What They Don't Want You To Know About Cancel Culture - Rikki Schlott

Rikki Schlott is a journalist, columnist, free speech activist, and author. Saying "you can't say anything any more" is the internet's tagline. Cancel culture has been the hot topic over the last few years. But why has it taken over the discourse so much and just how much truth is there that it's getting worse than ever before? Expect to learn what Rikki learned from a mass analysis of Twitter bans, whether the rates of people being cancelled are increasing, if the cancellers actually enjoy the cancelling of people, what drove the increase in cancellations, if free speech is really dead in America, whether apologising works and much more... - 00:00 Have Calls for Cancellation Increased? 06:34 Stats About Self-Censorship in Academia 10:50 The Motivations Behind Cancelers 14:17 Researching Mass Twitter Bans 18:16 Cancellation Enforcement Mechanisms 24:51 The Subjects You Can’t Touch on Campuses 34:40 Free Speech Law Vs Free Speech Culture 40:03 Is Cancellation Just Accountability? 47:29 Predicting the Future of Cancel Culture 52:36 Potential Solutions for Cancel Culture 57:29 Advice to People Threatened With Cancellation 59:44 Where to Find Rikki - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic here - https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

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Jan 18, 20241h 0mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: January 18, 2024
Duration: 1h 0m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Rikki Schlott is a journalist, columnist, free speech activist, and author. Saying "you can't say anything any more" is the internet's tagline. Cancel culture has been the hot topic over the last few years. But why has it taken over the discourse so much and just how much truth is there that it's getting worse than ever before? Expect to learn what Rikki learned from a mass analysis of Twitter bans, whether the rates of people being cancelled are increasing, if the cancellers actually enjoy the cancelling of people, what drove the increase in cancellations, if free speech is really dead in America, whether apologising works and much more... - 00:00 Have Calls for Cancellation Increased? 06:34 Stats About Self-Censorship in Academia 10:50 The Motivations Behind Cancelers 14:17 Researching Mass Twitter Bans 18:16 Cancellation Enforcement Mechanisms 24:51 The Subjects You Can’t Touch on Campuses 34:40 Free Speech Law Vs Free Speech Culture 40:03 Is Cancellation Just Accountability? 47:29 Predicting the Future of Cancel Culture 52:36 Potential Solutions for Cancel Culture 57:29 Advice to People Threatened With Cancellation 59:44 Where to Find Rikki - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic here - https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

SPEAKERS

Chris Williamson
host
Rikki Schlott
guest

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Chris Williamson and Rikki Schlott, What They Don't Want You To Know About Cancel Culture - Rikki Schlott explores inside Cancel Culture’s Rise: Free Speech, Fragility, And Silent Majorities Rikki Schlott discusses the explosion of cancel culture since 2014, arguing it’s driven by social media, institutional abandonment of free speech values, and a generational shift toward fragility and protectionism. She and Chris Williamson trace its roots from early campus political correctness to today’s pervasive self-censorship among students, professors, and professionals. They contend that cancellations fail to eliminate bad ideas, instead driving them into more radical echo chambers while training everyone else to walk on eggshells. The conversation closes with potential solutions, emphasizing parenting, institutional neutrality, corporate backbone, and a renewed, lived culture of free speech rather than reliance on laws alone.

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