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0:00 Teaser
0:31 Paul attains potato hegemony
4:10 Bob’s book: Gateway drug to AI doomerism?
7:42 Nathan Fielder’s view of Elizabeth Holmes (via Paul)
22:27 Bob TORCHES Fielder
34:02 Are art and artist really separable?
38:50 What Trump and Musk say about our times
44:20 Heading to Overtime
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Bloom (https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net, University of Toronto, The Sweet Spot, Against Empathy). Recorded October 27, 2026.
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Overtime titles:
Bob reveals his anti-Fielder bias.
Gibney’s view of Musk (via Bob).
What kind of show is Widow’s Bay?
Paul: DO talk to strangers.
Paul’s date with an AI companion.
OpenAI’s (semi-)secret sales model.
Are there human domains safe from AI?
All-In’s epistemic short stack.
Fielder vs the field of journalism.
Bob’s post-rant remorse.
Overtime video:
