My guest today is Neil Sinhababu, an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the National University of Singapore. He wrote Humean Nature and Possible Girls and has taught normative ethics and political philosophy. He majored in philosophy as an undergraduate at Harvard University and obtained a PhD in Philosophy at University of Texas at Austin. Please enjoy the show.
Show Notes
- [0:40] How does Neil view the 2016 US Presidential Election?
- [3:11] Donald Trump’s history of corruption
- [4:50] US-Russia relations
- [6:55] Vladimir Putin and Russia post-Putin
- [8:33] How will Neil’s actions and thoughts change if he was immersed in Russia’s culture of falsehood?
- [9:40] Understanding US media system
- [15:02] Thoughts on tech and legacy media, and the narrative of tech vs legacy media
- [20:08] Getting a sense of Singapore’s political system
- [21:58] Politicians risking their seats and arguments for democracy
- [30:08] US-China relations, institutions, and a stable democratic world government
- [37:46] What can unite humans in the absence of an alien invasion?
- [39:51] How have the US institutions fared in the Covid-19 pandemic? What should the institutions have done instead?
- [48:02] Thoughts on 2020 Democratic Primary
- [56:25] Neil’s broad social democratic strategy and his thoughts on billionaires’ impact on the system
- [1:04:26] Prediction for upcoming 2020 US Presidential Election
- [1:06:23] Changing the system to prevent undesirable candidates from taking power. Democrats’ knock-out vs Republicans’ submission-hold
- [1:13:58] Influencing votes in favour of Democratic Party
- [1:17:20] Does being a philosophy professor bring about the maximum utility?
- [1:20:00] Media that Neil consumes
- [1:21:46] How does Neil synthesise information and how does he know the worldview that he has is the right one?
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