Lex Fridman PodcastTim Urban: Tribalism, Marxism, Liberalism, Social Justice, and Politics | Lex Fridman Podcast #360
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EPISODE INFO
- Released
- February 20, 2023
- Duration
- 3h 7m
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
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: https://waitbutwhy.com/whatsourproblem Tim's Twitter: https://twitter.com/waitbutwhy Tim's Website: https://waitbutwhy.com Tim's Instagram: https://instagram.com/timurban Tim's TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk5C149J9C0 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 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 SOCIAL:
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SPEAKERS
Tim Urban's partner / close friend (guest, brief appearance)
guestLex Fridman
host
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Tim Urban and Lex Fridman, Tim Urban: Tribalism, Marxism, Liberalism, Social Justice, and Politics | Lex Fridman Podcast #360 explores tim Urban dissects tribalism, wokeness, history, and saving liberalism Lex Fridman and Tim Urban use Urban’s new book, *What’s Our Problem?*, to explore human history, technological progress, and the fragile health of liberal democracy. They contrast “primitive mind” vs “higher mind” thinking, arguing that much of today’s political dysfunction stems from tribal, low-quality thought rather than particular left/right positions.
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