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Robert Wright (Author: The God Test)
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- Jun 23, 2026
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Robert Wright is the New York Times bestselling author of The God Test: Artificial Intelligence and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning . His previous books include: The Evolution of God (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), Nonzero , The Moral Animal , Three Scientists and their Gods (a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award), and Why Buddhism Is True . He is the cofounder and editor-in-chief of the widely respected Bloggingheads.tv and MeaningofLife.tv. He has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, Time, Slate , and The New Republic . He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania and at Princeton University, where he also created the popular online course “Buddhism and Modern Psychology.” He is currently Visiting Professor of Science and Religion at Union Theological Seminary in New York. Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This has been another commercial-free episode, financed by folks who toss a few bucks into the hat every month here . If you don’t want to subscribe, but would like to support this podcast with a one-time donation, please click here . Intro music “Brightside of the Sun,” by Basin and Range . Outro: “Losing My Religion,” by REM. If you buy from Amazon, my link is here . (You can click on it once, then bookmark that as your go-to Amazon link so it’ll always work.) Buy some merch from my mom here . Grab a copy of my books: Sex at Dawn, Civilized to Death, Tangentially Reading, Talking Drugs, and Talking Sex here . Find other Tangentialistas around the world ! Instructions for getting the paid RSS feed in apps is here . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or…