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OUTLINE: 
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(00:00) &#8211; Introduction 
(09:48) &#8211; Harvey Weinstein 
(15:53) &#8211; Harvard succumbs to pressure 
(27:08) &#8211; Safe spaces 
(33:26) &#8211; Cancel culture 
(36:23) &#8211; Evil 
(40:33) &#8211; Hitler 
(45:09) &#8211; Criminal justice system 
(49:10) &#8211; Innocence 
(51:39) &#8211; Racism in the judicial system 
(1:03:41) &#8211; George Floyd 
(1:06:06) &#8211; The trial of Derek Chauvin 
(1:19:55) &#8211; O. J. Simpson 
(1:24:29) &#8211; Aaron Hernandez 
(1:36:10) &#8211; Book recommendations 
(1:43:45) &#8211; Advice for young people 
(1:45:53) &#8211; Death 
(1:47:59) &#8211; Meaning of life

#170 – Ronald Sullivan: The Ideal of Justice in the Face of Controversy and Evil

Conversations about science, technology, history, philosophy and the nature of intelligence, consciousness, love, and power. Lex is an AI researcher at MIT and beyond.