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0:00 Oliver's new book, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
1:40 Oliver outlines “compatibilism,” the idea that free will and determinism can coexist
7:59 Bob: Everyone should be a free will agnostic
14:28 The occasionally dramatic consequences of arguments against free will
21:47 Would determinism require us to reform our approach to criminal justice?
34:40 A (possible) quantum hack for free will vs. determinism
37:41 Bob thinks compatibilism is bullshit ...
45:53 ... but Oliver tries to persuade him there's something to it
57:59 Oliver: No position on free will and determinism is free of contradiction

Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Oliver Burkeman (The Antidote, Four Thousand Weeks). Recorded July 6, 2021.

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