The Future of Intelligence (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) (opens in new tab)

Listen now | 0:00 Teaser 0:49 Paul’s new baby is reportedly cute 6:54 The Tucker-Trump fracture 12:16 Parenting later in life 19:36 Paul’s TED talk on AI and loneliness 25:25 When does embryo screening become eugenics? 34:13 Is intelligence a positional good? 43:00 Heading to Overtime Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Bloom ( University of Toronto, The Sweet Spot, Against Empathy). Recorded April 22, 2026. Twitter: