Examining the Examined Life

Adam joins Brandon to explore the struggle of trying to guide a moral life in a world rife with distractions, bad incentives, and misinformation. Along the way, they traverse a range of topics including:

- selective outrage and our limited bandwidth

- what feels best vs. what does the most good

- lessons from the Effective Altruism movement

- the moralization of what is "natural"

- contextualizing natural selection in a modern world

- the limitations of our political system

- reigniting civic engagement

- the difficulty of accomplishing anything

and much more!

If anyone would like to get in touch with or involved in Impostors Anonymous, feel free to reach out to [email protected].

Home of the Effective Altruism movement mentioned throughout this episode - https://www.effectivealtruism.org/

A comprehensive resource for finding the most effective charities - https://www.givewell.org/

The book mentioned by Adam - Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert Putnam

If anyone would like to get in touch with or involved in Impostors Anonymous, feel free to reach out to [email protected].