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Jessica Riskin on Life, Machinery, and the Restless Clock

发表于 2019-02-11 machinery restless riskin

Historian Jessica Riskin of Stanford University talks about her book The Restless Clock with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. What is the difference between human be…

Matthew Crawford on Why We Drive

发表于 2021-01-05 crawford corporate beings

Author Matthew Crawford talks about his book Why We Drive with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. The conversation is about driving but also much more: how human being…

Michael Munger on Desires, Morality, and Self-Interest

发表于 2021-03-02 acting desires morality

Economist and author Michael Munger of Duke University talks about human wants and desires with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Human beings have desires about our …

Do All Creatures, Great and Small, and Made From Silicon, Have Rights? (with Jeff Sebo)

发表于 2025-04-01 creatures sebo beings

Should monkeys have the same rights as humans? What about elephants, ants, or invertebrates? NYU philosopher Jeff Sebo makes the case for expanding your moral c…

Are We Alone? Cosmic Loneliness and the Longing to Believe (with Adam Kirsch)

发表于 2026-08-25 cosmic belief beings

Has the earth been visited by extraterrestrials? Are we alone? Despite no formal evidence for conscious life outside of earth, the belief that we are not alone …