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Noah Feldman (@NoahRFeldman) is a Harvard professor, ethical philosopher and advisor, public intellectual, religious scholar and historian, and author of 10 books, including his latest, The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America.

Noah is the founder of Ethical Compass, which helps clients like Facebook and eBay improve ethical decision-making by creating and implementing new governance solutions. He is host of the Deep Background podcast, a policy and public affairs columnist for Bloomberg Opinion, and a former contributing writer for The New York Times.

Noah is the author of 10 books, including Divided by God: America’s Church-State Problem—and What We Should Do About It; What We Owe Iraq: War and the Ethics of Nation Building; Cool War: The United States, China, and the Future of Global Competition; Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR’s Great Supreme Court Justices; and The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President.

Enjoy!

Why Noah is quadra-lingual [03:33]
A language-learning myth plus how Arabic changed Noah’s universe [08:32]
Dr. Wilson Bishai and how Noah learned colloquial Arabic [12:52]
What does the spectrum of Arabic look like? [17:37]
Exploring the algorithm of “al.” [21:44]
What does Al Qaeda mean, and how did it get its name? [22:24]
A full life without caffeine? [27:17]
Structured life vs. overwhelmed life [29:09]
“Failing” and “succeeding” at therapy [31:59]
Voice recognition software for time management and productivity [34:52]
From concept to first and final draft—how Noah faces the blank page [39:15]
Comparing the interpretation of scripture to the interpretation of the US Constitution[44:06]
With an undergrad in Near Eastern languages and civilizations, why did Noah decide to go to law school? [46:57]
LLB (Legum Baccalaureus) vs. JB (Juris Doctor). [49:26]
Why Noah went to law school [51:07]
How did Noah’s dad instill morals in him? [54:06]
Living in the Iraqi Republican Palace’s kitchen, getting shot at, etc. [59:18]
What not to do when you invade a country [1:07:01]
How to create a constitution [1:11:47]
An exemplary modern constitution [1:18:03]
Understanding constitutions, you will understand crypto. [1:21:58]
Appreciation for Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin [1:24:08]
How an understanding history allows you to be a futurist [1:26:54]
Recommended reading on creating constitutions [1:33:21]
DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations) and what Noah finds promising about them? [1:37:48]
What I find promising about DAOs. [1:40:40]
Tough problems that DAO experiments may be able to answer [1:43:25]
The pros and cons of uneditable smart contracts [1:45:59]
What prompted Noah to write The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America? [1:50:18]
How Lincoln’s story fits into addressing the Constitution’s most glaring flaws [1:52:43]
Is the Constitution meant to be a moral blueprint? [1:57:24]
How does world peace relate to compromise? [2:01:53]
Two kinds of compromise: real aspiration and waffling. [2:03:29]
Examples of good compromisers [2:07:59 ]
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and why Noah finds him interesting? [2:09:40]
Did the Iroquois Confederacy have any impact on the Constitution? [2:19:49]
Experiments Noah is looking forward to seeing played out [2:23:04]
What to avoid when trying to create big tech boards [2:29:36]
Legitimacy as currency to drive a company’s compliance with its oversight board [2:32:55]
Parting thoughts. [2:37:46]

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