Joe Carlsmith on navigating serious philosophical confusion | 80,000 Hours
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With so many of our most basic questions unresolved, what's a species to do?
Joe Carlsmith on navigating serious philosophical confusion | 80,000 Hours Search for: On this page: Introduction 1 Highlights 2 Articles, books, and other media discussed in the show 3 Transcript 3.1 Rob's intro [00:00:00] 3.2 The interview begins [00:09:21] 3.3 Downsides of the drowning child thought experiment [00:12:24] 3.4 Making demanding moral values more resonant [00:24:56] 3.5 The crazy train [00:36:48] 3.6 Whether we're living in a simulation [00:48:50] 3.7 Reasons to doubt we're living in a simulation, and practical implications if we are [00:57:02] 3.8 Decision theory and affecting
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