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Ryan Schiller: Librex and the Free Exchange of Ideas on College Campuses | Lex Fridman Podcast #172

Ryan Schiller is the creator of Librex, an anonymous discussion feed for college communities. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Allform: https://allform.com/lex to get 20% off - Magic Spoon: https://magicspoon.com/lex and use code LEX to get $5 off - BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off - Brave: https://brave.com/lex EPISODE LINKS: Librex App: https://librexapp.com/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:48 - Librex 3:41 - Deep Fakes 7:48 - Silencing of ideas 18:42 - Building Librex 28:29 - How Librex took over Dartmouth 36:55 - Anonymity 39:46 - Private vs public life 49:13 - Building a sense of community 53:56 - Refusing to sell user data 1:00:46 - Moderation 1:07:35 - Freedom of speech 1:18:27 - Scaling 1:22:43 - Yik Yak 1:30:03 - AWS and Parler 1:35:07 - Safe spaces 1:38:04 - Jeffrey Epstein 1:47:31 - Chess and poker 1:58:11 - Advice for young people 2:09:03 - Book recommendations 2:14:57 - Mortality SOCIAL: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman

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Mar 30, 20212h 26mWatch on YouTube ↗

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Released
March 30, 2021
Duration
2h 26m
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Lex Fridman Podcast
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Ryan Schiller is the creator of Librex, an anonymous discussion feed for college communities. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

EPISODE LINKS: Librex App: https://librexapp.com/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:48 - Librex 3:41 - Deep Fakes 7:48 - Silencing of ideas 18:42 - Building Librex 28:29 - How Librex took over Dartmouth 36:55 - Anonymity 39:46 - Private vs public life 49:13 - Building a sense of community 53:56 - Refusing to sell user data 1:00:46 - Moderation 1:07:35 - Freedom of speech 1:18:27 - Scaling 1:22:43 - Yik Yak 1:30:03 - AWS and Parler 1:35:07 - Safe spaces 1:38:04 - Jeffrey Epstein 1:47:31 - Chess and poker 1:58:11 - Advice for young people 2:09:03 - Book recommendations 2:14:57 - Mortality SOCIAL:

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Lex Fridman and Ryan Schiller, Ryan Schiller: Librex and the Free Exchange of Ideas on College Campuses | Lex Fridman Podcast #172 explores anonymous campus app Librex fights fear, censorship, and conformity Lex Fridman interviews Ryan Schiller, the 21‑year‑old founder of Librex, an anonymous discussion app built for verified college communities that began at Yale and has expanded to the Ivy League, MIT, and Stanford.

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