Episodes from the “Rationally Speaking” series by NYC Skeptics,Rationally Speaking

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Is cash the best way to help the poor? (Michael Faye)

Humanity on the precipice (Toby Ord)

Dangerous biological research - is it worth it? (Kevin Esvelt)

Why we're polarized (Ezra Klein)

The genetic lottery (Kathryn Paige Harden)

How to reason about COVID, and other hard things (Kelsey Piper)

"Price gouging" in emergencies

How to be a data detective (Tim Harford)

Are Uber and Lyft drivers being exploited?

Unfair laws / Why judges should be originalists (William Baude)

Intellectual honesty, cryptocurrency, & more (Vitalik Buterin)

Understanding moral disagreements (Jonathan Haidt)

The case for one billion Americans, & more (Matt Yglesias)

What’s wrong with tech companies banning people? (Julian Sanchez)

The case for racial colorblindness (Coleman Hughes)

Are Democrats being irrational? (David Shor)

The moral limits of markets / The problem with meritocracy (Michael Sandel)

Deaths of despair / Effective altruism (Angus Deaton)

Are Boomers to blame for Millennials' struggles?

Rationally Speaking #244 - Stephanie Lepp and Buster Benson on "Seeing other perspectives, with compassion"