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#16 - Sarah Fitz-Claridge: taking children seriously and freedom
Saturday, September 20, 2025 • Duration 01:41:31
Sarah Fitz-Claridge is a writer, speaker, and the founder of Taking Children Seriously together with David Deutsch. Taking Children Seriously is a new/different view of children—as being full people whose wishes matter just like ours do, whose lack of consent matters just as much as ours does, whose reasons for their wishes make sense, just like ours do, follow Sarah on Twitter
We talk about coercion, education, freedom, parenting, happiness, and what it means to truly take children seriously. Topics are outlined in the timestamps below.
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Timestamps
00:00 – Intro
00:38 – Why civilisations overlook children
11:39 – Do we still lack the knowledge of how to raise children otherwise?
15:25 – Is coercion increasing in the way children are raised
27:28 – Inexplicit coercion, is it intentional?
30:28 – Rationalize your reasons to your children
33:03 – We experience the childhood coercion and do the same to our kids
36:56 – Does internal coercion precedes external coercion
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#15 - Scott Aaronson: quantum computing, AI and AGI progress
Saturday, August 16, 2025 • Duration 01:07:09
Scott Aaronson is a theoretical computer scientist at the University of Texas at Austin, known for his pioneering work on quantum computing and computational complexity. He writes the widely read blog Shtetl-Optimized and has shaped how researchers and the public understand both the possibilities and limits of quantum technology.
We talk about the reality of quantum computing, cryptography, AI progress, large language models, and what the future might look like when these technologies converge. Topics are outlined in the timestamps below.
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Timestamps
00:00 – Intro
03:25 – How computer science views quantum mechanics today
06:50 – Superconducting qubits and how quantum machines are built
10:15 – The rules of quantum probability explained
13:41 – Quantum error correction and protecting fragile states
17:06 – When quantum algorithms provide a speed-up (and when they don’t)
20:31 – Skepticism and testing the limits of quantum hype
23:56 – Why Scott is optimistic about scalable quantum computing
27:22 – Potential applications: materials, chemistry, and beyond
30:47 – Shor’s algorithm and breaking classical encryption
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#14 - Michael Huemer: free will, political anarchism and morality
Thursday, July 24, 2025 • Duration 01:06:18
Michael Huemer is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder and the author of Ethical Intuitionism, The Problem of Political Authority, and more six books. He is known for his clarity, rigor, and no-nonsense philosophical reasoning and is in my opinion one of the best philosophers alive, follow Mike on Twitter
We talk about the logic of free will, the illusion of the self, moral responsibility, philosophical anarchism, and how rationality might still matter in a deterministic universe. Topics are outlined in the timestamps below.
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Timestamps
00:00 – Intro
03:22 – Is the bias for determinism just another historical mistake?
06:44 – Deliberation presupposes freedom
10:06 – On truth, imperfection, and rational discourse
13:28 – Is Huemer’s argument for free will a deductive proof?
16:50 – Robots, compatibilism, and why freedom needs alternatives
20:12 – You didn’t create yourself — but can you still be free?
23:34 – The no-self doctrine and what it really means
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#13 - Brett Hall: the beginning of infinity, popper and epistemology
Tuesday, July 8, 2025 • Duration 01:04:07
Brett Hall is the host of the TokCast podcast, a physicist and teacher, and one of the most insightful explainers of David Deutsch’s philosophy. He’s been writing and speaking about Popperian epistemology, optimism, and the universal reach of explanation for over a decade, follow Brett on Twitter
We talk about what makes people people, why consciousness might be rarer than we think, why explanatory knowledge is the most powerful force in the universe, and what AGI and progress really mean. Topics are outlined in the timestamps below.
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Timestamps
00:00 – Intro
03:18 – How The Fabric of Reality changed Brett’s worldview
06:42 – Optimism, meaning, and the rejection of mysticism
09:52 – What makes humans unique: universal explainers
13:07 – Consciousness, personhood, and moral status
16:44 – Popper’s critiques of academia and progress
19:59 – Why Brett rejects labels like “Popperian” or “Deutschian”
23:15 – What it means to explain something — and why we can’t define it
26:21 – Explanations vs metaphors and epistemic clarity
29:33 – Are good predictions overrated in science?
32:55 – Why AI isn’t approaching AGI (and might be moving away)
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#12 - David Deutsch: the fabric of explanations, optimism and creativity
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 • Duration 01:03:28
David Deutsch is a physicist at the University of Oxford, widely considered one of the most profound thinkers alive today. He’s the author of The Beginning of Infinity and The Fabric of Reality, and a pioneer of quantum computing and Popperian epistemology, follow David on Twitter
We talk about the nature of truth, creativity, optimism, education, AGI, and why error correction is the key to human progress. Topics are outlined in the timestamps below.
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Timestamps
00:00 – Intro
03:13 – Can we eliminate error without ever knowing the final truth?
06:21 – Why knowledge is always incomplete
08:22 – Sam Harris, meditation, and mental frameworks
09:41 – The mind as an explanation-generator
13:22 – Anti-rational memes and the Enlightenment break
17:28 – What caused progress to finally take off?
20:29 – The nature of universal theories
23:43 – Epistemic patience vs persuasive narratives
27:16 – Institutions and pruning the “search tree” of ideas
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#11 - Garett Jones: national IQ, immigration and less democracy
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 • Duration 01:00:33
Garett Jones is an economist at George Mason University and the author of Hive Mind, 10% Less Democracy, and The Culture Transplant. His work explores how intelligence, institutions, and ancestry shape national prosperity — often in surprising ways, follow Garett on Twitter
We talk about national IQ, smarter governance, immigration policy, and why “less democracy” might sometimes mean better results. Topics are outlined in the timestamps below.
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Timestamps
00:00 – Intro
03:11 – Smart people build better institutions that help everyone
06:22 – IQ gaps, immigration, and intergenerational convergence
09:33 – IVF, embryo selection, and boosting intelligence
12:44 – Should we optimize our children’s genetics?
15:55 – Axelrod, cooperation, and designing better institutions
19:06 – What does “10% less democracy” really mean?
22:17 – Making the case for longer political terms and elite control
25:28 – Populism, Trump, and democratic decisions
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#10 - Johan Norberg: global capitalism, open societies and degrowth
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 • Duration 50:56
Johan Norberg is a Swedish author and historian of ideas. He’s a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and the author of Progress, In Defense of Global Capitalism, The Capitalist Manifesto and more recently Peak Human. His work explores the roots of prosperity, the case for open societies, and why freedom leads to human flourishing, follow Johan on Twitter
We talk about what really drives progress, how innovation emerges, the false promises of degrowth, and why optimism is a moral stance. Topics are outlined in the timestamps below.
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Timestamps
00:00 – Intro
02:31 – Why trade and openness drive innovation
05:03 – The mindset of responsibility and agency
07:36 – Capitalism, sustainability, and environmental progress
10:10 – Why human flourishing isn’t guaranteed
12:42 – How human creativity builds prosperity
15:17 – What profit really means in free markets
17:51 – Risk-taking and the power of entrepreneurship
20:27 – The decline of global inequality
23:03 – Can markets handle externalities fairly?
25:41 – Why regulation doesn’t mean anti-market
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#9 - Leigh Brasington: the jhanas and buddhist philosophy
Thursday, June 5, 2025 • Duration 53:35
Leigh Brasington is a meditation teacher in the Theravāda Buddhist tradition and the author of Right Concentration: A Practical Guide to the Jhānas. He was authorized to teach by Ayya Khema and is known for his deep knowledge of jhāna practice and insight meditation.
We talk about altered states of concentration, awakening without dogma, what it feels like to perceive without ego, and how practice transforms life. Topics are outlined in the timestamps below.
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Timestamps
00:00 – Intro
02:37 – Seeing reality beyond the ego
05:15 – Learning the jhānas with Ayya Khema
07:53 – Insight that follows deep concentration
10:31 – What real meditation absorption feels like
13:09 – Leigh’s critique of lighter jhāna methods
15:47 – Retreat environments and access to jhānas
18:25 – Teaching online vs in-person
21:03 – What helps students succeed
23:41 – Stories from students’ breakthroughs
26:18 – Is jhāna possible for everyone?
28:56 – Why we procrastinate on practice
31:34 – Insight meditation and Satipaṭṭhāna
34:12 – How meditation shapes happiness
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#8 - Max More: transhumanism, cryonics and the future societies
Saturday, May 31, 2025 • Duration 01:00:11
Max More is a philosopher, futurist, and one of the world’s most influential advocates for cryonics and life extension. He’s the former CEO of Alcor and a leading thinker on transhumanism, personal identity, and long-term survival, follow Max on Twitter
We talk about cryopreservation, memory, the limits of death, technological ethics, and why future generations might live radically longer and freer lives. Topics are outlined in the timestamps below.
