#312 – Duncan Trussell: Comedy, Sentient Robots, Suffering, Love & Burning Man

Duncan Trussell is a comedian, host of The Duncan Trussell Family Hour podcast, and co-creator of The Midnight Gospel. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) - Introduction
(07:13) - Nietzsche's eternal recurrence
(27:03) - Artificial intelligence
(55:33) - Joe Rogan
(1:04:06) - Facing death
(1:20:54) - Bhakti yoga
(1:27:46) - Afterlife
(1:38:10) - Suffering
(2:03:25) - War
(2:21:19) - Depression
(2:43:08) - Evil
(2:53:24) - Burning Man
(3:08:56) - The Midnight Gospel
(3:13:48) - Advice for young people
(3:23:19) - Duncan reads a poem