Rested from his trip to lake country, Seth talks about originalism, and uses it as an example of how we often project our preferences onto someone else in order to avoid accountability.

A surprise follow-up to yesterday's birthday episode. Seth talks about how rules are not enough, and the mutually-informative relationship between rules and culture. If we want a better world, it's not enough to change the system, we need a culture that loves and empowers everyone instead of trying to sort us by some arbitrary measure of value.

Seth talks about the way that the news media relies on your brain's fears and threat perception in a way that keeps you hooked, keeps their wallets full, and keeps us all afraid and unhappy.

Seth talks about the way that the news media relies on your brain's fears and threat perception in a way that keeps you hooked, keeps their wallets full, and keeps us all afraid and unhappy.

Seth talks about his experience growing up in the world of private-school-educated well-funded "elites" and how the stories that surround that culture can often cut us off from the wonder and ability of everyone else around us. He also talks a bit about the ways that people use data to avoid accountability, instead of engaging with hard questions about the assumptions that shape our knowledge.

Seth shares some working theories (aren't they all) on the origins of bigotry and hatred, both historically and as applied to today. He makes an appeal for moving beyond violence. Also in the middle, there's some stuff about tonal languages and banh mi.

Seth talks about the ways our brains are pre-programmed, and what we can do to choose a different path. We've had the status quo drilled into our heads but we have the power to choose something better.

Seth share's a friends insight about men and resilience, discusses some of his own past experiences with feelings of inferiority, and turns towards something bigger than any of us.

Seth talks about some of the conflicts we see and the way that our brains attach inherited history to our own identities, and become (often deeply) defensive as a result.

Seth talks about the ways we inherit beliefs without realizing it, and how the back-and-forth nature of bullying poisons our entire social ecosystem. Unicorn hat by Joy Nelson (https://www.etsy.com/shop/JoyNelsonArt)