PLAY    &lt;h1&gt;EF49 (S2-E10): The Domino Effect: The Momentum of an Unstoppable Future&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;a title="Play Episode" href="#"  onclick="playThisTrack(0,48);return false;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLAY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/scc3q2/ef49-s2e10-the-domino-effect-the-momentum-of-an-unstoppable-future-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3" download target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;DOWNLOAD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Humanity’s relationship to the future is like falling dominoes, where the momentum of the present surges forward to create what’s next. But since our actions enact this cause-effect chain, does this mean the future is knowable? Or do humans not even matter in this cosmic cycle? &lt;a href="https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef49-s2e10-the-domino-effect-the-momentum-of-an-unstoppable-future"&gt; More...&lt;/a&gt; The big question driving episode EF49 is … Is the future unknowable? And do humans even matter? In the year 2045, a physicist named Sam Payne is creating increasingly large black holes on demand using an advanced particle accelerator. At the end of a 30-yr quest to understand the nature of reality and our existence, she is convinced the answer lies on the other side of these dark portals. As she rips through the fabric of space-time of her world, confidence in her plan crumbles as everything she — and the rest of humanity — holds dear edges towards the abyss. Will she meet her maker? And how far is too far in search of the truth? Although the distant future is unknowable, we try to predict, or rather, create, how the future will look. Unlike philosophical theories that deal with the present and the past, futurism benefits far less from current or previous knowledge. A small, influential, tech-obsessed class is focusing the evolutionary trajectory of humanity towards an artificial intelligence-based, transhuman existence. But will this solve our problems and lead to a superior existence, or just exacerbate and reframe our issues into a more high-tech box? And does our obsession of what’s to come blind us of the point of being alive — and being human — in the present?  Into The Rabbit Hole SHOW NOTES: This episode is dedicated to Ray Kurzweil. See the EF49 Show Notes for details of the dedication, inspirations, references, selected quotes and more.  ABOUT THE EVOLVE FASTER PODCAST: Everything is changing, yet the questions that drive us remain the same. Will humanity face the absurdity of our collective existential crisis in time? Join Scott Ely as he takes us deep into the rabbit hole with philosophical tales to reboot your mind, upgrade your life and explore your soul. To Evolve Faster is to see the fact that you will die someday as a formidable challenge, instead of a source of immense fear. Create your reality…before it creates you. Isn’t it time for an upgrade? More episodes… SUBSCRIBE: The Evolve Faster Podcast is written, performed and produced by Scott Ely. Writing and production of each episode of the podcast is a significant undertaking spanning many months—it’s a labor of love, but it needs your help to survive. To help ensure the creation of more episodes, please learn about ways you can support the podcast (register, share, review and subscribe) on the Support Evolve Faster page. Your help is much appreciated. PODCAST |ABOUT | SUBSCRIBE Season One: The journey begins as we embark on 11 episodes on big questions relating to MIND. What is the truth? Can we trust reason? Why do we have emotions? Does happiness define the good? What is identity? What is creativity? (EF1) Trailer: The Evolve Faster Podcast (Extended) Trailer(EF2) Intro: Life is a Near Death Experience: Welcome to The Evolve Faster Podcast(EF3) S1-E1: All Aboard the Experience Machine: Destination…Unknown (Season One, Episode One)(EF4) S1-E2: The Decapitation of Reason: A Skeptic’s Guide (Season One, Episode Two)(EF5) S1-E3: The Truth is Clay in the Hands of a Sculptor (Season One, Episode Three)(EF6) S1-E4: Information Mainlining and the Folly of Modern Wisdom (Season One, Episode Four)(EF7) S1-E5: Sleight of Mind: The Black Magic of Rhetoric (Season One, Episode Five)(EF8) S1-E6: Without a Compass: All Who Sail the Seas of Identity Are Not Lost (Season One, Episode Six)(EF9) S1-E7: I Feel Therefore I am: Capsized by the River Emotion (Season One, Episode Seven)(EF10) S1-E8: The Road to Happiness is Inked in Suffering (Season One, Episode Eight)(EF11) S1-E9: When the Lights Go Out: The Blinding Light of an Artificial Future (Season One, Episode Nine)(EF12) S1-E10: Wired to Fail: Leveling Up in the Game of Life (Season One, Episode Ten)(EF13) S1-E11: The Bloody Fingerprint of Creativity (Season One, Episode Eleven)(EF14) BTP: Behind the Evolve Faster Podcast - 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PLAY <code> &lt;h1&gt;EF49 (S2-E10): The Domino Effect: The Momentum of an Unstoppable Future&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;a title="Play Episode" href="#" onclick="playThisTrack(0,48);return false;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLAY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="<a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/scc3q2/ef49-s2e10-the-domino-effect-the-momentum-of-an-unstoppable-future-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/scc3q2/ef49-s2e10-the-domino-effect-the-momentum-of-an-unstoppable-future-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3</a>" download target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;DOWNLOAD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Humanity’s relationship to the future is like falling dominoes, where the momentum of the present surges forward to create what’s next. But since our actions enact this cause-effect chain, does this mean the future is knowable? Or do humans not even matter in this cosmic cycle? &lt;a href="<a href="https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef49-s2e10-the-domino-effect-the-momentum-of-an-unstoppable-future" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef49-s2e10-the-domino-effect-the-momentum-of-an-unstoppable-future</a>"&gt; More...&lt;/a&gt; </code> The big question driving episode EF49 is … Is the future unknowable? And do humans even matter? In the year 2045, a physicist named Sam Payne is creating increasingly large black holes on demand using an advanced particle accelerator. At the end of a 30-yr quest to understand the nature of reality and our existence, she is convinced the answer lies on the other side of these dark portals. As she rips through the fabric of space-time of her world, confidence in her plan crumbles as everything she — and the rest of humanity — holds dear edges towards the abyss. Will she meet her maker? And how far is too far in search of the truth? Although the distant future is unknowable, we try to predict, or rather, create, how the future will look. Unlike philosophical theories that deal with the present and the past, futurism benefits far less from current or previous knowledge. A small, influential, tech-obsessed class is focusing the evolutionary trajectory of humanity towards an artificial intelligence-based, transhuman existence. But will this solve our problems and lead to a superior existence, or just exacerbate and reframe our issues into a more high-tech box? And does our obsession of what’s to come blind us of the point of being alive — and being human — in the present? <h2>Into The Rabbit Hole</h2> <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef49-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SHOW NOTES</a>: This episode is dedicated to <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/minds/ray-kurzweil/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ray Kurzweil</a>. See the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef49-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EF49 Show Notes</a> for details of the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef49-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dedication</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef49-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">inspirations</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef49-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">references</a>, selected <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef49-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">quotes</a> and more.  <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about-efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ABOUT THE EVOLVE FASTER PODCAST</a>: Everything is changing, yet the questions that drive us remain the same. Will humanity face the absurdity of our collective existential crisis in time? Join <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Ely</a> as he takes us deep into the rabbit hole with philosophical tales to reboot your mind, upgrade your life and explore your soul. To Evolve Faster is to see the fact that you will die someday as a formidable challenge, instead of a source of immense fear. Create your reality…before it creates you. Isn’t it time for an upgrade? <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More episodes…</a> <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SUBSCRIBE</a>: The Evolve Faster Podcast is written, performed and produced by <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Ely</a>. Writing and production of each episode of the podcast is a significant undertaking spanning many months—it’s a labor of love, but it needs your help to survive. To help ensure the creation of more episodes, please learn about ways you can support the podcast (<a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">register</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">share</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">review</a> and <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">subscribe</a>) on the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support Evolve Faster</a> page. Your help is much appreciated. <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PODCAST</a> |<a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about-efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ABOUT</a> | <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SUBSCRIBE</a> <ul><li>Season One: The journey begins as we embark on 11 episodes on big questions relating to MIND. What is the truth? Can we trust reason? Why do we have emotions? Does happiness define the good? What is identity? What is creativity?</li></ul> <ul><li>(EF1) Trailer: The Evolve Faster Podcast (Extended) Trailer</li><li>(EF2) Intro: Life is a Near Death Experience: Welcome to The Evolve Faster Podcast</li><li>(EF3) S1-E1: All Aboard the Experience Machine: Destination…Unknown (Season One, Episode One)</li><li>(EF4) S1-E2: The Decapitation of Reason: A Skeptic’s Guide (Season One, Episode Two)</li><li>(EF5) S1-E3: The Truth is Clay in the Hands of a Sculptor (Season One, Episode Three)</li><li>(EF6) S1-E4: Information Mainlining and the Folly of Modern Wisdom (Season One, Episode Four)</li><li>(EF7) S1-E5: Sleight of Mind: The Black Magic of Rhetoric (Season One, Episode Five)</li><li>(EF8) S1-E6: Without a Compass: All Who Sail the Seas of Identity Are Not Lost (Season One, Episode Six)</li><li>(EF9) S1-E7: I Feel Therefore I am: Capsized by the River Emotion (Season One, Episode Seven)</li><li>(EF10) S1-E8: The Road to Happiness is Inked in Suffering (Season One, Episode Eight)</li><li>(EF11) S1-E9: When the Lights Go Out: The Blinding Light of an Artificial Future (Season One, Episode Nine)</li><li>(EF12) S1-E10: Wired to Fail: Leveling Up in the Game of Life (Season One, Episode Ten)</li><li>(EF13) S1-E11: The Bloody Fingerprint of Creativity (Season One, Episode Eleven)</li><li>(EF14) BTP: Behind the Evolve Faster Podcast - The Making of a Speculative Fiction Meets Philosophical Nonfiction Podcast</li><li>(EF15) AMA: Ask Me Anything: About Scott Ely and Evolving a Philosophy for Life</li><li>(EF16) BTP: On Creative Writing, Video Games and the Future of the Evolve Faster Podcast (About Antonio Rozich)</li><li>(EF17) BTP-EF3: What Am I Supposed To Do Free Will and Other Everyday Problems Behind the Podcast of Episode EF3</li><li>(EF18) AMA-EF3: The Mystical Allure of Converting to Buddhism and Speculating about Quantum Mechanics Ask Me Anything for Episode EF3</li><li>(EF19) BTP-EF4: Head Transplantation and Finding Inspiration for Speculative Fiction - Behind the Podcast 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PLAY    &lt;h1&gt;EF48 (S2-E9): Checkmate: A Child’s Guide to the Good Life&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;a title="Play Episode" href="#"  onclick="playThisTrack(0,47);return false;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLAY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5cyp8j/ef48-s2e9-checkmate-a-childs-guide-to-the-good-life-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3" download target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;DOWNLOAD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Experiencing life through the eyes of a child is to see the world with an intensity and excitement to learn long since lost in most adults. Do the secrets to life fulfillment exist in this simple mindset shift? And would this help define what is a good life? &lt;a href="https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef48-s2e9-checkmate-a-childs-guide-to-the-good-life"&gt; More...&lt;/a&gt; The big question driving episode EF49 is … What is the good life? Sam Payne, a physicist, finally discovers the true origin of the universe after sacrificing most of her life to the endeavor. But the discovery has vast repercussions which shake the foundation of Sam’s sanity. In light of the drastic nature of her existential dread, Sam is unsure how to even define what a good life would look like for her now. She finds a glimpse of hope in the curious, enigmatic mindset of her 5-year-old daughter, Maya. The hope and desire to live a good life is ingrained in every human. But the day you’re born is also the day you start to die, so the quicker you can arrive at some reasonable and attainable definition of the good life for yourself, the more fulfilling your life will be. But in an existence without obvious meaning, and a society heavily focused on meaningless goals like wealth and fame, how can you uncover an answer for yourself to such a simple question? Is it possible the mindset of seeing the world through a child’s eyes could provide critical insight to that which is otherwise concealed by the challenges and distractions of adult life?  Into The Rabbit Hole SHOW NOTES: This episode is dedicated to Nick Bostrom. See the EF48 Show Notes for details of the dedication, inspirations, references, selected quotes and more.  ABOUT THE EVOLVE FASTER PODCAST: Everything is changing, yet the questions that drive us remain the same. Will humanity face the absurdity of our collective existential crisis in time? Join Scott Ely as he takes us deep into the rabbit hole with philosophical tales to reboot your mind, upgrade your life and explore your soul. To Evolve Faster is to see the fact that you will die someday as a formidable challenge, instead of a source of immense fear. Create your reality…before it creates you. Isn’t it time for an upgrade? More episodes… SUBSCRIBE: The Evolve Faster Podcast is written, performed and produced by Scott Ely. Writing and production of each episode of the podcast is a significant undertaking spanning many months—it’s a labor of love, but it needs your help to survive. To help ensure the creation of more episodes, please learn about ways you can support the podcast (register, share, review and subscribe) on the Support Evolve Faster page. Your help is much appreciated. PODCAST |ABOUT | SUBSCRIBE Season One: The journey begins as we embark on 11 episodes on big questions relating to MIND. What is the truth? Can we trust reason? Why do we have emotions? Does happiness define the good? What is identity? What is creativity? (EF1) Trailer: The Evolve Faster Podcast (Extended) Trailer(EF2) Intro: Life is a Near Death Experience: Welcome to The Evolve Faster Podcast(EF3) S1-E1: All Aboard the Experience Machine: Destination…Unknown (Season One, Episode One)(EF4) S1-E2: The Decapitation of Reason: A Skeptic’s Guide (Season One, Episode Two)(EF5) S1-E3: The Truth is Clay in the Hands of a Sculptor (Season One, Episode Three)(EF6) S1-E4: Information Mainlining and the Folly of Modern Wisdom (Season One, Episode Four)(EF7) S1-E5: Sleight of Mind: The Black Magic of Rhetoric (Season One, Episode Five)(EF8) S1-E6: Without a Compass: All Who Sail the Seas of Identity Are Not Lost (Season One, Episode Six)(EF9) S1-E7: I Feel Therefore I am: Capsized by the River Emotion (Season One, Episode Seven)(EF10) S1-E8: The Road to Happiness is Inked in Suffering (Season One, Episode Eight)(EF11) S1-E9: When the Lights Go Out: The Blinding Light of an Artificial Future (Season One, Episode Nine)(EF12) S1-E10: Wired to Fail: Leveling Up in the Game of Life (Season One, Episode Ten)(EF13) S1-E11: The Bloody Fingerprint of Creativity (Season One, Episode Eleven)(EF14) BTP: Behind the Evolve Faster Podcast - The Making of a Speculative Fiction Meets Philosophical Nonfiction Podcast(EF15) AMA: Ask Me Anything: About Scott Ely and Evolving a Philosophy for Life(EF16) BTP: On Creative Writing, Video Games and the Future of the Evolve Faster Podcast (About Antonio Rozich)(EF17) BTP-EF3: What Am I Supposed To Do Free Will and Other Everyday Problems Behind the Podcast of Episode EF3(EF18) AMA-EF3: The Mystical Allure of Converting to Buddhism and Speculating about Quantum Mechanics Ask Me Anything for Episode EF3(EF19) BTP-EF4: Head Transplantation and Finding Inspiration for Speculative Fiction - Behind the Podcast of Episode EF4(EF20) AMA-EF4: The Declining Value of Information and Taking Risks to Determine What is the Truth Ask Me Anything of Episode EF4(EF21) BTP-EF5: Should Lying be Made Illegal and the Importance of Figuring Out Why You Believe What you Believe --Behind the Podcast of Episode EF5(EF22) AMA-EF5: Defeating Fake News and Critical Thinking as the Superpower the World Needs Most Ask Me Anything of Episode EF5(EF23) BTP-EF6: Scaling Mount Wisdom Without Suffocating Under an Avalanche of Ego Behind The Podcast of Episode EF6(EF24) AMA-EF6: Is Less Really More When it Comes to the Pursuit of Wisdom or is Ignorance Bliss - 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PLAY <code> &lt;h1&gt;EF48 (S2-E9): Checkmate: A Child’s Guide to the Good Life&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;a title="Play Episode" href="#" onclick="playThisTrack(0,47);return false;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLAY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="<a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5cyp8j/ef48-s2e9-checkmate-a-childs-guide-to-the-good-life-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5cyp8j/ef48-s2e9-checkmate-a-childs-guide-to-the-good-life-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3</a>" download target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;DOWNLOAD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Experiencing life through the eyes of a child is to see the world with an intensity and excitement to learn long since lost in most adults. Do the secrets to life fulfillment exist in this simple mindset shift? And would this help define what is a good life? &lt;a href="<a href="https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef48-s2e9-checkmate-a-childs-guide-to-the-good-life" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef48-s2e9-checkmate-a-childs-guide-to-the-good-life</a>"&gt; More...&lt;/a&gt; </code> The big question driving episode EF49 is … What is the good life? Sam Payne, a physicist, finally discovers the true origin of the universe after sacrificing most of her life to the endeavor. But the discovery has vast repercussions which shake the foundation of Sam’s sanity. In light of the drastic nature of her existential dread, Sam is unsure how to even define what a good life would look like for her now. She finds a glimpse of hope in the curious, enigmatic mindset of her 5-year-old daughter, Maya. The hope and desire to live a good life is ingrained in every human. But the day you’re born is also the day you start to die, so the quicker you can arrive at some reasonable and attainable definition of the good life for yourself, the more fulfilling your life will be. But in an existence without obvious meaning, and a society heavily focused on meaningless goals like wealth and fame, how can you uncover an answer for yourself to such a simple question? Is it possible the mindset of seeing the world through a child’s eyes could provide critical insight to that which is otherwise concealed by the challenges and distractions of adult life? <h2>Into The Rabbit Hole</h2> <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef48-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SHOW NOTES</a>: This episode is dedicated to <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/minds/nick-bostrom/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nick Bostrom</a>. See the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef48-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EF48 Show Notes</a> for details of the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef48-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dedication</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef48-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">inspirations</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef48-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">references</a>, selected <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef48-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">quotes</a> and more.  <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about-efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ABOUT THE EVOLVE FASTER PODCAST</a>: Everything is changing, yet the questions that drive us remain the same. Will humanity face the absurdity of our collective existential crisis in time? Join <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Ely</a> as he takes us deep into the rabbit hole with philosophical tales to reboot your mind, upgrade your life and explore your soul. To Evolve Faster is to see the fact that you will die someday as a formidable challenge, instead of a source of immense fear. Create your reality…before it creates you. Isn’t it time for an upgrade? <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More episodes…</a> <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SUBSCRIBE</a>: The Evolve Faster Podcast is written, performed and produced by <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Ely</a>. Writing and production of each episode of the podcast is a significant undertaking spanning many months—it’s a labor of love, but it needs your help to survive. To help ensure the creation of more episodes, please learn about ways you can support the podcast (<a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">register</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">share</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">review</a> and <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">subscribe</a>) on the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support Evolve Faster</a> page. Your help is much appreciated. <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PODCAST</a> |<a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about-efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ABOUT</a> | <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SUBSCRIBE</a> <ul><li>Season One: The journey begins as we embark on 11 episodes on big questions relating to MIND. What is the truth? Can we trust reason? Why do we have emotions? Does happiness define the good? What is identity? What is creativity?</li></ul> <ul><li>(EF1) Trailer: The Evolve Faster Podcast (Extended) Trailer</li><li>(EF2) Intro: Life is a Near Death Experience: Welcome to The Evolve Faster Podcast</li><li>(EF3) S1-E1: All Aboard the Experience Machine: Destination…Unknown (Season One, Episode One)</li><li>(EF4) S1-E2: The Decapitation of Reason: A Skeptic’s Guide (Season One, Episode Two)</li><li>(EF5) S1-E3: The Truth is Clay in the Hands of a Sculptor (Season One, Episode Three)</li><li>(EF6) S1-E4: Information Mainlining and the Folly of Modern Wisdom (Season One, Episode Four)</li><li>(EF7) S1-E5: Sleight of Mind: The Black Magic of Rhetoric (Season One, Episode Five)</li><li>(EF8) S1-E6: Without a Compass: All Who Sail the Seas of Identity Are Not Lost (Season One, Episode Six)</li><li>(EF9) S1-E7: I Feel Therefore I am: Capsized by the River Emotion (Season One, Episode Seven)</li><li>(EF10) S1-E8: The Road to Happiness is Inked in Suffering (Season One, Episode Eight)</li><li>(EF11) 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EF48 (S2-E9): Checkmate: A Child’s Guide to the Good Life

PLAY    &lt;h1&gt;EF47 (S2-E8): Infinite Regress: Drawing Back The Veil of Perception&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;a title="Play Episode" href="#"  onclick="playThisTrack(0,46);return false;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLAY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/i57anf/ef47-s2e8-infinite-regress-drawing-back-the-veil-of-perception-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3" download target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;DOWNLOAD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Investigating human limitations beyond the veil of perception is as disconcerting as looking at an image repeating into itself in an infinite regress. What would it mean to have a complete grasp of the entire picture? And would that define for us what is reality? &lt;a href="https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef47-s2e8-infinite-regress-drawing-back-the-veil-of-perception"&gt; More...&lt;/a&gt; The big question driving episode EF47 is … What is reality? Sam Payne is a physicist on the verge of discovering the true nature of reality when her project gets shut down abruptly. But a suspicious gift enables her to go underground to an illegal world of virtual work, in order to try and recruit rogue scientists to restart her research. As the risks pile up, Sam realizes what she’s been seeking for the last three decades of her career has been hidden in plain sight all along. But the answer is also far more dangerous than she could have imagined. We perceive our day to day experience as the one-and-only, true reality. But the truth is, our perception of reality is very different than that of a catfish, bat, or dog; which can respectively taste, hear and smell far more acutely than we could possibly imagine. So what is the true reality, beyond this seemingly impenetrable veil of perception that shrouds human sensory capabilities? Is it something we can even comprehend using the limited wetware of the human brain? Or does such a thing as reality even exist?  Into The Rabbit Hole SHOW NOTES: This episode is dedicated to Sean Carroll. See the EF47 Show Notes for details of the dedication, inspirations, references, selected quotes and more.  ABOUT THE EVOLVE FASTER PODCAST: Everything is changing, yet the questions that drive us remain the same. Will humanity face the absurdity of our collective existential crisis in time? Join Scott Ely as he takes us deep into the rabbit hole with philosophical tales to reboot your mind, upgrade your life and explore your soul. To Evolve Faster is to see the fact that you will die someday as a formidable challenge, instead of a source of immense fear. Create your reality…before it creates you. Isn’t it time for an upgrade? More episodes… SUBSCRIBE: The Evolve Faster Podcast is written, performed and produced by Scott Ely. Writing and production of each episode of the podcast is a significant undertaking spanning many months—it’s a labor of love, but it needs your help to survive. To help ensure the creation of more episodes, please learn about ways you can support the podcast (register, share, review and subscribe) on the Support Evolve Faster page. Your help is much appreciated. PODCAST |ABOUT | SUBSCRIBE Season One: The journey begins as we embark on 11 episodes on big questions relating to MIND. What is the truth? Can we trust reason? Why do we have emotions? Does happiness define the good? What is identity? What is creativity? (EF1) Trailer: The Evolve Faster Podcast (Extended) Trailer(EF2) Intro: Life is a Near Death Experience: Welcome to The Evolve Faster Podcast(EF3) S1-E1: All Aboard the Experience Machine: Destination…Unknown (Season One, Episode One)(EF4) S1-E2: The Decapitation of Reason: A Skeptic’s Guide (Season One, Episode Two)(EF5) S1-E3: The Truth is Clay in the Hands of a Sculptor (Season One, Episode Three)(EF6) S1-E4: Information Mainlining and the Folly of Modern Wisdom (Season One, Episode Four)(EF7) S1-E5: Sleight of Mind: The Black Magic of Rhetoric (Season One, Episode Five)(EF8) S1-E6: Without a Compass: All Who Sail the Seas of Identity Are Not Lost (Season One, Episode Six)(EF9) S1-E7: I Feel Therefore I am: Capsized by the River Emotion (Season One, Episode Seven)(EF10) S1-E8: The Road to Happiness is Inked in Suffering (Season One, Episode Eight)(EF11) S1-E9: When the Lights Go Out: The Blinding Light of an Artificial Future (Season One, Episode Nine)(EF12) S1-E10: Wired to Fail: Leveling Up in the Game of Life (Season One, Episode Ten)(EF13) S1-E11: The Bloody Fingerprint of Creativity (Season One, Episode Eleven)(EF14) BTP: Behind the Evolve Faster Podcast - The Making of a Speculative Fiction Meets Philosophical Nonfiction Podcast(EF15) AMA: Ask Me Anything: About Scott Ely and Evolving a Philosophy for Life(EF16) BTP: On Creative Writing, Video Games and the Future of the Evolve Faster Podcast (About Antonio Rozich)(EF17) BTP-EF3: What Am I Supposed To Do Free Will and Other Everyday Problems Behind the Podcast of Episode EF3(EF18) AMA-EF3: The Mystical Allure of Converting to Buddhism and Speculating about Quantum Mechanics Ask Me Anything for Episode EF3(EF19) BTP-EF4: Head Transplantation and Finding Inspiration for Speculative Fiction - Behind the Podcast of Episode EF4(EF20) AMA-EF4: The Declining Value of Information and Taking Risks to Determine What is the Truth Ask Me Anything of Episode EF4(EF21) BTP-EF5: Should Lying be Made Illegal and the Importance of Figuring Out Why You Believe What you Believe --Behind the Podcast of Episode EF5(EF22) AMA-EF5: Defeating Fake News and Critical Thinking as the Superpower the World Needs Most Ask Me Anything of Episode EF5(EF23) BTP-EF6: Scaling Mount Wisdom Without Suffocating Under an Avalanche of Ego Behind The Podcast of Episode EF6(EF24) AMA-EF6: Is Less Really More When it Comes to the Pursuit of Wisdom or is Ignorance Bliss - 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PLAY <code> &lt;h1&gt;EF47 (S2-E8): Infinite Regress: Drawing Back The Veil of Perception&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;a title="Play Episode" href="#" onclick="playThisTrack(0,46);return false;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLAY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="<a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/i57anf/ef47-s2e8-infinite-regress-drawing-back-the-veil-of-perception-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/i57anf/ef47-s2e8-infinite-regress-drawing-back-the-veil-of-perception-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3</a>" download target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;DOWNLOAD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Investigating human limitations beyond the veil of perception is as disconcerting as looking at an image repeating into itself in an infinite regress. What would it mean to have a complete grasp of the entire picture? 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But the truth is, our perception of reality is very different than that of a catfish, bat, or dog; which can respectively taste, hear and smell far more acutely than we could possibly imagine. So what is the true reality, beyond this seemingly impenetrable veil of perception that shrouds human sensory capabilities? Is it something we can even comprehend using the limited wetware of the human brain? Or does such a thing as reality even exist? <h2>Into The Rabbit Hole</h2> <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef47-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SHOW NOTES</a>: This episode is dedicated to <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/minds/sean-carroll/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sean Carroll</a>. See the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef47-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EF47 Show Notes</a> for details of the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef47-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dedication</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef47-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">inspirations</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef47-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">references</a>, selected <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef47-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">quotes</a> and more.  <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about-efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ABOUT THE EVOLVE FASTER PODCAST</a>: Everything is changing, yet the questions that drive us remain the same. Will humanity face the absurdity of our collective existential crisis in time? Join <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Ely</a> as he takes us deep into the rabbit hole with philosophical tales to reboot your mind, upgrade your life and explore your soul. To Evolve Faster is to see the fact that you will die someday as a formidable challenge, instead of a source of immense fear. Create your reality…before it creates you. Isn’t it time for an upgrade? <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More episodes…</a> <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SUBSCRIBE</a>: The Evolve Faster Podcast is written, performed and produced by <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Ely</a>. Writing and production of each episode of the podcast is a significant undertaking spanning many months—it’s a labor of love, but it needs your help to survive. 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Can we trust reason? Why do we have emotions? Does happiness define the good? What is identity? What is creativity?</li></ul> <ul><li>(EF1) Trailer: The Evolve Faster Podcast (Extended) Trailer</li><li>(EF2) Intro: Life is a Near Death Experience: Welcome to The Evolve Faster Podcast</li><li>(EF3) S1-E1: All Aboard the Experience Machine: Destination…Unknown (Season One, Episode One)</li><li>(EF4) S1-E2: The Decapitation of Reason: A Skeptic’s Guide (Season One, Episode Two)</li><li>(EF5) S1-E3: The Truth is Clay in the Hands of a Sculptor (Season One, Episode Three)</li><li>(EF6) S1-E4: Information Mainlining and the Folly of Modern Wisdom (Season One, Episode Four)</li><li>(EF7) S1-E5: Sleight of Mind: The Black Magic of Rhetoric (Season One, Episode Five)</li><li>(EF8) S1-E6: Without a Compass: All Who Sail the Seas of Identity Are Not Lost (Season One, Episode Six)</li><li>(EF9) S1-E7: I Feel Therefore I am: Capsized by the River Emotion (Season One, Episode Seven)</li><li>(EF10) S1-E8: The Road to Happiness is Inked in Suffering (Season One, Episode Eight)</li><li>(EF11) S1-E9: When the Lights Go Out: The Blinding Light of an Artificial Future (Season One, Episode Nine)</li><li>(EF12) S1-E10: Wired to Fail: Leveling Up in the Game of Life (Season One, Episode Ten)</li><li>(EF13) S1-E11: The Bloody Fingerprint of Creativity (Season One, Episode Eleven)</li><li>(EF14) BTP: Behind the Evolve Faster Podcast - The Making of a Speculative Fiction Meets Philosophical Nonfiction Podcast</li><li>(EF15) AMA: Ask Me Anything: About Scott Ely and Evolving a Philosophy for Life</li><li>(EF16) BTP: On Creative Writing, Video Games and the Future of the Evolve Faster Podcast (About Antonio Rozich)</li><li>(EF17) BTP-EF3: What Am I Supposed To Do Free Will and Other Everyday Problems Behind the Podcast of Episode EF3</li><li>(EF18) AMA-EF3: The Mystical Allure of Converting to Buddhism and Speculating about Quantum Mechanics Ask Me Anything for Episode EF3</li><li>(EF19) BTP-EF4: Head Transplantation and Finding Inspiration for Speculative Fiction - Behind the Podcast of Episode EF4</li><li>(EF20) AMA-EF4: The Declining Value of Information and Taking Risks to Determine What is the Truth Ask Me Anything of Episode EF4</li><li>(EF21) BTP-EF5: Should Lying be Made Illegal and the Importance of Figuring Out Why You Believe What you Believe --Behind the Podcast of Episode EF5</li><li>(EF22) AMA-EF5: Defeating Fake News and Critical Thinking as the Superpower the World Needs Most Ask Me Anything of Episode EF5</li><li>(EF23) BTP-EF6: Scaling Mount Wisdom Without Suffocating Under an Avalanche of Ego Behind The Podcast of Episode EF6</li><li>(EF24) AMA-EF6: Is Less Really More When it Comes to the Pursuit of Wisdom or is Ignorance Bliss - Ask Me Anything of Episode EF6</li><li>(EF25) BTP-EF7: The Power of Propaganda and Rhetoric to Divide Us and the Quest for a Better World - Behind the Podcast of Episode EF7</li><li>(EF26) AMA-EF7: The Impossibility of Honest Politicians and Protecting Our Kids from The Most Insidious Fake News Ask Me Anything for 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EF47 (S2-E8): Infinite Regress: Drawing Back The Veil of Perception

PLAY    &lt;h1&gt;EF46 (S2-E7): Empathetic Distortion: Rigging the Scales of Justice&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;a title="Play Episode" href="#"  onclick="playThisTrack(0,45);return false;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLAY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/952p2y/ef46-s2e7-empathetic-distortion-rigging-the-scales-of-justice-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3" download target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;DOWNLOAD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Like a rigged scale of justice, life in society and within cultures is inherently unfair. But what if there were ways to live true to yourself while also being compassionate to everyone? And is a just world even possible? &lt;a href="https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef46-s2e7-empathetic-distortion-rigging-the-scales-of-justice"&gt; More...&lt;/a&gt; The big question driving episode EF49 is … Is a just world even possible? Put in an impossible position early in her career, Mary Payne was forced to make a choice between saving a single identifiable victim or helping an entire community of nameless people. The decision haunts her entire life. Many years later in old age, Mary is faced with another trolley bearing down on her where she will once again be forced to make a difficult decision on which track to send it. But unlike before, this time her life sits in the balance on one of the tracks.  In theories about a just society, good deeds are expected to be rewarded and bad deeds punished. But is it really so easy to define what is a good versus bad deed? Can empathy for one human being, and the reward that comes with it, blind you from the same effort being able to help many others instead? Using Paul Bloom’s theory of rational compassion, we will explore what means to be a good person and why genuine good can easily get prosecuted in an unjust society. What would you do with your hand on the switch and a trolley bearing down on two tracks, both with grave consequences? Is there any real possibility for a just world when some decisions have only bad outcomes? Or is life and society just inherently unfair?  Into The Rabbit Hole SHOW NOTES: This episode is dedicated to Paul Bloom. See the EF46 Show Notes for details of the dedication, inspirations, references, selected quotes and more.  ABOUT THE EVOLVE FASTER PODCAST: Everything is changing, yet the questions that drive us remain the same. Will humanity face the absurdity of our collective existential crisis in time? Join Scott Ely as he takes us deep into the rabbit hole with philosophical tales to reboot your mind, upgrade your life and explore your soul. To Evolve Faster is to see the fact that you will die someday as a formidable challenge, instead of a source of immense fear. Create your reality…before it creates you. Isn’t it time for an upgrade? More episodes… SUBSCRIBE: The Evolve Faster Podcast is written, performed and produced by Scott Ely. Writing and production of each episode of the podcast is a significant undertaking spanning many months—it’s a labor of love, but it needs your help to survive. To help ensure the creation of more episodes, please learn about ways you can support the podcast (register, share, review and subscribe) on the Support Evolve Faster page. Your help is much appreciated. PODCAST |ABOUT | SUBSCRIBE Season One: The journey begins as we embark on 11 episodes on big questions relating to MIND. What is the truth? Can we trust reason? Why do we have emotions? Does happiness define the good? What is identity? What is creativity? (EF1) Trailer: The Evolve Faster Podcast (Extended) Trailer(EF2) Intro: Life is a Near Death Experience: Welcome to The Evolve Faster Podcast(EF3) S1-E1: All Aboard the Experience Machine: Destination…Unknown (Season One, Episode One)(EF4) S1-E2: The Decapitation of Reason: A Skeptic’s Guide (Season One, Episode Two)(EF5) S1-E3: The Truth is Clay in the Hands of a Sculptor (Season One, Episode Three)(EF6) S1-E4: Information Mainlining and the Folly of Modern Wisdom (Season One, Episode Four)(EF7) S1-E5: Sleight of Mind: The Black Magic of Rhetoric (Season One, Episode Five)(EF8) S1-E6: Without a Compass: All Who Sail the Seas of Identity Are Not Lost (Season One, Episode Six)(EF9) S1-E7: I Feel Therefore I am: Capsized by the River Emotion (Season One, Episode Seven)(EF10) S1-E8: The Road to Happiness is Inked in Suffering (Season One, Episode Eight)(EF11) S1-E9: When the Lights Go Out: The Blinding Light of an Artificial Future (Season One, Episode Nine)(EF12) S1-E10: Wired to Fail: Leveling Up in the Game of Life (Season One, Episode Ten)(EF13) S1-E11: The Bloody Fingerprint of Creativity (Season One, Episode Eleven)(EF14) BTP: Behind the Evolve Faster Podcast - The Making of a Speculative Fiction Meets Philosophical Nonfiction Podcast(EF15) AMA: Ask Me Anything: About Scott Ely and Evolving a Philosophy for Life(EF16) BTP: On Creative Writing, Video Games and the Future of the Evolve Faster Podcast (About Antonio Rozich)(EF17) BTP-EF3: What Am I Supposed To Do Free Will and Other Everyday Problems Behind the Podcast of Episode EF3(EF18) AMA-EF3: The Mystical Allure of Converting to Buddhism and Speculating about Quantum Mechanics Ask Me Anything for Episode EF3(EF19) BTP-EF4: Head Transplantation and Finding Inspiration for Speculative Fiction - Behind the Podcast of Episode EF4(EF20) AMA-EF4: The Declining Value of Information and Taking Risks to Determine What is the Truth Ask Me Anything of Episode EF4(EF21) BTP-EF5: Should Lying be Made Illegal and the Importance of Figuring Out Why You Believe What you Believe --Behind the Podcast of Episode EF5(EF22) AMA-EF5: Defeating Fake News and Critical Thinking as the Superpower the World Needs Most Ask Me Anything of Episode EF5(EF23) BTP-EF6: Scaling Mount Wisdom Without Suffocating Under an Avalanche of Ego Behind The Podcast of Episode EF6(EF24) AMA-EF6: Is Less Really More When it Comes to the Pursuit of Wisdom or is Ignorance Bliss - 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PLAY <code> &lt;h1&gt;EF46 (S2-E7): Empathetic Distortion: Rigging the Scales of Justice&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;a title="Play Episode" href="#" onclick="playThisTrack(0,45);return false;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLAY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="<a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/952p2y/ef46-s2e7-empathetic-distortion-rigging-the-scales-of-justice-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/952p2y/ef46-s2e7-empathetic-distortion-rigging-the-scales-of-justice-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3</a>" download target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;DOWNLOAD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Like a rigged scale of justice, life in society and within cultures is inherently unfair. But what if there were ways to live true to yourself while also being compassionate to everyone? And is a just world even possible? &lt;a href="<a href="https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef46-s2e7-empathetic-distortion-rigging-the-scales-of-justice" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef46-s2e7-empathetic-distortion-rigging-the-scales-of-justice</a>"&gt; More...&lt;/a&gt; </code> The big question driving episode EF49 is … Is a just world even possible? Put in an impossible position early in her career, Mary Payne was forced to make a choice between saving a single identifiable victim or helping an entire community of nameless people. The decision haunts her entire life. Many years later in old age, Mary is faced with another trolley bearing down on her where she will once again be forced to make a difficult decision on which track to send it. But unlike before, this time her life sits in the balance on one of the tracks.  In theories about a just society, good deeds are expected to be rewarded and bad deeds punished. But is it really so easy to define what is a good versus bad deed? Can empathy for one human being, and the reward that comes with it, blind you from the same effort being able to help many others instead? Using <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/minds/paul-bloom/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Bloom</a>’s theory of rational compassion, we will explore what means to be a good person and why genuine good can easily get prosecuted in an unjust society. What would you do with your hand on the switch and a trolley bearing down on two tracks, both with grave consequences? Is there any real possibility for a just world when some decisions have only bad outcomes? Or is life and society just inherently unfair? <h2>Into The Rabbit Hole</h2> <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef46-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SHOW NOTES</a>: This episode is dedicated to <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/minds/paul-bloom/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Bloom</a>. See the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef46-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EF46 Show Notes</a> for details of the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef46-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dedication</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef46-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">inspirations</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef46-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">references</a>, selected <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef46-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">quotes</a> and more.  <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about-efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ABOUT THE EVOLVE FASTER PODCAST</a>: Everything is changing, yet the questions that drive us remain the same. Will humanity face the absurdity of our collective existential crisis in time? Join <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Ely</a> as he takes us deep into the rabbit hole with philosophical tales to reboot your mind, upgrade your life and explore your soul. To Evolve Faster is to see the fact that you will die someday as a formidable challenge, instead of a source of immense fear. Create your reality…before it creates you. Isn’t it time for an upgrade? <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More episodes…</a> <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SUBSCRIBE</a>: The Evolve Faster Podcast is written, performed and produced by <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Ely</a>. Writing and production of each episode of the podcast is a significant undertaking spanning many months—it’s a labor of love, but it needs your help to survive. 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Can we trust reason? Why do we have emotions? Does happiness define the good? What is identity? What is creativity?</li></ul> <ul><li>(EF1) Trailer: The Evolve Faster Podcast (Extended) Trailer</li><li>(EF2) Intro: Life is a Near Death Experience: Welcome to The Evolve Faster Podcast</li><li>(EF3) S1-E1: All Aboard the Experience Machine: Destination…Unknown (Season One, Episode One)</li><li>(EF4) S1-E2: The Decapitation of Reason: A Skeptic’s Guide (Season One, Episode Two)</li><li>(EF5) S1-E3: The Truth is Clay in the Hands of a Sculptor (Season One, Episode Three)</li><li>(EF6) S1-E4: Information Mainlining and the Folly of Modern Wisdom (Season One, Episode Four)</li><li>(EF7) S1-E5: Sleight of Mind: The Black Magic of Rhetoric (Season One, Episode Five)</li><li>(EF8) S1-E6: Without a Compass: All Who Sail the Seas of Identity Are Not Lost (Season One, Episode Six)</li><li>(EF9) S1-E7: I Feel Therefore I am: Capsized by the River Emotion (Season One, Episode Seven)</li><li>(EF10) S1-E8: The Road to Happiness is Inked in Suffering (Season One, Episode Eight)</li><li>(EF11) 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EF46 (S2-E7): Empathetic Distortion: Rigging the Scales of Justice

PLAY    &lt;h1&gt;EF45 (S2-E5): Weaving Society’s Web: Purpose in a Future Without Work&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;a title="Play Episode" href="#"  onclick="playThisTrack(0,44);return false;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLAY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/pznxts/ef45-s2e6-weaving-societys-web-purpose-in-a-future-without-work-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3" download target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;DOWNLOAD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Cocooned in webs of lies about happiness and freedom, many people overwork, chained to careers they despise. Would a society without work function and also make people happier? Or would it fail because work is one of the most meaningful human pursuits? &lt;a href="https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef45-s2e6-weaving-societys-web-purpose-in-a-future-without-work"&gt; More...&lt;/a&gt; The big question driving episode EF45 is … What is the meaning of work? In a post-work society governed by an artificial intelligence corporation, John Weber is the creator of an illegal virtual world called Silk that is cloaked in secrecy. Accused that Silk is causing VR overdoses that leave players in debt or even dead, Weber is forced to negotiate with the government’s representative, Karl Shultz. Although the premise for the meeting is to find a mutually beneficial resolution, it quickly becomes clear that both parties have more nefarious ulterior motives.  Although many people wish they didn’t have to work, we rarely think about how important work is to our well being outside of the obvious financial benefits. What if the problem isn’t the work itself, but the way the system is organized? If there was a way to create a perfectly equal society — like the one John Rawls proposed in his brilliant Veil of Ignorance thought experiment — would people pursue careers around the things they loved instead of just chasing money? And would this have the power to reinvent society around an entirely new type of capitalism of shared value, instead of individual gain? Into The Rabbit Hole SHOW NOTES: This episode is dedicated to John Rawls. See the EF45 Show Notes for details of the dedication, inspirations, references, selected quotes and more.  ABOUT THE EVOLVE FASTER PODCAST: Everything is changing, yet the questions that drive us remain the same. Will humanity face the absurdity of our collective existential crisis in time? Join Scott Ely as he takes us deep into the rabbit hole with philosophical tales to reboot your mind, upgrade your life and explore your soul. To Evolve Faster is to see the fact that you will die someday as a formidable challenge, instead of a source of immense fear. Create your reality…before it creates you. Isn’t it time for an upgrade? More episodes… SUBSCRIBE: The Evolve Faster Podcast is written, performed and produced by Scott Ely. Writing and production of each episode of the podcast is a significant undertaking spanning many months—it’s a labor of love, but it needs your help to survive. To help ensure the creation of more episodes, please learn about ways you can support the podcast (register, share, review and subscribe) on the Support Evolve Faster page. Your help is much appreciated. PODCAST |ABOUT | SUBSCRIBE Season One: The journey begins as we embark on 11 episodes on big questions relating to MIND. What is the truth? Can we trust reason? Why do we have emotions? Does happiness define the good? What is identity? What is creativity? (EF1) Trailer: The Evolve Faster Podcast (Extended) Trailer(EF2) Intro: Life is a Near Death Experience: Welcome to The Evolve Faster Podcast(EF3) S1-E1: All Aboard the Experience Machine: Destination…Unknown (Season One, Episode One)(EF4) S1-E2: The Decapitation of Reason: A Skeptic’s Guide (Season One, Episode Two)(EF5) S1-E3: The Truth is Clay in the Hands of a Sculptor (Season One, Episode Three)(EF6) S1-E4: Information Mainlining and the Folly of Modern Wisdom (Season One, Episode Four)(EF7) S1-E5: Sleight of Mind: The Black Magic of Rhetoric (Season One, Episode Five)(EF8) S1-E6: Without a Compass: All Who Sail the Seas of Identity Are Not Lost (Season One, Episode Six)(EF9) S1-E7: I Feel Therefore I am: Capsized by the River Emotion (Season One, Episode Seven)(EF10) S1-E8: The Road to Happiness is Inked in Suffering (Season One, Episode Eight)(EF11) S1-E9: When the Lights Go Out: The Blinding Light of an Artificial Future (Season One, Episode Nine)(EF12) S1-E10: Wired to Fail: Leveling Up in the Game of Life (Season One, Episode Ten)(EF13) S1-E11: The Bloody Fingerprint of Creativity (Season One, Episode Eleven)(EF14) BTP: Behind the Evolve Faster Podcast - 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PLAY <code> &lt;h1&gt;EF45 (S2-E5): Weaving Society’s Web: Purpose in a Future Without Work&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;a title="Play Episode" href="#" onclick="playThisTrack(0,44);return false;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLAY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="<a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/pznxts/ef45-s2e6-weaving-societys-web-purpose-in-a-future-without-work-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/pznxts/ef45-s2e6-weaving-societys-web-purpose-in-a-future-without-work-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3</a>" download target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;DOWNLOAD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Cocooned in webs of lies about happiness and freedom, many people overwork, chained to careers they despise. Would a society without work function and also make people happier? Or would it fail because work is one of the most meaningful human pursuits? &lt;a href="<a href="https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef45-s2e6-weaving-societys-web-purpose-in-a-future-without-work" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef45-s2e6-weaving-societys-web-purpose-in-a-future-without-work</a>"&gt; More...&lt;/a&gt; </code> The big question driving episode EF45 is … What is the meaning of work? In a post-work society governed by an artificial intelligence corporation, John Weber is the creator of an illegal virtual world called Silk that is cloaked in secrecy. Accused that Silk is causing VR overdoses that leave players in debt or even dead, Weber is forced to negotiate with the government’s representative, Karl Shultz. Although the premise for the meeting is to find a mutually beneficial resolution, it quickly becomes clear that both parties have more nefarious ulterior motives.  Although many people wish they didn’t have to work, we rarely think about how important work is to our well being outside of the obvious financial benefits. What if the problem isn’t the work itself, but the way the system is organized? If there was a way to create a perfectly equal society — like the one John Rawls proposed in his brilliant Veil of Ignorance thought experiment — would people pursue careers around the things they loved instead of just chasing money? And would this have the power to reinvent society around an entirely new type of capitalism of shared value, instead of individual gain? <h2>Into The Rabbit Hole</h2> <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef45-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SHOW NOTES</a>: This episode is dedicated to <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/minds/john-rawls/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Rawls</a>. See the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef45-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EF45 Show Notes</a> for details of the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef45-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dedication</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef45-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">inspirations</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef45-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">references</a>, selected <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef45-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">quotes</a> and more.  <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about-efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ABOUT THE EVOLVE FASTER PODCAST</a>: Everything is changing, yet the questions that drive us remain the same. Will humanity face the absurdity of our collective existential crisis in time? Join <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Ely</a> as he takes us deep into the rabbit hole with philosophical tales to reboot your mind, upgrade your life and explore your soul. To Evolve Faster is to see the fact that you will die someday as a formidable challenge, instead of a source of immense fear. Create your reality…before it creates you. Isn’t it time for an upgrade? <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More episodes…</a> <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SUBSCRIBE</a>: The Evolve Faster Podcast is written, performed and produced by <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Ely</a>. Writing and production of each episode of the podcast is a significant undertaking spanning many months—it’s a labor of love, but it needs your help to survive. To help ensure the creation of more episodes, please learn about ways you can support the podcast (<a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">register</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">share</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">review</a> and <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">subscribe</a>) on the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support Evolve Faster</a> page. Your help is much appreciated. <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PODCAST</a> |<a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about-efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ABOUT</a> | <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SUBSCRIBE</a> <ul><li>Season One: The journey begins as we embark on 11 episodes on big questions relating to MIND. What is the truth? 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EF45 (S2-E6): Weaving Society’s Web: Purpose in a Future Without Work

PLAY    &lt;h1&gt;EF44 (S2-E5): Reality Unchained: Smashing the Icons of Social Delusion&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;a title="Play Episode" href="#"  onclick="playThisTrack(0,43);return false;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLAY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/hx3vdr/ef44-s2e5-reality-unchained-smashing-the-icons-of-social-delusion-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3" download target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;DOWNLOAD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Society and culture can be shackles locking us in a mental prison cell. Iconoclastic thinking is a sure way to break the chains and reveal the truth, but it is risky. Does this make ‘why this stuff and not some other stuff’ the most dangerous question you can ask? &lt;a href="https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef44-s2e5-reality-unchained-smashing-the-icons-of-social-delusion"&gt; More...&lt;/a&gt; The big question driving Episode EF44 is … why this stuff and not some other stuff?  Sam Payne is a renowned physicist investigating the nature of reality at an advanced particle accelerator. Immediately after making a groundbreaking discovery, the research mysteriously gets shut down. Without a team or a lab, Sam’s life’s work is at risk of disappearing behind chained doors. But as Sam is forced to decide if willing to break the chains on the ‘stuff’ of this reality, things continue to get even more perplexing. Life in society imposes rules you are expected to follow. Some rules exist to keep society from devolving into anarchy. Yet upon deeper reflection, it’s clear that many other rules are arbitrary and designed to either limit your possibilities or enable a select few to profit. Only the iconoclasts of our civilization command the fearless vision to ask one of the most dangerous questions: ‘Why this stuff and not some other stuff?’ It is a unique quality — possessed and acted upon by rare individuals like Copernicus, Thomas Paine and Charles Darwin — which usually results in the iconoclast burning at the stake during their lifetime, and then, revered in retrospect.  Into The Rabbit Hole SHOW NOTES: This episode is dedicated to Michio Kaku. See the EF44 Show Notes for details of the dedication, inspirations, references, selected quotes and more.  ABOUT THE EVOLVE FASTER PODCAST: Everything is changing, yet the questions that drive us remain the same. Will humanity face the absurdity of our collective existential crisis in time? Join Scott Ely as he takes us deep into the rabbit hole with philosophical tales to reboot your mind, upgrade your life and explore your soul. To Evolve Faster is to see the fact that you will die someday as a formidable challenge, instead of a source of immense fear. Create your reality…before it creates you. Isn’t it time for an upgrade? More episodes… SUBSCRIBE: The Evolve Faster Podcast is written, performed and produced by Scott Ely. Writing and production of each episode of the podcast is a significant undertaking spanning many months—it’s a labor of love, but it needs your help to survive. To help ensure the creation of more episodes, please learn about ways you can support the podcast (register, share, review and subscribe) on the Support Evolve Faster page. Your help is much appreciated. PODCAST |ABOUT | SUBSCRIBE Season One: The journey begins as we embark on 11 episodes on big questions relating to MIND. What is the truth? Can we trust reason? Why do we have emotions? Does happiness define the good? What is identity? What is creativity? (EF1) Trailer: The Evolve Faster Podcast (Extended) Trailer(EF2) Intro: Life is a Near Death Experience: Welcome to The Evolve Faster Podcast(EF3) S1-E1: All Aboard the Experience Machine: Destination…Unknown (Season One, Episode One)(EF4) S1-E2: The Decapitation of Reason: A Skeptic’s Guide (Season One, Episode Two)(EF5) S1-E3: The Truth is Clay in the Hands of a Sculptor (Season One, Episode Three)(EF6) S1-E4: Information Mainlining and the Folly of Modern Wisdom (Season One, Episode Four)(EF7) S1-E5: Sleight of Mind: The Black Magic of Rhetoric (Season One, Episode Five)(EF8) S1-E6: Without a Compass: All Who Sail the Seas of Identity Are Not Lost (Season One, Episode Six)(EF9) S1-E7: I Feel Therefore I am: Capsized by the River Emotion (Season One, Episode Seven)(EF10) S1-E8: The Road to Happiness is Inked in Suffering (Season One, Episode Eight)(EF11) S1-E9: When the Lights Go Out: The Blinding Light of an Artificial Future (Season One, Episode Nine)(EF12) S1-E10: Wired to Fail: Leveling Up in the Game of Life (Season One, Episode Ten)(EF13) S1-E11: The Bloody Fingerprint of Creativity (Season One, Episode Eleven)(EF14) BTP: Behind the Evolve Faster Podcast - The Making of a Speculative Fiction Meets Philosophical Nonfiction Podcast(EF15) AMA: Ask Me Anything: About Scott Ely and Evolving a Philosophy for Life(EF16) BTP: On Creative Writing, Video Games and the Future of the Evolve Faster Podcast (About Antonio Rozich)(EF17) BTP-EF3: What Am I Supposed To Do Free Will and Other Everyday Problems Behind the Podcast of Episode EF3(EF18) AMA-EF3: The Mystical Allure of Converting to Buddhism and Speculating about Quantum Mechanics Ask Me Anything for Episode EF3(EF19) BTP-EF4: Head Transplantation and Finding Inspiration for Speculative Fiction - Behind the Podcast of Episode EF4(EF20) AMA-EF4: The Declining Value of Information and Taking Risks to Determine What is the Truth Ask Me Anything of Episode EF4(EF21) BTP-EF5: Should Lying be Made Illegal and the Importance of Figuring Out Why You Believe What you Believe --Behind the Podcast of Episode EF5(EF22) AMA-EF5: Defeating Fake News and Critical Thinking as the Superpower the World Needs Most Ask Me Anything of Episode EF5(EF23) BTP-EF6: Scaling Mount Wisdom Without Suffocating Under an Avalanche of Ego Behind The Podcast of Episode EF6(EF24) AMA-EF6: Is Less Really More When it Comes to the Pursuit of Wisdom or is Ignorance Bliss - 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PLAY <code> &lt;h1&gt;EF44 (S2-E5): Reality Unchained: Smashing the Icons of Social Delusion&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;a title="Play Episode" href="#" onclick="playThisTrack(0,43);return false;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLAY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="<a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/hx3vdr/ef44-s2e5-reality-unchained-smashing-the-icons-of-social-delusion-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/hx3vdr/ef44-s2e5-reality-unchained-smashing-the-icons-of-social-delusion-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3</a>" download target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;DOWNLOAD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Society and culture can be shackles locking us in a mental prison cell. Iconoclastic thinking is a sure way to break the chains and reveal the truth, but it is risky. Does this make ‘why this stuff and not some other stuff’ the most dangerous question you can ask? &lt;a href="<a href="https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef44-s2e5-reality-unchained-smashing-the-icons-of-social-delusion" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef44-s2e5-reality-unchained-smashing-the-icons-of-social-delusion</a>"&gt; More...&lt;/a&gt; </code> The big question driving Episode EF44 is … why this stuff and not some other stuff? Sam Payne is a renowned physicist investigating the nature of reality at an advanced particle accelerator. Immediately after making a groundbreaking discovery, the research mysteriously gets shut down. Without a team or a lab, Sam’s life’s work is at risk of disappearing behind chained doors. But as Sam is forced to decide if willing to break the chains on the ‘stuff’ of this reality, things continue to get even more perplexing. Life in society imposes rules you are expected to follow. Some rules exist to keep society from devolving into anarchy. Yet upon deeper reflection, it’s clear that many other rules are arbitrary and designed to either limit your possibilities or enable a select few to profit. Only the iconoclasts of our civilization command the fearless vision to ask one of the most dangerous questions: ‘Why this stuff and not some other stuff?’ It is a unique quality — possessed and acted upon by rare individuals like Copernicus, Thomas Paine and Charles Darwin — which usually results in the iconoclast burning at the stake during their lifetime, and then, revered in retrospect. <h2>Into The Rabbit Hole</h2> <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef44-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SHOW NOTES</a>: This episode is dedicated to <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/minds/michio-kaku/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michio Kaku</a>. See the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef44-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EF44 Show Notes</a> for details of the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef44-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dedication</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef44-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">inspirations</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef44-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">references</a>, selected <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef44-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">quotes</a> and more.  <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about-efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ABOUT THE EVOLVE FASTER PODCAST</a>: Everything is changing, yet the questions that drive us remain the same. Will humanity face the absurdity of our collective existential crisis in time? Join <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Ely</a> as he takes us deep into the rabbit hole with philosophical tales to reboot your mind, upgrade your life and explore your soul. To Evolve Faster is to see the fact that you will die someday as a formidable challenge, instead of a source of immense fear. Create your reality…before it creates you. Isn’t it time for an upgrade? <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More episodes…</a> <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SUBSCRIBE</a>: The Evolve Faster Podcast is written, performed and produced by <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Ely</a>. Writing and production of each episode of the podcast is a significant undertaking spanning many months—it’s a labor of love, but it needs your help to survive. To help ensure the creation of more episodes, please learn about ways you can support the podcast (<a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">register</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">share</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">review</a> and <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">subscribe</a>) on the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support Evolve Faster</a> page. Your help is much appreciated. <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PODCAST</a> |<a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about-efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ABOUT</a> | <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SUBSCRIBE</a> <ul><li>Season One: The journey begins as we embark on 11 episodes on big questions relating to MIND. What is the truth? Can we trust reason? Why do we have emotions? Does happiness define the good? What is identity? What is creativity?</li></ul> <ul><li>(EF1) Trailer: The Evolve Faster Podcast (Extended) Trailer</li><li>(EF2) Intro: Life is a Near Death Experience: Welcome to The Evolve Faster Podcast</li><li>(EF3) S1-E1: All Aboard the Experience Machine: Destination…Unknown (Season One, Episode One)</li><li>(EF4) S1-E2: The Decapitation of Reason: A Skeptic’s Guide (Season One, Episode Two)</li><li>(EF5) S1-E3: The Truth is Clay in the Hands of a Sculptor (Season One, Episode Three)</li><li>(EF6) S1-E4: Information Mainlining and the Folly of Modern Wisdom (Season One, Episode Four)</li><li>(EF7) S1-E5: Sleight of Mind: The Black Magic of Rhetoric (Season One, Episode Five)</li><li>(EF8) S1-E6: Without a Compass: All Who Sail the Seas of Identity Are Not Lost (Season One, Episode Six)</li><li>(EF9) S1-E7: I Feel Therefore I am: Capsized by the River Emotion (Season One, Episode Seven)</li><li>(EF10) S1-E8: The Road to Happiness is Inked in Suffering (Season One, Episode Eight)</li><li>(EF11) S1-E9: When the Lights Go Out: The Blinding Light of an Artificial Future (Season One, Episode Nine)</li><li>(EF12) S1-E10: Wired to Fail: Leveling Up in the Game of Life (Season One, Episode Ten)</li><li>(EF13) S1-E11: The Bloody Fingerprint of Creativity (Season One, Episode Eleven)</li><li>(EF14) BTP: Behind the Evolve Faster Podcast - The Making of a Speculative Fiction Meets Philosophical Nonfiction Podcast</li><li>(EF15) AMA: Ask Me Anything: About Scott Ely and Evolving a Philosophy for Life</li><li>(EF16) BTP: On Creative Writing, Video Games and the Future of the Evolve Faster Podcast (About Antonio Rozich)</li><li>(EF17) BTP-EF3: What Am I Supposed To Do Free Will and Other Everyday Problems Behind the Podcast of Episode EF3</li><li>(EF18) AMA-EF3: The Mystical Allure of Converting to Buddhism and Speculating about Quantum Mechanics Ask Me Anything for Episode EF3</li><li>(EF19) BTP-EF4: Head Transplantation and Finding Inspiration for Speculative Fiction - Behind the Podcast 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EF44 (S2-E5): Reality Unchained: Smashing the Icons of Social Delusion

PLAY    &lt;h1&gt;EF43 (S2-E4): Evil Urges: The Fiery Duality of Human Nature&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;a title="Play Episode" href="#"  onclick="playThisTrack(0,42);return false;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLAY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5cwpf2/ef43-s2e4-evil-urges-the-fiery-duality-of-human-nature-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps-1.mp3" download target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;DOWNLOAD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; The urges of human nature are like fire: they can cook your food or burn your house down. Is evil perceived consistently across people, or should the situation, culture, and individual psychology have a say in its characterization? And does this help define what is evil?  More... The big question driving episode EF43 is … why do we have evil urges? Michael Fleming, a crestfallen journalist, interviews an infamous euthanasia doctor named Dr. Theodor Payne. Initially, Michael’s goal appears to be proving that Payne’s deeds are pure evil, with the implication that he should be prosecuted for performing over 1,000 assisted deaths. But as the two men collide, the line between good and evil becomes blurry, and hidden agendas become clear. Will the nature of evil be revealed? We’d like to think it should be easy to identify who, or what, is evil. Occasionaly, the distincion is simple; if you commit a violent act of murder without cause and have ill intent, you’re evil. But as we move away from obvious malicious acts, and multiple nuanced perspectives are revealed, it becomes increasingly difficult to characterize such things either pure evil or true good. Friedrich Nietzsche theorized that good and evil aren’t separate entities, but different actions driven by the same needs and impulses. How do we rationally act and override our snap judgements in order to give proper attention to decide what is, or isn’t, actually evil? Into The Rabbit Hole SHOW NOTES: This episode is dedicated to Jack Kevorkian. See the EF43 Show Notes for details of the dedication, inspirations, references, selected quotes and more.  ABOUT THE EVOLVE FASTER PODCAST: Everything is changing, yet the questions that drive us remain the same. Will humanity face the absurdity of our collective existential crisis in time? Join Scott Ely as he takes us deep into the rabbit hole with philosophical tales to reboot your mind, upgrade your life and explore your soul. To Evolve Faster is to see the fact that you will die someday as a formidable challenge, instead of a source of immense fear. Create your reality…before it creates you. Isn’t it time for an upgrade? More episodes… SUBSCRIBE: The Evolve Faster Podcast is written, performed and produced by Scott Ely. Writing and production of each episode of the podcast is a significant undertaking spanning many months—it’s a labor of love, but it needs your help to survive. To help ensure the creation of more episodes, please learn about ways you can support the podcast (register, share, review and subscribe) on the Support Evolve Faster page. Your help is much appreciated. PODCAST |ABOUT | SUBSCRIBE Season One: The journey begins as we embark on 11 episodes on big questions relating to MIND. What is the truth? Can we trust reason? Why do we have emotions? Does happiness define the good? What is identity? What is creativity? (EF1) Trailer: The Evolve Faster Podcast (Extended) Trailer(EF2) Intro: Life is a Near Death Experience: Welcome to The Evolve Faster Podcast(EF3) S1-E1: All Aboard the Experience Machine: Destination…Unknown (Season One, Episode One)(EF4) S1-E2: The Decapitation of Reason: A Skeptic’s Guide (Season One, Episode Two)(EF5) S1-E3: The Truth is Clay in the Hands of a Sculptor (Season One, Episode Three)(EF6) S1-E4: Information Mainlining and the Folly of Modern Wisdom (Season One, Episode Four)(EF7) S1-E5: Sleight of Mind: The Black Magic of Rhetoric (Season One, Episode Five)(EF8) S1-E6: Without a Compass: All Who Sail the Seas of Identity Are Not Lost (Season One, Episode Six)(EF9) S1-E7: I Feel Therefore I am: Capsized by the River Emotion (Season One, Episode Seven)(EF10) S1-E8: The Road to Happiness is Inked in Suffering (Season One, Episode Eight)(EF11) S1-E9: When the Lights Go Out: The Blinding Light of an Artificial Future (Season One, Episode Nine)(EF12) S1-E10: Wired to Fail: Leveling Up in the Game of Life (Season One, Episode Ten)(EF13) S1-E11: The Bloody Fingerprint of Creativity (Season One, Episode Eleven)(EF14) BTP: Behind the Evolve Faster Podcast - The Making of a Speculative Fiction Meets Philosophical Nonfiction Podcast(EF15) AMA: Ask Me Anything: About Scott Ely and Evolving a Philosophy for Life(EF16) BTP: On Creative Writing, Video Games and the Future of the Evolve Faster Podcast (About Antonio Rozich)(EF17) BTP-EF3: What Am I Supposed To Do Free Will and Other Everyday Problems Behind the Podcast of Episode EF3(EF18) AMA-EF3: The Mystical Allure of Converting to Buddhism and Speculating about Quantum Mechanics Ask Me Anything for Episode EF3(EF19) BTP-EF4: Head Transplantation and Finding Inspiration for Speculative Fiction - Behind the Podcast of Episode EF4(EF20) AMA-EF4: The Declining Value of Information and Taking Risks to Determine What is the Truth Ask Me Anything of Episode EF4(EF21) BTP-EF5: Should Lying be Made Illegal and the Importance of Figuring Out Why You Believe What you Believe --Behind the Podcast of Episode EF5(EF22) AMA-EF5: Defeating Fake News and Critical Thinking as the Superpower the World Needs Most Ask Me Anything of Episode EF5(EF23) BTP-EF6: Scaling Mount Wisdom Without Suffocating Under an Avalanche of Ego Behind The Podcast of Episode EF6(EF24) AMA-EF6: Is Less Really More When it Comes to the Pursuit of Wisdom or is Ignorance Bliss - 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PLAY <code> &lt;h1&gt;EF43 (S2-E4): Evil Urges: The Fiery Duality of Human Nature&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;a title="Play Episode" href="#" onclick="playThisTrack(0,42);return false;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLAY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="<a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5cwpf2/ef43-s2e4-evil-urges-the-fiery-duality-of-human-nature-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps-1.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5cwpf2/ef43-s2e4-evil-urges-the-fiery-duality-of-human-nature-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps-1.mp3</a>" download target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;DOWNLOAD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; The urges of human nature are like fire: they can cook your food or burn your house down. Is evil perceived consistently across people, or should the situation, culture, and individual psychology have a say in its characterization? And does this help define what is evil? </code> <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef43-s2e4-evil-urges-the-fiery-duality-of-human-nature" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> More...</a> The big question driving episode EF43 is … why do we have evil urges? Michael Fleming, a crestfallen journalist, interviews an infamous euthanasia doctor named Dr. Theodor Payne. Initially, Michael’s goal appears to be proving that Payne’s deeds are pure evil, with the implication that he should be prosecuted for performing over 1,000 assisted deaths. But as the two men collide, the line between good and evil becomes blurry, and hidden agendas become clear. Will the nature of evil be revealed? We’d like to think it should be easy to identify who, or what, is evil. Occasionaly, the distincion is simple; if you commit a violent act of murder without cause and have ill intent, you’re evil. But as we move away from obvious malicious acts, and multiple nuanced perspectives are revealed, it becomes increasingly difficult to characterize such things either pure evil or true good. Friedrich Nietzsche theorized that good and evil aren’t separate entities, but different actions driven by the same needs and impulses. How do we rationally act and override our snap judgements in order to give proper attention to decide what is, or isn’t, actually evil? <h2>Into The Rabbit Hole</h2> <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef43-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SHOW NOTES</a>: This episode is dedicated to <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/minds/jack-kevorkian" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jack Kevorkian</a>. See the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef43-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EF43 Show Notes</a> for details of the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef43-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dedication</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef43-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">inspirations</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef43-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">references</a>, selected <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef43-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">quotes</a> and more.  <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about-efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ABOUT THE EVOLVE FASTER PODCAST</a>: Everything is changing, yet the questions that drive us remain the same. Will humanity face the absurdity of our collective existential crisis in time? Join <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Ely</a> as he takes us deep into the rabbit hole with philosophical tales to reboot your mind, upgrade your life and explore your soul. To Evolve Faster is to see the fact that you will die someday as a formidable challenge, instead of a source of immense fear. Create your reality…before it creates you. Isn’t it time for an upgrade? <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More episodes…</a> <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SUBSCRIBE</a>: The Evolve Faster Podcast is written, performed and produced by <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Ely</a>. Writing and production of each episode of the podcast is a significant undertaking spanning many months—it’s a labor of love, but it needs your help to survive. 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EF43 (S2-E4): Evil Urges: The Fiery Duality of Human Nature

PLAY    &lt;h1&gt;(EF42) S2-E3: Civil Individualism: Loneliness Atop Mount Empowerment&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;a title="Play Episode" href="#"  onclick="playThisTrack(0,41);return false;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLAY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3i7fab/ef42-s2e3-civil-individualism-loneliness-atop-mount-empowerment-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3" download target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;DOWNLOAD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Going against society has the empowering feeling of standing alone on the top of a mountain. But is it even possible to climb to such heights without falling into the lonely pit of self-delusion? And what does it really mean to be an individual? &lt;a href="https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef42-s2e3-civil-individualism-loneliness-atop-mount-empowerment"&gt; More...&lt;/a&gt; The big question driving Episode EF42 is … What does it mean to be an individual? Sam Payne is finishing her Ph.D. in physics under the advisement of a professor making a controversial claim as to why the Big Bang wasn’t the beginning of the universe. The professor’s new theory of everything posits a universal force that is being interpreted as proof that God exists. Sam gets caught in the crossfire between the professor and the angry mob of protesting college students who believe he is trying to bring Creationism to universities. On a knife’s edge in life and career, the increasing pressure on Sam’s individualism is insisting on a drastic plan. Will Sam have the guts to carry it out? Humanity’s rise to the top of the food chain is due to our success as social creatures, so it can be confusing to sync that reality with our drive to also be individuals. With deep introspection into what got you to this point in life, can you actually define what it means to be a real individual? How would you prove you have what it takes? Are you capable of creating completely new ideas that aren’t influenced by your predecessors, as Transcendental philosophers like Walden and Thoreau? Or maybe you think you must climb the mountain alone to create a better world, as Ayn Rand believed?  Into The Rabbit Hole SHOW NOTES: This episode is dedicated to Justin Vernon. See the EF42 Show Notes for details of the dedication, inspirations, references, selected quotes and more.  ABOUT THE EVOLVE FASTER PODCAST: Everything is changing, yet the questions that drive us remain the same. Will humanity face the absurdity of our collective existential crisis in time? Join Scott Ely as he takes us deep into the rabbit hole with philosophical tales to reboot your mind, upgrade your life and explore your soul. To Evolve Faster is to see the fact that you will die someday as a formidable challenge, instead of a source of immense fear. Create your reality…before it creates you. Isn’t it time for an upgrade? More episodes… SUBSCRIBE: The Evolve Faster Podcast is written, performed and produced by Scott Ely. Writing and production of each episode of the podcast is a significant undertaking spanning many months—it’s a labor of love, but it needs your help to survive. To help ensure the creation of more episodes, please learn about ways you can support the podcast (register, share, review and subscribe) on the Support Evolve Faster page. Your help is much appreciated. PODCAST |ABOUT | SUBSCRIBE Season One: The journey begins as we embark on 11 episodes on big questions relating to MIND. What is the truth? Can we trust reason? Why do we have emotions? Does happiness define the good? What is identity? What is creativity? (EF1) Trailer: The Evolve Faster Podcast (Extended) Trailer(EF2) Intro: Life is a Near Death Experience: Welcome to The Evolve Faster Podcast(EF3) S1-E1: All Aboard the Experience Machine: Destination…Unknown (Season One, Episode One)(EF4) S1-E2: The Decapitation of Reason: A Skeptic’s Guide (Season One, Episode Two)(EF5) S1-E3: The Truth is Clay in the Hands of a Sculptor (Season One, Episode Three)(EF6) S1-E4: Information Mainlining and the Folly of Modern Wisdom (Season One, Episode Four)(EF7) S1-E5: Sleight of Mind: The Black Magic of Rhetoric (Season One, Episode Five)(EF8) S1-E6: Without a Compass: All Who Sail the Seas of Identity Are Not Lost (Season One, Episode Six)(EF9) S1-E7: I Feel Therefore I am: Capsized by the River Emotion (Season One, Episode Seven)(EF10) S1-E8: The Road to Happiness is Inked in Suffering (Season One, Episode Eight)(EF11) S1-E9: When the Lights Go Out: The Blinding Light of an Artificial Future (Season One, Episode Nine)(EF12) S1-E10: Wired to Fail: Leveling Up in the Game of Life (Season One, Episode Ten)(EF13) S1-E11: The Bloody Fingerprint of Creativity (Season One, Episode Eleven)(EF14) BTP: Behind the Evolve Faster Podcast - The Making of a Speculative Fiction Meets Philosophical Nonfiction Podcast(EF15) AMA: Ask Me Anything: About Scott Ely and Evolving a Philosophy for Life(EF16) BTP: On Creative Writing, Video Games and the Future of the Evolve Faster Podcast (About Antonio Rozich)(EF17) BTP-EF3: What Am I Supposed To Do Free Will and Other Everyday Problems Behind the Podcast of Episode EF3(EF18) AMA-EF3: The Mystical Allure of Converting to Buddhism and Speculating about Quantum Mechanics Ask Me Anything for Episode EF3(EF19) BTP-EF4: Head Transplantation and Finding Inspiration for Speculative Fiction - Behind the Podcast of Episode EF4(EF20) AMA-EF4: The Declining Value of Information and Taking Risks to Determine What is the Truth Ask Me Anything of Episode EF4(EF21) BTP-EF5: Should Lying be Made Illegal and the Importance of Figuring Out Why You Believe What you Believe --Behind the Podcast of Episode EF5(EF22) AMA-EF5: Defeating Fake News and Critical Thinking as the Superpower the World Needs Most Ask Me Anything of Episode EF5(EF23) BTP-EF6: Scaling Mount Wisdom Without Suffocating Under an Avalanche of Ego Behind The Podcast of Episode EF6(EF24) AMA-EF6: Is Less Really More When it Comes to the Pursuit of Wisdom or is Ignorance Bliss - 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PLAY <code> &lt;h1&gt;(EF42) S2-E3: Civil Individualism: Loneliness Atop Mount Empowerment&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;a title="Play Episode" href="#" onclick="playThisTrack(0,41);return false;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLAY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="<a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3i7fab/ef42-s2e3-civil-individualism-loneliness-atop-mount-empowerment-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3i7fab/ef42-s2e3-civil-individualism-loneliness-atop-mount-empowerment-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3</a>" download target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;DOWNLOAD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Going against society has the empowering feeling of standing alone on the top of a mountain. But is it even possible to climb to such heights without falling into the lonely pit of self-delusion? And what does it really mean to be an individual? &lt;a href="<a href="https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef42-s2e3-civil-individualism-loneliness-atop-mount-empowerment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef42-s2e3-civil-individualism-loneliness-atop-mount-empowerment</a>"&gt; More...&lt;/a&gt; </code> The big question driving Episode EF42 is … What does it mean to be an individual? Sam Payne is finishing her Ph.D. in physics under the advisement of a professor making a controversial claim as to why the Big Bang wasn’t the beginning of the universe. The professor’s new theory of everything posits a universal force that is being interpreted as proof that God exists. Sam gets caught in the crossfire between the professor and the angry mob of protesting college students who believe he is trying to bring Creationism to universities. On a knife’s edge in life and career, the increasing pressure on Sam’s individualism is insisting on a drastic plan. Will Sam have the guts to carry it out? Humanity’s rise to the top of the food chain is due to our success as social creatures, so it can be confusing to sync that reality with our drive to also be individuals. With deep introspection into what got you to this point in life, can you actually define what it means to be a real individual? How would you prove you have what it takes? Are you capable of creating completely new ideas that aren’t influenced by your predecessors, as Transcendental philosophers like Walden and Thoreau? Or maybe you think you must climb the mountain alone to create a better world, as Ayn Rand believed? <h2>Into The Rabbit Hole</h2> <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef42-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SHOW NOTES</a>: This episode is dedicated to <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/minds/justin-vernon/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Justin Vernon</a>. See the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef42-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EF42 Show Notes</a> for details of the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef42-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dedication</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef42-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">inspirations</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef42-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">references</a>, selected <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef42-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">quotes</a> and more.  <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about-efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ABOUT THE EVOLVE FASTER PODCAST</a>: Everything is changing, yet the questions that drive us remain the same. Will humanity face the absurdity of our collective existential crisis in time? Join <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Ely</a> as he takes us deep into the rabbit hole with philosophical tales to reboot your mind, upgrade your life and explore your soul. To Evolve Faster is to see the fact that you will die someday as a formidable challenge, instead of a source of immense fear. Create your reality…before it creates you. Isn’t it time for an upgrade? <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More episodes…</a> <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SUBSCRIBE</a>: The Evolve Faster Podcast is written, performed and produced by <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Ely</a>. Writing and production of each episode of the podcast is a significant undertaking spanning many months—it’s a labor of love, but it needs your help to survive. 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EF42 (S2-E3): Civil Individualism: Loneliness Atop Mount Empowerment

PLAY    &lt;h1&gt;(EF41) S2-E2: Transhuman Fallibility: The Existential Risk of a Superhuman Future&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;a title="Play Episode" href="#"  onclick="playThisTrack(0,40);return false;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLAY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/gwbfss/ef41-s2e2-transhuman-fallibility-the-existential-risk-of-a-superhuman-future-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3" download target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;DOWNLOAD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Technology is like a powerful drug that can either improve you or make you miserable and dependent. Is it our evolutionary fate that we will become superhuman? Or is the codebase of human nature inherently too fallible for the story of transhumanism to end well? &lt;a href="https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef41-s2e2-transhuman-fallibility-the-existential-risk-of-a-superhuman-future"&gt; More...&lt;/a&gt; The Big Question driving Episode EF41 is … why are humans so fallible? Will Storia is a graduate student whose Ph.D. work in history and evolutionary psychology is evolving into a manifesto about radically changing the trajectory of civilization.  On his show, The Next Evolution, he argues to a global audience that we are at the edge of an abyss, about to hand off what remains of our humanity to machines. His latest guest is John Weber, a revolutionary techie, who believes technology will solve all of humanity’s problems. As they publicly clash with the world watching, Will worries how people might twist his ideas; because it’s increasingly obvious that John’s transhuman ideology has already become a religion. To explore if technology might be the quick solution for every problem humanity is facing, we must look deep into the core of what makes us tick — human nature. Transhumanism will likely exponentially multiply all of our human weaknesses. Does the hard-wired human desire to seek power over others pose a serious problem for our inevitable evolution of wanting to be superhuman? Also, Yuval Noah Harari believes dataism — the trend towards reducing humans down to our data and trusting AI to make all our decisions — has civilization on a crash course with becoming useless. Is this our fate? Or will technology open doors to new heights for humanity?  Into The Rabbit Hole SHOW NOTES: This episode is dedicated to Yuval Noah Harari. See the EF41 Show Notes for details of the dedication, inspirations, references, selected quotes and more.  ABOUT THE EVOLVE FASTER PODCAST: Everything is changing, yet the questions that drive us remain the same. Will humanity face the absurdity of our collective existential crisis in time? Join Scott Ely as he takes us deep into the rabbit hole with philosophical tales to reboot your mind, upgrade your life and explore your soul. To Evolve Faster is to see the fact that you will die someday as a formidable challenge, instead of a source of immense fear. Create your reality…before it creates you. Isn’t it time for an upgrade? More episodes… SUBSCRIBE: The Evolve Faster Podcast is written, performed and produced by Scott Ely. Writing and production of each episode of the podcast is a significant undertaking spanning many months—it’s a labor of love, but it needs your help to survive. To help ensure the creation of more episodes, please learn about ways you can support the podcast (register, share, review and subscribe) on the Support Evolve Faster page. Your help is much appreciated. PODCAST |ABOUT | SUBSCRIBE Season One: The journey begins as we embark on 11 episodes on big questions relating to MIND. What is the truth? Can we trust reason? Why do we have emotions? Does happiness define the good? What is identity? What is creativity? (EF1) Trailer: The Evolve Faster Podcast (Extended) Trailer(EF2) Intro: Life is a Near Death Experience: Welcome to The Evolve Faster Podcast(EF3) S1-E1: All Aboard the Experience Machine: Destination…Unknown (Season One, Episode One)(EF4) S1-E2: The Decapitation of Reason: A Skeptic’s Guide (Season One, Episode Two)(EF5) S1-E3: The Truth is Clay in the Hands of a Sculptor (Season One, Episode Three)(EF6) S1-E4: Information Mainlining and the Folly of Modern Wisdom (Season One, Episode Four)(EF7) S1-E5: Sleight of Mind: The Black Magic of Rhetoric (Season One, Episode Five)(EF8) S1-E6: Without a Compass: All Who Sail the Seas of Identity Are Not Lost (Season One, Episode Six)(EF9) S1-E7: I Feel Therefore I am: Capsized by the River Emotion (Season One, Episode Seven)(EF10) S1-E8: The Road to Happiness is Inked in Suffering (Season One, Episode Eight)(EF11) S1-E9: When the Lights Go Out: The Blinding Light of an Artificial Future (Season One, Episode Nine)(EF12) S1-E10: Wired to Fail: Leveling Up in the Game of Life (Season One, Episode Ten)(EF13) S1-E11: The Bloody Fingerprint of Creativity (Season One, Episode Eleven)(EF14) BTP: Behind the Evolve Faster Podcast - The Making of a Speculative Fiction Meets Philosophical Nonfiction Podcast(EF15) AMA: Ask Me Anything: About Scott Ely and Evolving a Philosophy for Life(EF16) BTP: On Creative Writing, Video Games and the Future of the Evolve Faster Podcast (About Antonio Rozich)(EF17) BTP-EF3: What Am I Supposed To Do Free Will and Other Everyday Problems Behind the Podcast of Episode EF3(EF18) AMA-EF3: The Mystical Allure of Converting to Buddhism and Speculating about Quantum Mechanics Ask Me Anything for Episode EF3(EF19) BTP-EF4: Head Transplantation and Finding Inspiration for Speculative Fiction - Behind the Podcast of Episode EF4(EF20) AMA-EF4: The Declining Value of Information and Taking Risks to Determine What is the Truth Ask Me Anything of Episode EF4(EF21) BTP-EF5: Should Lying be Made Illegal and the Importance of Figuring Out Why You Believe What you Believe --Behind the Podcast of Episode EF5(EF22) AMA-EF5: Defeating Fake News and Critical Thinking as the Superpower the World Needs Most Ask Me Anything of Episode EF5(EF23) BTP-EF6: Scaling Mount Wisdom Without Suffocating Under an Avalanche of Ego Behind The Podcast of Episode EF6(EF24) AMA-EF6: Is Less Really More When it Comes to the Pursuit of Wisdom or is Ignorance Bliss - 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PLAY <code> &lt;h1&gt;(EF41) S2-E2: Transhuman Fallibility: The Existential Risk of a Superhuman Future&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;a title="Play Episode" href="#" onclick="playThisTrack(0,40);return false;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLAY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="<a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/gwbfss/ef41-s2e2-transhuman-fallibility-the-existential-risk-of-a-superhuman-future-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/gwbfss/ef41-s2e2-transhuman-fallibility-the-existential-risk-of-a-superhuman-future-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3</a>" download target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;DOWNLOAD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Technology is like a powerful drug that can either improve you or make you miserable and dependent. Is it our evolutionary fate that we will become superhuman? Or is the codebase of human nature inherently too fallible for the story of transhumanism to end well? &lt;a href="<a href="https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef41-s2e2-transhuman-fallibility-the-existential-risk-of-a-superhuman-future" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef41-s2e2-transhuman-fallibility-the-existential-risk-of-a-superhuman-future</a>"&gt; More...&lt;/a&gt; </code> The Big Question driving Episode EF41 is … why are humans so fallible? Will Storia is a graduate student whose Ph.D. work in history and evolutionary psychology is evolving into a manifesto about radically changing the trajectory of civilization.  On his show, The Next Evolution, he argues to a global audience that we are at the edge of an abyss, about to hand off what remains of our humanity to machines. His latest guest is John Weber, a revolutionary techie, who believes technology will solve all of humanity’s problems. As they publicly clash with the world watching, Will worries how people might twist his ideas; because it’s increasingly obvious that John’s transhuman ideology has already become a religion. To explore if technology might be the quick solution for every problem humanity is facing, we must look deep into the core of what makes us tick — human nature. Transhumanism will likely exponentially multiply all of our human weaknesses. Does the hard-wired human desire to seek power over others pose a serious problem for our inevitable evolution of wanting to be superhuman? Also, Yuval Noah Harari believes dataism — the trend towards reducing humans down to our data and trusting AI to make all our decisions — has civilization on a crash course with becoming useless. Is this our fate? Or will technology open doors to new heights for humanity? <h2>Into The Rabbit Hole</h2> <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef41-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SHOW NOTES</a>: This episode is dedicated to <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/minds/yuval-noah-harari" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yuval Noah Harari</a>. See the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef41-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EF41 Show Notes</a> for details of the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef41-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dedication</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef41-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">inspirations</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef41-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">references</a>, selected <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef41-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">quotes</a> and more.  <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about-efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ABOUT THE EVOLVE FASTER PODCAST</a>: Everything is changing, yet the questions that drive us remain the same. Will humanity face the absurdity of our collective existential crisis in time? Join <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Ely</a> as he takes us deep into the rabbit hole with philosophical tales to reboot your mind, upgrade your life and explore your soul. To Evolve Faster is to see the fact that you will die someday as a formidable challenge, instead of a source of immense fear. Create your reality…before it creates you. Isn’t it time for an upgrade? <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More episodes…</a> <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SUBSCRIBE</a>: The Evolve Faster Podcast is written, performed and produced by <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Ely</a>. Writing and production of each episode of the podcast is a significant undertaking spanning many months—it’s a labor of love, but it needs your help to survive. To help ensure the creation of more episodes, please learn about ways you can support the podcast (<a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">register</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">share</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">review</a> and <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">subscribe</a>) on the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support Evolve Faster</a> page. Your help is much appreciated. <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PODCAST</a> |<a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about-efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ABOUT</a> | <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SUBSCRIBE</a> <ul><li>Season One: The journey begins as we embark on 11 episodes on big questions relating to MIND. What is the truth? Can we trust reason? Why do we have emotions? Does happiness define the good? What is identity? What is creativity?</li></ul> <ul><li>(EF1) Trailer: The Evolve Faster Podcast (Extended) Trailer</li><li>(EF2) Intro: Life is a Near Death Experience: Welcome to The Evolve Faster Podcast</li><li>(EF3) S1-E1: All Aboard the Experience Machine: Destination…Unknown (Season One, Episode One)</li><li>(EF4) S1-E2: The Decapitation of Reason: A Skeptic’s Guide (Season One, Episode Two)</li><li>(EF5) S1-E3: The Truth is Clay in the Hands of a Sculptor (Season One, Episode Three)</li><li>(EF6) S1-E4: Information Mainlining and the Folly of Modern Wisdom (Season One, Episode Four)</li><li>(EF7) S1-E5: Sleight of Mind: The Black Magic of Rhetoric (Season One, Episode Five)</li><li>(EF8) S1-E6: Without a Compass: All Who Sail the Seas of Identity Are Not Lost (Season One, Episode Six)</li><li>(EF9) S1-E7: I Feel Therefore I am: Capsized by the River Emotion (Season One, Episode Seven)</li><li>(EF10) S1-E8: The Road to Happiness is Inked in Suffering (Season One, Episode Eight)</li><li>(EF11) S1-E9: When the Lights Go Out: The Blinding Light of an Artificial Future (Season One, Episode Nine)</li><li>(EF12) S1-E10: Wired to Fail: Leveling Up in the Game of Life (Season One, Episode Ten)</li><li>(EF13) S1-E11: The Bloody Fingerprint of Creativity (Season One, Episode Eleven)</li><li>(EF14) BTP: Behind the Evolve Faster Podcast - The Making of a Speculative Fiction Meets Philosophical Nonfiction Podcast</li><li>(EF15) AMA: Ask Me Anything: About Scott Ely and Evolving a Philosophy for Life</li><li>(EF16) BTP: On Creative Writing, Video Games and the Future of the Evolve Faster Podcast (About Antonio Rozich)</li><li>(EF17) BTP-EF3: What Am I Supposed To Do Free Will and Other Everyday Problems Behind the Podcast of Episode EF3</li><li>(EF18) AMA-EF3: The Mystical Allure of Converting to Buddhism and Speculating about Quantum Mechanics Ask Me Anything for Episode EF3</li><li>(EF19) BTP-EF4: Head Transplantation and Finding Inspiration for Speculative Fiction - Behind the Podcast 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PLAY            &lt;h1&gt;EF40 (S2-E1): Dehumanized: The Search for Self in the Devil’s Looking Glass&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;a title="Play Episode" href="#"  onclick="playThisTrack(0,39);return false;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLAY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/r5mpvh/ef40-s2e1-dehumanized-the-search-for-self-in-the-devils-looking-glass-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3" download target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;DOWNLOAD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Finding your place in society can feel like being forced to replicate the movements of others in a mirror. Does our technology buy us freedom from conforming, or dehumanize us? And do individuals really need society and culture anyway?   More... The big question driving Episode EF40 is … Do we need society and culture? EPISODE EF40 SUMMARY Sam, a 16-year-old from the South, organizes a school walkout to protest the technological trends leading society towards an AI-run government-owned by corporate tech royalty. Will this lead to a near future of radical inequality between the transhuman haves and have-nots? Facing backlash from the previous generation which refuses to look itself the mirror to see the truth, Sam learns that social conformity hasn’t changed since at least the 14th-century witch hunts. Instead of getting burned on a stake, will Sam get devoured by cultural pressures where everyone is expected to wear their given mask and mimic one another in the social mirror? To understand if humanity needs society and culture, we must first understand your ties to society as an individual. Using Edmund Burke’s theory of Social Contract, and what sociologist Émile Durkheim sees as the difference between laws and norms, we will hope to dissect the core of what it means to live in society. More importantly, what are your possibilities, if any, for rewriting the terms of the contract you’re given at birth? Into The Rabbit Hole SHOW NOTES: This episode is dedicated to Greta Thunberg. See the EF40 Show Notes for details of the dedication, inspirations, references, selected quotes and more.  ABOUT THE EVOLVE FASTER PODCAST: Everything is changing, yet the questions that drive us remain the same. Will humanity face the absurdity of our collective existential crisis in time? Join Scott Ely as he takes us deep into the rabbit hole with philosophical tales to reboot your mind, upgrade your life and explore your soul. To Evolve Faster is to see the fact that you will die someday as a formidable challenge, instead of a source of immense fear. Create your reality…before it creates you. Isn’t it time for an upgrade? More episodes… SUBSCRIBE: The Evolve Faster Podcast is written, performed and produced by Scott Ely. Writing and production of each episode of the podcast is a significant undertaking spanning many months—it’s a labor of love, but it needs your help to survive. To help ensure the creation of more episodes, please learn about ways you can support the podcast (register, share, review and subscribe) on the Support Evolve Faster page. Your help is much appreciated. PODCAST |ABOUT | SUBSCRIBE Season One: The journey begins as we embark on 11 episodes on big questions relating to MIND. What is the truth? Can we trust reason? Why do we have emotions? Does happiness define the good? What is identity? What is creativity? (EF1) Trailer: The Evolve Faster Podcast (Extended) Trailer(EF2) Intro: Life is a Near Death Experience: Welcome to The Evolve Faster Podcast(EF3) S1-E1: All Aboard the Experience Machine: Destination…Unknown (Season One, Episode One)(EF4) S1-E2: The Decapitation of Reason: A Skeptic’s Guide (Season One, Episode Two)(EF5) S1-E3: The Truth is Clay in the Hands of a Sculptor (Season One, Episode Three)(EF6) S1-E4: Information Mainlining and the Folly of Modern Wisdom (Season One, Episode Four)(EF7) S1-E5: Sleight of Mind: The Black Magic of Rhetoric (Season One, Episode Five)(EF8) S1-E6: Without a Compass: All Who Sail the Seas of Identity Are Not Lost (Season One, Episode Six)(EF9) S1-E7: I Feel Therefore I am: Capsized by the River Emotion (Season One, Episode Seven)(EF10) S1-E8: The Road to Happiness is Inked in Suffering (Season One, Episode Eight)(EF11) S1-E9: When the Lights Go Out: The Blinding Light of an Artificial Future (Season One, Episode Nine)(EF12) S1-E10: Wired to Fail: Leveling Up in the Game of Life (Season One, Episode Ten)(EF13) S1-E11: The Bloody Fingerprint of Creativity (Season One, Episode Eleven)(EF14) BTP: Behind the Evolve Faster Podcast - The Making of a Speculative Fiction Meets Philosophical Nonfiction Podcast(EF15) AMA: Ask Me Anything: About Scott Ely and Evolving a Philosophy for Life(EF16) BTP: On Creative Writing, Video Games and the Future of the Evolve Faster Podcast (About Antonio Rozich)(EF17) BTP-EF3: What Am I Supposed To Do Free Will and Other Everyday Problems Behind the Podcast of Episode EF3(EF18) AMA-EF3: The Mystical Allure of Converting to Buddhism and Speculating about Quantum Mechanics Ask Me Anything for Episode EF3(EF19) BTP-EF4: Head Transplantation and Finding Inspiration for Speculative Fiction - Behind the Podcast of Episode EF4(EF20) AMA-EF4: The Declining Value of Information and Taking Risks to Determine What is the Truth Ask Me Anything of Episode EF4(EF21) BTP-EF5: Should Lying be Made Illegal and the Importance of Figuring Out Why You Believe What you Believe --Behind the Podcast of Episode EF5(EF22) AMA-EF5: Defeating Fake News and Critical Thinking as the Superpower the World Needs Most Ask Me Anything of Episode EF5(EF23) BTP-EF6: Scaling Mount Wisdom Without Suffocating Under an Avalanche of Ego Behind The Podcast of Episode EF6(EF24) AMA-EF6: Is Less Really More When it Comes to the Pursuit of Wisdom or is Ignorance Bliss - 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PLAY <code> &lt;h1&gt;EF40 (S2-E1): Dehumanized: The Search for Self in the Devil’s Looking Glass&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;a title="Play Episode" href="#" onclick="playThisTrack(0,39);return false;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLAY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="<a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/r5mpvh/ef40-s2e1-dehumanized-the-search-for-self-in-the-devils-looking-glass-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/r5mpvh/ef40-s2e1-dehumanized-the-search-for-self-in-the-devils-looking-glass-evolve-faster-with-scott-ely-160kbps.mp3</a>" download target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;DOWNLOAD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Finding your place in society can feel like being forced to replicate the movements of others in a mirror. Does our technology buy us freedom from conforming, or dehumanize us? And do individuals really need society and culture anyway? </code> <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/podcast/ef40-s2e1-dehumanized-the-search-for-self-in-the-devils-looking-glass/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> More...</a> The big question driving Episode EF40 is … Do we need society and culture? <h2>EPISODE EF40 SUMMARY</h2> Sam, a 16-year-old from the South, organizes a school walkout to protest the technological trends leading society towards an AI-run government-owned by corporate tech royalty. Will this lead to a near future of radical inequality between the transhuman haves and have-nots? Facing backlash from the previous generation which refuses to look itself the mirror to see the truth, Sam learns that social conformity hasn’t changed since at least the 14th-century witch hunts. Instead of getting burned on a stake, will Sam get devoured by cultural pressures where everyone is expected to wear their given mask and mimic one another in the social mirror? To understand if humanity needs society and culture, we must first understand your ties to society as an individual. Using Edmund Burke’s theory of Social Contract, and what sociologist Émile Durkheim sees as the difference between laws and norms, we will hope to dissect the core of what it means to live in society. More importantly, what are your possibilities, if any, for rewriting the terms of the contract you’re given at birth? <h2>Into The Rabbit Hole</h2> <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef40-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SHOW NOTES</a>: This episode is dedicated to <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/minds/greta-thunberg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Greta Thunberg</a>. See the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef40-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EF40 Show Notes</a> for details of the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef40-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dedication</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef40-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">inspirations</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef40-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">references</a>, selected <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/notes/ef40-show-notes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">quotes</a> and more.  <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about-efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ABOUT THE EVOLVE FASTER PODCAST</a>: Everything is changing, yet the questions that drive us remain the same. Will humanity face the absurdity of our collective existential crisis in time? Join <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Ely</a> as he takes us deep into the rabbit hole with philosophical tales to reboot your mind, upgrade your life and explore your soul. To Evolve Faster is to see the fact that you will die someday as a formidable challenge, instead of a source of immense fear. Create your reality…before it creates you. Isn’t it time for an upgrade? <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More episodes…</a> <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SUBSCRIBE</a>: The Evolve Faster Podcast is written, performed and produced by <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Ely</a>. Writing and production of each episode of the podcast is a significant undertaking spanning many months—it’s a labor of love, but it needs your help to survive. To help ensure the creation of more episodes, please learn about ways you can support the podcast (<a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">register</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">share</a>, <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">review</a> and <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">subscribe</a>) on the <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support Evolve Faster</a> page. Your help is much appreciated. <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PODCAST</a> |<a href="https://evolvefaster.com/about-efp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ABOUT</a> | <a href="https://evolvefaster.com/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SUBSCRIBE</a> <ul><li>Season One: The journey begins as we embark on 11 episodes on big questions relating to MIND. What is the truth? Can we trust reason? Why do we have emotions? Does happiness define the good? What is identity? What is creativity?</li></ul> <ul><li>(EF1) Trailer: The Evolve Faster Podcast (Extended) Trailer</li><li>(EF2) Intro: Life is a Near Death Experience: Welcome to The Evolve Faster Podcast</li><li>(EF3) S1-E1: All Aboard the Experience Machine: Destination…Unknown (Season One, Episode One)</li><li>(EF4) S1-E2: The Decapitation of Reason: A Skeptic’s Guide (Season One, Episode Two)</li><li>(EF5) S1-E3: The Truth is Clay in the Hands of a Sculptor (Season One, Episode Three)</li><li>(EF6) S1-E4: Information Mainlining and the Folly of Modern Wisdom (Season One, Episode Four)</li><li>(EF7) S1-E5: Sleight of Mind: The Black Magic of Rhetoric (Season One, Episode Five)</li><li>(EF8) S1-E6: Without a Compass: All Who Sail the Seas of Identity Are Not Lost (Season One, Episode Six)</li><li>(EF9) S1-E7: I Feel Therefore I am: Capsized by the River Emotion (Season One, Episode Seven)</li><li>(EF10) S1-E8: The Road to Happiness is Inked in Suffering (Season One, Episode Eight)</li><li>(EF11) S1-E9: When the Lights Go Out: The Blinding Light of an Artificial Future (Season One, Episode Nine)</li><li>(EF12) S1-E10: Wired to Fail: Leveling Up in the Game of Life (Season One, Episode Ten)</li><li>(EF13) S1-E11: The Bloody Fingerprint of Creativity (Season One, Episode Eleven)</li><li>(EF14) BTP: Behind the Evolve Faster Podcast - The Making of a Speculative Fiction Meets Philosophical Nonfiction Podcast</li><li>(EF15) AMA: Ask Me Anything: About Scott Ely and Evolving a Philosophy for Life</li><li>(EF16) BTP: On Creative Writing, Video Games and the Future of the Evolve Faster Podcast (About Antonio Rozich)</li><li>(EF17) BTP-EF3: What Am I Supposed To Do Free Will and Other Everyday Problems Behind the Podcast of Episode EF3</li><li>(EF18) AMA-EF3: The Mystical Allure of Converting to Buddhism and Speculating about Quantum Mechanics Ask Me Anything for Episode EF3</li><li>(EF19) BTP-EF4: Head Transplantation and Finding Inspiration for Speculative Fiction - Behind the Podcast 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EF40 (S2-E1): Dehumanized: The Search for Self in the Devil’s Looking Glass

Everything is changing, yet the questions that drive us remain the same. Will humanity face the absurdity of our collective existential crisis in time? Join Scott Ely as he takes us deep into the rabbit hole with philosophical experiments to reboot your mind, psychological tales to upgrade your life and existential practices to explore your soul. Are you ready for what emerges at the intersections of fact and fiction, science and spirituality, philosophy and psychology? To Evolve Faster is to see the fact that you will die someday as an awesome challenge, instead of a source of fear. Create your reality…before it creates you. Isn’t it time for an upgrade?

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EF28 is an Ask Me Anything about Episode EF8 (Without a Compass: All Who Sail the Seas of Identity Are Not Lost). The sixth episode of the first season of the Evolve Faster Podcast Episode is driven by the big question Who Am I? Many people use drugs to make quick “fixes” to their identity. But if there was a drug that could instantly change you once and for all, would you take it?

EF28 (AMA-EF8): Drugs, Consciousness Manipulation and Cheating Your Way To a Better You — Ask Me Anything for Episode EF8

The big question driving Episode EF5 is...What is the Truth?  Truman, an ordinary man with a regular job, is caught lying in a country where lying is illegal. Thanks to his actions, he ends up facing a mandatory Truth Course to get him back on the track. Terrified, Truman slowly realizes the truth is not what we all grew accustomed to believe. Is it possible that facts are nothing more than a piece of clay molded by someone's interests? Time is running out for Truman, and the sculptor of truth might hold the power to mold his future.

EF5 (S1-E3): The Truth is Clay in the Hands of a Sculptor

EF30 is an Ask Me Anything about Episode EF9 (I Feel, Therefore I am: Capsized on the River Emotion).  The driving question of this episode (and this AMA) for you to think through is ... Can rationality and emotions coexist? We wish we don’t feel pain, sorrow or sadness. But what if somehow we managed to remove every single emotion. Could we really exist? The seventh episode of the first season of the Evolve Faster Podcast Episode is driven by the big question Can rationality and emotions coexist. We wish we don’t feel pain, sorrow or sadness. But what if somehow we managed to remove every single emotion. Could we really exist?

EF30 (AMA-EF9): Emotional Manipulation, Tribalism and Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Think Before you Feel — Ask Me Anything for Episode EF9

EF31 is a Behind The Podcast about Episode EF10 (The Road to Happiness is Inked in Suffering). The driving question of this episode (and this BTP) for you to think through is ... Does happiness define the good? We need to be happy to feel good. Even a 4-year-old child knows this somewhere in the chaos of their still-evolving mind. Thus, it seems logical the closer we are to becoming happy 24/7, the better. But when was the last time you met someone who achieved this? And have you ever thought through the practicalities of such a scenario?

EF31 (BTP-EF10): Dharma, Modifying Negative Thinking and the Never Ending Pursuit of Happiness by Embracing Suffering  — Behind the Podcast of Episode EF10

Is it possible to learn to be wise? This is a Behind The Podcast (BTP) of Episode EF6 (Information Mainlining and the Folly of Modern Wisdom).  The driving question of this episode (and this BTP) for you to think through is ... what is wisdom?

EF23 (BTP-EF6): Scaling Mount Wisdom Without Suffocating Under an Avalanche of Ego — Behind The Podcast of Episode EF6

EF25 is a Behind The Podcast (BTP) looking back at Episode EF7 (Sleight of Mind: The Black Magic of Rhetoric).  The driving question of this episode is ... can we trust reason? Since perfected by the ancient Greeks, rhetoric has slowly devolved from a respected art into a manipulative tool used in marketing, politics and any other walk of life where mental and verbal coercion pays. Rhetoric, propaganda and the strategic use of logical fallacies are mental and verbal manipulations similar to the dark arts of black magic, in that they create smoke and mirrors to change minds to believe mistruths. And unlike a magician who deceives to entertain, these dark wizards act maliciously in pursuit of profit and power over others.

EF25 (BTP-EF7): The Power of Propaganda and Rhetoric to Divide Us and the Quest for a Better World — Behind the Podcast of Episode EF7

This is a Behind The Podcast (BTP) of Episode EF5 (Season 1, Episode 3 of the Evolve Faster Podcast) titled The Truth is Clay in the Hands of a Sculptor. The driving question of this episode (and this BTP) for you to think through is … what is the truth? Without knowing the truth, what can we do? Somewhere deep in our DNA, there's a code that says we always need to seek honesty, we need to fight for trustworthiness. So we do our best to seek justice we all believe to be the same. When we attack someone for telling a supposed “lie”, we don’t do it because we want to hurt the person. Instead, we’re doing it because we want him or her to be “right” as well. Because, if there’s a single correct path and you are already on that path, then it’s logical you must help anyone who isn’t.

EF21 (BTP-EF5): Should Lying be Made Illegal and the Importance of Figuring Out Why You Believe What you Believe — Behind the Podcast of Episode EF5

EF26 is an Ask Me Anything about Episode EF7 (Sleight of Mind: The Black Magic of Rhetoric).  The driving question of this episode (and this AMA) for you to think through is ... can we trust reason? In an online world now overcome with fake news, reason and rational thinking would seem to be an obvious bet for an antidote. But how many times did you find yourself in a situation where your reasoning was unreasonable to somebody else? Does this mean it’s not a consistent tool we can trust in all situations? Or are there other skills you need to develop in your critical thinking toolbelt in order to fight fire with rhetorical fire?

EF26 (AMA-EF7): The Impossibility of Honest Politicians and Protecting Our Kids from The Most Insidious Fake News — Ask Me Anything for Episode EF7

EF27 is a Behind The Podcast of Episode EF8 (Without a Compass: All Who Sail the Seas of Identity Are Not Lost). The driving question of this episode is ... Can you change your identity? Or the shorter philosophical classic, who are you? Although you know your name, vital statistics, and other necessary information — you likely still ask yourself from time to time 'who am I?' What do we mean when we ask this seemingly simple, but infinitely deep, question? And is it possible that the answer could change over time, implying that your identity can evolve?

EF27 (BTP-EF8): Who are You and is it Possible to Upgrade Your Identity as an Adult? — Behind the Podcast of Episode EF8

EF32 is an Ask Me Anything about Episode EF10 ((The Road to Happiness is Inked in Suffering). The driving question of this episode (and this BTP) for you to think through is ... Does happiness define the good? The eighth episode of the first season of the Evolve Faster Podcast Episode is driven by the big question Does happiness define the good. We want to be happy, yet there are only a few people who can honestly claim that. So are we hardwired to sadness or simply bad at our job?

(EF32) AMA-EF10: Mind Control Through a Well-Chosen Tattoo and the Unlikely Case of Being Happy Enough — Ask Me Anything for Episode EF10

Episode EF20 is an Ask Me Anything (AMA) looking back at Episode EF4, which was Season 1, Episode 2 of the Evolve Faster Podcast titled 'The Decapitation of Reason: A Skeptic’s Guide.' That episode of the first season of the Evolve Faster Podcast Episode was driven by the big question 'How can we know anything?'

EF20 (AMA-EF4): The Declining Value of Information and Taking Risks to Determine What is the Truth — Ask Me Anything of Episode EF4

This is an Ask Me Anything (AMA) about Episode EF6 (Information Mainlining and the Folly of Modern Wisdom). The driving question of this episode is ... is wisdom necessary for leading a satisfying life? It certainly seems useful, but what exactly do you get from it? And does prudence require you to know more than the basic math back from elementary school? Or maybe, wisdom trumps traditional knowledge and a person can be wise no matter the number of books read?

EF24 (AMA-EF6): Is Less Really More When it Comes to the Pursuit of Wisdom or is Ignorance Bliss? — Ask Me Anything of Episode EF6

This is an Ask Me Anything (AMA) looking back at Episode EF5 (The Truth is Clay in the Hands of a Sculptor). The driving question of this episode (and this AMA) for you to think through is ... what is the truth? Without knowing the truth, what can we do? Somewhere deep in our DNA, there's a code that says we always need to seek honesty, we need to fight for trustworthiness. So then why is there so much dishonesty in the news and our collective discourse?

EF22 (AMA-EF5): Defeating Fake News and Critical Thinking as the Superpower the World Needs Most — Ask Me Anything of Episode EF5

EF38 is an Ask Me Anything about Episode EF13 (The Bloody Fingerprint of Creativity).  Where does creativity come from?!  It’s impossible to understand if creativity is born as soon as we are or is creativity a quest we need to work to achieve. Or maybe it’s both?

EF38 (AMA-EF13): Flow, Creative Improvisation and Other Altered States of Consciousness — Ask Me Anything for Episode EF13

EF37 is a Behind The Podcast about Episode EF13 (The Bloody Fingerprint of Creativity).  The driving question of this episode is ... Where does creativity come from?! Art, imagination, and creativity aren't mystical powers divinely granted to only a few, but instead are a cumbersome process where you need to wake up every day and work hard — just like any other job requiring hard work and years of practice. Although everybody wants to be creative, it's the will we usually lack. But, unlike some mysterious force we can't define, the will is more than attainable. Do you have the guts to face the failures you'll have to endure to attain it?

EF37 (BTP-EF13): Where Creativity Comes From and How to Find Your Uniquely Bloody Fingerprint — Behind the Podcast of Episode EF13

EF36 is an Ask Me Anything about Episode EF12 (Wired to Fail: Leveling Up in the Game of Life). What defines us? Success, failure and fear are the three main ingredients that define what we are and what we can and will be. But how much freedom and power do we have at controlling how much of each ingredient goes into the pot?

EF36 (AMA-EF12): Pyrrhic Victory and Finding the 10% of Your Mind that Defines Who You Are — Ask Me Anything for Episode EF12

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