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

<p>Robert Wright is President of the Nonzero Foundation, an author and Visiting Professor of Science and Religion at Union Theological Seminary in New York.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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...</p> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p> <p class="p1">Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours at <a href="https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom</span></a> (discount automatically applied)</p> <p class="p1">Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at <a href= "https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM"><span class= "s1">https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM</span></a> (use code MODERNWISDOM)</p> <p class="p1"><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Extra Stuff:</strong></p> <p class="p1">Follow Robert on Substack - <a href= "https://nonzero.substack.com/">https://nonzero.substack.com/</a></p> <p class="p1">Follow Robert on Twitter - <a href= "https://twitter.com/robertwrighter">https://twitter.com/robertwrighter</a> </p> <p class="p1">Buy The Moral Animal - <a href= "https://amzn.to/2Sco8Vd">https://amzn.to/2Sco8Vd</a> </p> <p><a href="https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/">Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity →</a> <a href= "https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/">https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/</a></p> <p>To support me on Patreon (thank you): <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom</