Common once said, “My circumstance is between Cabrini and Love Jones.” That line has always hit home for me.This episode is about what it means to grow up between struggle and success — to carry both stories inside you and figure out how to honor them both.My parents worked at the United States Postal Service. They were solid, steady people who built their lives around reliability. But when they divorced, everything shifted. Our plans fell apart, and so did our sense of safety. My mom went from

Daniel Gilbert is an American social psychologist, author, and professor at Harvard University best known for his research on affective forecasting. His bestselling book Stumbling on Happiness (2006) explores why humans are often poor judges of what will make them happy. Daniel discusses the role of external factors in determining happiness. He debates whether living entirely in the present is beneficial and the pitfalls of having too many choices in life.Keep up to date with Peter on SubstackKeep

What are the psychological aspects of how military combat personnel are often socialized in training to feel more comfortable with carrying out acts of violence? Why is it important to note that many people, not just those in positions of power, actually desire fascism and power imbalance, and aren't simply operating from states of being deceived?In this episode, we speak with John Protevi of Regimes of Violence: Toward a political anthropology.Join us as we explore the nuances of violence

This is a link post. New Anthropic research (tweet, blog post, paper): We investigate whether large language models can introspect on their internal states. It is difficult to answer this question through conversation alone, as genuine introspection cannot be distinguished from confabulations. Here, we address this challenge by injecting representations of known concepts into a model's activations, and measuring the influence of these manipulations on the model's self-reported states. We find that

In this episode, we dive into reflection. Work, dignity, and what it means to build a life from the ground up. We talk about loss as fertile ground, flow as surrender, and the art of composting our past into something new. From tabla rhythms to surfing metaphors, we explore how creativity, effortlessness, and emotional release shape the foundation of meaning. As we close Season 1, we return to the simplest truth. Letting go is not a one-time act. It is a practice. One we come back to, over and