Ross Douthat - Columnist, The New York Times. Tracked across 9 mentions in podcasts and expert conversations analyzed by Sonic.
Ross Douthat characterizes J.D. Vance's public rhetoric as more aligned with the "red-pilled" faction in his speeches and more with the "black-pilled" faction in his tweets.
Ross Douthat considers the Iraq War to be the greatest deliberate disaster of his adult lifetime.
Ross Douthat speculates that Sam Altman believes he might live forever as a digital entity, a goal which would require solving the hard problem of consciousness.