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2 weeks ago | 
boldreasoningwithpetersinger.substack.com | Peter Singer
In the latest episode of Lives Well Lived, the podcast I co-host with Kasia de Lazari-Radek, we talk to neuroscientist Antonio Damasio about the roots of consciousness, which animals are likely to be conscious, Descartes’ error and what Spinoza got right, the mind-body connection, and how understanding the links between our bodies and our minds can help us to live well.
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1 month ago | 
boldreasoningwithpetersinger.substack.com | Peter Singer
In the latest episode of Lives Well Lived, the podcast I co-host with Kasia de Lazari-Radek, we talk to Anna Lembke, professor of psychiatry at Stanford University and author of Dopamine Nation, about the science of addiction, the role of dopamine in pleasure and motivation, and how modern society encourages compulsive overconsumption. Anna explains how addiction is not just about substances but can extend to behaviors like social media use, gambling, and even compulsive reading.
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1 month ago | 
omanobserver.om | Peter Singer
Since ancient times, thinkers have asked whether we freely choose what we do or if our actions are determined by forces beyond our control. That debate has been given new impetus by scientific discoveries that have advanced our understanding of the causes of our behaviour. Robert Sapolsky, a Stanford University neuroscientist and recent guest on the podcast “Lives Well Lived", which I co-host with the Polish philosopher Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek, is one of these science-based determinists.
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1 month ago | 
boldreasoningwithpetersinger.substack.com | Peter Singer
In the latest episode of Lives Well Lived, the podcast I co-host with Kasia de Lazari-Radek, we talk to Robert Sapolsky, the renowned neuroscientist, primatologist, and author, to discuss his groundbreaking research on stress and what we can learn from baboons about human behavior, as well as his controversial recent book arguing that free will is an illusion, and that in a deep sense, we are not morally responsible for our actions.
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2 months ago | 
omanobserver.om | Peter Singer
Donald Trump has wasted no time clarifying what “America First” – the dominant idea driving his election campaign – means in practice. So far, it means a 90-day freeze on most foreign aid spending, as well as the withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Paris climate agreement. The ostensible purpose of the foreign aid freeze is to review the efficacy of US programmes.
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2 months ago | 
arabalears.cat | Peter Singer
Donald Trump no ha trigat gens a deixar clar què significa a la pràctica “Amèrica primer”, la idea dominant que va impulsar la seva campanya electoral. Fins ara significa una congelació de 90 dies de la majoria de la despesa en ajuda exterior, així com la retirada dels Estats Units de l’Organització Mundial de la Salut (OMS) i l’Acord de París per afrontar el canvi climàtic. El propòsit evident de la congelació de l’ajuda exterior és revisar l’eficàcia dels programes dels EUA.
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2 months ago | 
ara.cat | Peter Singer
Donald Trump no ha trigat gens a deixar clar què significa a la pràctica “Amèrica primer”, la idea dominant que va impulsar la seva campanya electoral. Fins ara significa una congelació de 90 dies de la majoria de la despesa en ajuda exterior, així com la retirada dels Estats Units de l’Organització Mundial de la Salut (OMS) i l’Acord de París per afrontar el canvi climàtic. El propòsit evident de la congelació de l’ajuda exterior és revisar l’eficàcia dels programes dels EUA.
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2 months ago | 
boldreasoningwithpetersinger.substack.com | Peter Singer
In this first season of Lives Well Lived, Kasia and I had the privilege of speaking with a remarkable group of individuals who are making the world a better place through their actions and ideas. In each conversation, we talk with our guests about the choices they’ve made and the lessons they’ve learned, offering insights into how we can all contribute to positive change.
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2 months ago | 
boldreasoningwithpetersinger.substack.com | Peter Singer
You can purchase the book from my publisher, Princeton University Press, here. Turkeys are birds of the genus Meleagris, native to North America. About 20 million years ago, they evolved from the common ancestor they share with pheasants and grouse. Turkeys were first domesticated by Indigenous Americans about 2,200 years ago and became an important source of protein for them. The turkeys that Ameri- cans eat today, however, came to the United States by a roundabout route.
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2 months ago | 
boldreasoningwithpetersinger.substack.com | Peter Singer
In an affluent society, it’s often hard to draw the line between what we want and what we need. Popular culture celebrates materialism and excessive consumption as essential signs of success and power. Whole industries exist to persuade us that things we want are actually things we need — or, at least, things we deserve — to make our lives more convenient, or more efficient, or more fulfilling. The message all around seems clear: wants are needs, and the more the better.
