#360 – Tim Urban: Tribalism, Marxism, Liberalism, Social Justice, and Politics | Lex Fridman Podcast
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#360 – Tim Urban: Tribalism, Marxism, Liberalism, Social Justice, and Politics | Lex Fridman Podcast
The internal human battle between our addictions and our innate desire for meaningful challenge and stimulation.
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But it's so hard to do that. I wonder if that expects too much. I don't think it does. I don't think it does. I feel as if, you know, it's interesting. Here's why I'm optimistic about that.
It's a battle. It's a battle between our addictions and our greed against our desire to be stimulated, right? Human beings, it's very interesting. You know, at
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The necessity of morally engaged politics to counter extremism and how to respond to toxic polarization without de-escalating.
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But that's what's happened. That's why we have the dangerous mix of fundamentalism and hyper-nationalism that we see today.
It's because we need a morally more engaged way of contending with our disagreements and a morally more explicit way of deliberating as citizens about what it is we share and what the implications of that
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Algorithmic media incentivizes simplistic discourse, but people remain capable of complexity and compassion in the offline, real world.
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And all I can say is like I think we gotta fight that and that something you can what great is you can actually do that yourself You can fight and like not be a participant in that Sometimes I wonder though well not wonder I think that it is I more of a cynic I think that it ends up being a losing battle because even the first question, right? You
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