Lex Fridman | Tim Urban: Tribalism, Marxism, Liberalism, Social Justice, and Politics | Lex Fridman Podcast #360 @lexfridman | Uploaded February 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
Tim Urban is the author of the blog Wait But Why and a new book What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Tim's new book: waitbutwhy.com/whatsourproblem
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Tim's TED talk: youtube.com/watch?v=Rk5C149J9C0

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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
2:16 - Human history
18:15 - Greatest people in history
26:04 - Social media
32:46 - Good times and bad times
44:16 - Wisdom vs stupidity
46:24 - Utopia
1:00:33 - Conspiracy theories
1:13:44 - Arguing on the Internet
1:33:44 - Political division
1:43:38 - Power games
1:51:37 - Donald Trump and Republican Party
2:08:45 - Social justice
2:31:28 - Censorship gap
2:38:59 - Free speech
2:43:01 - Thinking and universities
2:51:24 - Liv Boeree joins conversation
3:03:44 - Hopes for the future

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