Deepak Disagrees
I chat with guests who have strong opinions on everything from philosophy and economics to technology and politics. I play devil's advocate, taking the contrarian stance. The goal is not to argue or win, but to dig deep and explore the foundations of their beliefs.
Please remember that the arguments I make are purely for the sake of exploration as part of the format. It is likely that I do not hold those beliefs personally.
I do my best to release one episode every month. If you have feedback or know someone who should be on the show, please write to me at deepakdisagrees@gmail.com.
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Episodes
- Tanuj on Twitter and LinkedIn
- Tanuj's book, co-authored with Nandan Nilekani: The Art of Bitfulness
- Robin Hanson's book: The Age of Em: Work, Love and Life When Robots Rule the Earth
- Jorge Luis Borges' The Total Library
- Eliezer Yudkowsky's open letter: Pausing AI Developments Isn’t Enough. We Need to Shut it All Down
- Joe Carlsmith on LessWrong: What is it to solve the alignment problem?
- Leopold Aschenbrenner on For Our Prosperity: Nobody’s on the ball on AGI alignment
- Tom Davidson on Open Philanthropy: Could Advanced AI Drive Explosive Economic Growth?
- The Chinese Room Problem on Wikipedia
- Noam Chomsky on the New York Times: The False Promise of ChatGPT
- Daron Acemoglu's paper on Harms of AI
- David Cahn asks AI’s $600B Question
- Susan Blackmore on Scientific American: Are Humans the Only Conscious Animal?
- Nitin's website
- Nitin on Twitter and LinkedIn
- Nitin's book: The Nitopadesha - Moral Tales for Good Citizens
- Neuralink explained on Wikipedia
- Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow
- Nitin writes: Liberal democracies must protect their citizens’ minds from being hacked
- Nitin's TEDx Talk: What if your government was a network?
- Tristan Harris' TED Talk: How a Handful of Tech Companies Control Billions of Minds Every Day
- Jonathan Haidt's The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
- Purva paksha explained on Wikipedia
- Manoj on Twitter and LinkedIn
- Manoj's books: Smokeless War: China's Quest for Geopolitical Dominance, Fairy Tales: Love, Hate And Hubris, and Voterfiles A Political Travelogue
- Child pornography and art, and the case of Graham Ovenden
- Learn aboutCharlie Hebdo
- Romesh Thappar vs The State Of Madras on India Kanoon
- Brij Bhushan And Another vs The State Of Delhi on India Kanoon
- K. A. Abbas vs The Union Of India on India Kanoon
- Ranjit D. Udeshi vs State Of Maharashtra on India Kanoon
- Learn about books banned in India
- The Polyester Prince, a case of censure by non-state actors
- Francis Alÿs’s Green Line & 58 liters of paint