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Robert Wright is President of the Nonzero Foundation an author and Visiting Professor of Science and Religion at Union Theological Seminary in New York.

Bob's book The Moral Animal has changed my thinking more than pretty much any other over the last few years so naturally I wanted to bring him on to discuss whether aliens are real and how we can avoid existential risks.

For real though expect to learn the role that evolutionary psychology plays in mindfulness practice why Bob thinks that aliens are probably enlightened how global coordination can be improved by everyone meditating whether we're doomed for civilisational collapse and much more...

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#338 - Robert Wright - Psychology Aliens & Averting The Apocalypse

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