Podcast version: But it’s also true that people around the world still feel a powerful drive to help others, like they always have. Altruism appears to be innate, and is also a primary value of widely varying cultures, religions, and philosophies. There are all kinds of reasons to despair of humanity these days. The most selfish, destructive, and outright cruel … [Read more...] about Luke Freeman of Giving What We Can
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Here’s What Cynics Get Wrong About Politics
Listen to this episode on any podcast app, or watch it at YouTube: There are lots of reasons to be cynical about the crisis in our politics. The trouble is, one of the biggest causes of that crisis is cynicism itself. We should always be skeptical about politics. People aren’t angels, as James Madison reminded us. But skepticism involves checking to find out what’s … [Read more...] about Here’s What Cynics Get Wrong About Politics
A Hollow Man Vacates the Chair & Other Leadership Lessons, Cautionary & Otherwise, with Kevin Lewis & Zach Friend
Something new this episode: our first video podcast is up at YouTube. You can also listen as always on any podcast app. If you like the video version, please give it a thumbs up and/or click to subscribe. The format’s different this time too: more of a conversation than an interview, with two of my favorite people from the worlds of politics and communications, Kevin … [Read more...] about A Hollow Man Vacates the Chair & Other Leadership Lessons, Cautionary & Otherwise, with Kevin Lewis & Zach Friend
Meta/Obama/DOJ Vet Kevin Lewis on AI
If you want to know more about the risks and rewards of artificial intelligence, you could hardly do better than to consult with someone who’s been a senior communications advisor for Facebook, lately known as Meta, the US Department of Justice, and a President of the United States. And that’s what I did for this episode. Kevin Lewis was the post-presidency spokesman for … [Read more...] about Meta/Obama/DOJ Vet Kevin Lewis on AI
Katie Davis: What We Really Know About Kids & Tech
If you have children in your family, you’re probably worried about what technology might be doing to them. And maybe, mixed in with the worry, there’s some hope about what tech might do for them. But it can be hard to hang onto that hope if you’re paying any attention to the news. It’s full of stories of rising rates of anxiety, depression, suicide, and other frightening … [Read more...] about Katie Davis: What We Really Know About Kids & Tech