At a boring party? These questions will mix it up.

• Are we primed for violence à la video games, mobs, movies?
• Do we need traumatic coming-of-age rituals?
• Should we live with our friends à la hunter gatherers?
• Have men’s gender roles change? Should they change?
• Does struggle give life meaning? is there true struggle in the modern world?
• Is transparency always good?
• Should complex topics be left to experts or should the public get a say?
• Do people actually need politicians?
• Do really smart people seem crazy? (Like Gregory Perelman.) Is it a handicap to be too smart?
• Have you spent multiple days with one group of people 24×7 ? How does the socialization change?
• Does this mean anything “do whatever you want as long as you don’t harm anyone”?
• Is philosophy without evidence legit ? Can you have theory without experiment?
• Are all social conflicts reducible to young men who lack guidance and prospects?
• Is the pursuit of happiness a red herring?
• Will we merge into a monolithic global culture where everyone is Anglophone, brown-skinned, and called John Smith?
• If you had superhero powers, what would you do?
• What does it mean to be human w.r.t. genetic engineering?
• At what point is someone in Mumbai or Nigeria better off than someone in Chicago’s South Side?
• Are nuclear weapons good because MAD prevents war?