• Molly Crockett – Changing the World is a Group Project

  • Jan 16 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
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Molly Crockett – Changing the World is a Group Project

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  • In this episode, Wendy speaks with psychologist and cognitive scientist Molly Crockett. Molly is a leader in studying moral cognition, with an emphasis on ethics, knowledge, and power in the digital age. This conversation covers many topics, including:

    • the limits of quantitative (scientific) ways of knowing;
    • the importance of narrative in shaping ideas and behavior;
    • moral outrage on social media;
    • who benefits from a culture of outrage;
    • the role of scientists in our narratives about human nature;
    • how artificial intelligence influences what we consider as human;
    • using artificial intelligence for compassion;
    • a Dalai Lama chatbot vs. the real Dalai Lama;
    • the importance of embodiment in human communication;
    • studying transformative experiences at Burning Man;
    • technology and "Paleolithic" emotions;
    • epistemic injustice;
    • and the critical importance of valuing multiple ways of knowing.

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