Episode #30 with Special Guest Oren Harman
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In this episode we are joined by another special guest, Professor Oren Harman. Professor Harman is amongst other things, author of the award winning book "The Price of Altruism", and joins us to discuss the fantastic (and ultimately sorry) tale of George Price. Along with George Price's contribution to the study of altruism, we also briefly discuss Professor Harman's take on existentialism. You can find his TED talk here (covering much the same material): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db7li_TMJ0M and his article "Chance and Necessity Revisted" can be found at https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/chance-necessity-revisited/
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