:30 Can you find truth by looking inwards? 34:50 Debating whether physics supports Deepak’s views 43:53 The weirdness of quantum entanglement 48:03 Why skeptics are skeptical of Deepak’s work Watch this conversation on MeaningofLife.tv: http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/38169 Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero), Deepak Chopra (deepakchopra.com, You Are the Universe), Michael Shermer (Skeptic, Scientific American) Recorded on January 10, 2017
1:31 Bob’s NY Times article on evolution and purpose 23:23 Was evolution likely to produce the Internet? 37:52 The counter-entropic role of life 44:32 Is moral progress built into history? 49:56 Social and political dimensions of moral progress 56:34 The psychology of terrorism 65:50 What can we do to fight tribalist impulses? Watch this conversation on MeaningofLife.tv: http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/37822 Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero) and Michael Shermer (Skeptic, Scientific American) Recorded on December 16, 2016
0:24 Dale’s book What Is Buddhist Enlightenment? 9:28 Why is Vipassana getting more press than Zen? 15:35 What is distinctive about Zen? 22:47 Dale’s meditation practice 26:34 Using mindfulness for good—and evil 40:50 A naturalistic conception of karma 50:55 How Buddhism adapts to Western culture Watch this conversation on MeaningofLife.tv: http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/38017 Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero) and Dale Wright (Occidental College, What Is Buddhist Enlightenment?) Recorded on January 6, 2017
⚠️⚠️⚠️ Documentary Matters ⚠️⚠️⚠️ LAWRENCE KRAUSS AND ROBERT WRIGHT 2017 - ON PHYSICS, PHILOSOPHY, AND ‘NEW ATHEISM’ (no ads on)
A conversation with the author of "The Evolution of God."
00:02:08 Meditation as pumping iron 00:08:09 How to reduce useless pain and enrich pleasure 00:21:01 How self-knowledge can lead to altruism 00:37:07 How Shinzen found the Dharma before it was cool 00:43:03 Synthesizing Buddhism and Western science Watch this conversation on MeaningofLife.tv http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/31820 Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero) and Shinzen Young (The Science of Enlightenment, Shinzen.org) Recorded on 07/25/2013
Lawrence Krauss Debates Robert Wright Part 1 Lawrence Krauss debates Robert Wright on science, specifically physics, philosophy and "new atheism" SUBSCRIBE to "Question Everything" https://www.youtube.com/QuestionEverything Date/Place: 2015/New York Lawrence Maxwell Krauss (born 27 May 1954) is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist who is Foundation Professor of the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, and director of its Origins Project. He is known as an advocate of the public understanding of science, of public policy based on sound empirical data, of scientific skepticism and of science education, and works to reduce the influence of what he opines as superstition and religious dogma in popular culture. Krauss is the author of several bests...
http://www.ted.com Author Robert Wright explains "non-zero-sumness," a game-theory term describing how players with linked fortunes tend to cooperate for mutual benefit. This dynamic has guided our biological and cultural evolution, he says -- but our unwillingness to understand one another, as in the clash between the Muslim world and the West, will lead to all of us losing the "game." Once we recognize that life is a non-zero-sum game, in which we all must cooperate to succeed, it will force us to see that moral progress -- a move toward empathy -- is our only hope.