Episode 4: Jordan Bates and Jonathan Toniolo Discuss Trauma, Existential Risk, and Mass Flourishing by Jordan Batesद्वारा Jordan Bates

In this spontaneous and semi-drunken rant, I discuss some of the things that are on my mind: how much I fucking love life, why the world is so crazy and awesome, why it sucks that there are still a lot of impoverished people, why we should try to eliminate poverty, and more. I mention Vinay Gupta, the hexayurt, Riane Eisler, Effective Altruism, Giv…

I mention in the intro that this is a Reggie-Watts-esque freestyle. I might have mentioned that it was *not* particularly inspired by Reggie Watts, unless that inspiration was unconscious. I was literally just sitting in my cabin in Canada one night and had the urge to spill some kind of a cappella freestyle thing, and so I started recording and th…

This first episode of the 'JORDAN BATES DOESN'T KNOW SHIT' podcast shares a dialogue between myself and Chris Johnson, one of the most brilliant humans I've met and one of my best friends. We talk about immortality, big data, why we're all fucked, mental models, Facebook, how modern language and media are insufficient, and more.I should add that at…