Get Joseph E. LeDoux "The Four Realms of Existence" on Dwarkesh Podcast
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@theamygdaloid@bsky.social Neuroscientist at NYU and member of the rock band The Amygdaloids.
Dive into the cutting-edge worlds of technology and science with Dwarkesh Patel's meticulously researched interviews that bring together brilliant minds to unpack revolutionary ideas in AI, biotech, and beyond. Each episode delivers profound, thought-provoking conversations that challenge conventional wisdom and illuminate the paths shaping humanity's future.
Joseph E. LeDoux is newly back in the spotlight with The Four Realms of Existence, released November 4, 2025, a timely reframing of consciousness and the self that is landing right as AI leaders are arguing about what minds are and how to build them. Putting this into the Dwarkesh Podcast matters because Dwarkesh has become a go to forum for Silicon Valley decision makers, so LeDoux’s framework can shape how engineers and investors think about agency, reward, and subjective experience today.
This conversation also comes on the heels of tributes marking LeDoux’s retirement in late 2024, a moment when he is consolidating decades of research that corrected popular myths about the amygdala and fear and influenced therapies that target memory processes. He has not been on the Dwarkesh Podcast before, which makes this a rare chance for that audience to hear his latest synthesis directly.
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