Episode 4
Examining the Examined Life
Adam joins Brandon to explore the struggle of trying to guide a moral life in a world rife with distractions, bad incentives, and misinformation. Along the way, they traverse a range of topics including:
- selective outrage and our limited bandwidth
- what feels best vs. what does the most good
- lessons from the Effective Altruism movement
- the moralization of what is "natural"
- contextualizing natural selection in a modern world
- the limitations of our political system
- reigniting civic engagement
- the difficulty of accomplishing anything
and much more!
If anyone would like to get in touch with or involved in Impostors Anonymous, feel free to reach out to impostorsanonymous@gmail.com.
Home of the Effective Altruism movement mentioned throughout this episode - https://www.effectivealtruism.org/
A comprehensive resource for finding the most effective charities - https://www.givewell.org/
The book mentioned by Adam - Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert Putnam
If anyone would like to get in touch with or involved in Impostors Anonymous, feel free to reach out to impostorsanonymous@gmail.com.