Sam Harris speaks with Robin Hanson about our hidden motives in everyday life. They discuss selfishness, hypocrisy, norms and meta-norms, cheating, deception, self-deception, education, the evolutionary logic of conversation, social status, signaling and counter-signaling, common knowledge, AI, and many other topics.
Robin Hanson is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University and a research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. He has a Phd in social science from Cal Tech, master&rsquo;s degrees in physics and philosophy, and nine years of experience as a research programmer in artificial intelligence and Bayesian statistics. He&rsquo;s recognized not only for his contributions to economics (pioneering the theory and use of prediction markets) but also in a wide range of other fields. He is the author (along with Kevin Simler) of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0190495995/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wwwsamharris03-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0190495995&amp;linkId=63187e8b926c03ff3cd014c19953baaf">The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life</a>.
Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/robinhanson">@robinhanson</a>

In this episode of the Making Sense podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Robin Hanson about our hidden motives in everyday life. They discuss selfishness, hypocrisy, norms and meta-norms, cheating, deception, self-deception, education, the evolutionary logic of conversation, social status, signaling and counter-signaling, common knowledge, AI, and many other topics. Robin Hanson is an associate professor &hellip; <a href="">Continued</a>