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The WEIRDest People in the World
Joseph Henrich ISBN 1846147964
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Joseph Henrich ISBN 1846147964
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This book by Joseph Henrich came up once on Tim Ferriss in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Will MacAskill. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“he has this other book the weirdest people in the world which is about the psychology in particular of weird people Western educated industrialized rich and Democratic”— Will MacAskill
The guest here is Will MacAskill: Associate professor of philosophy at Oxford, co-founder of Giving What We Can, the Centre for Effective Altruism and 80,000 Hours, and author of 'What We Owe the Future'. Philosopher Will MacAskill explains longtermism, existential risks from AI, pandemics and war, and why the vast future is worth protecting.
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