How the Media Creates Delusional Tribes - Tim Urban
September 3, 2023
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Tim Urban is a blogger who writes about a wide range of topics, from science and technology to psychology and philosophy. He is known for creating minimalist stick-figure illustrations to help explain complex concepts in a simple way. His musings are collected on his website, ‘Wait But Why’, and featured in his newly-released book, ‘What's Our Problem? A Self-Help Book for Societies’ - available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BVGH6T1Q/
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00:00 Intro
01:18 Tim Urban’s Background
02:51 What's Causing All the Division?
06:34 The Largest Contributor to Tribalism
12:15 The Population’s Exposure to Information
15:30 Biological Aspects to Tribalism
19:42 When Will We Need to Take Responsibility for How We Act?
23:14 Tim’s Optimism for the Future of Social Media
28:15 What is Elon’s Vision For Twitter?
31:09 Elon Musk's Power to Disrupt
41:11 Sponsor Message: easyDNS
42:16 How To Live & Take Greater Risks
45:17 Overcoming The Fear of Embarrassment
51:48 The Reality of Our Agency & How Much Time We Have Left
55:39 What’s the One Thing We’re Not Talking About?
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