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This clip comes from the first episode of "No Man's Friend," wherein Warren Smith and host Garrett Van Tiem discuss equal outcome, starter jobs, and aspirational goals.

This clip comes from the first episode of "No Man's Friend," wherein Warren Smith discusses the responses, positive and negative, to his viral clip and youtube channel. Contrapoints video on J. K. Rowling - I was not too familiar with this creator, please use discernment when considering our discussion, and always see for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmT0i0xG6zg&t=2634s

This clip comes from the first episode of "No Man's Friend," wherein Warren Smith recounts his firing, the pedantic hell ex-employers will put you through, and the betrayal of his closest friend at the school.

This clip comes from the first episode of "No Man's Friend," wherein Warren Smith explores his concept of the Illusive Intangible - the space between subjective and objective that is often failed by articulation. Here we try.

I had the fortune of speaking with avid teacher, podcaster, and filmmaker Warren Smith. Initially he went viral for a clip that saw him walk through a critical thinking exercise with a student, and that student came to change his mind. It wasn't indoctrination or bullying, just good teaching - a moment of enlightenment caught on camera. Five months later the school fired him. The potential causes, the moments leading up to it, and the aftermath are all discussed in this podcast. We also talk about film school, Hollywood, the most recent writer's strike, and the space between objective and subjective that Warren calls the "illusive intangible." Being somewhat of of an objectivist myself in the case of worldview, I found that last point very interesting. I hope you enjoy watching and listening to this conversation. More to come :) The original clip of Warren Smith teaching critical thinking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIPPpsJY39c Warren's announcement that he was fired: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTvz9oatUiw Contrapoints video on J. K. Rowling - I was not too familiar with this creator, please use discernment when considering our discussion, and always see for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmT0i0xG6zg&t=2634s | Links | For Warren Smith: On Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@UCVnBaemGSz05OUyKmQjIJSA On X https://twitter.com/WTSmith17?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor | Chapters | (0:00) Intro (0:38) Why Warren Smith went viral (4:01) The emotion and the observer, articulating subtext (8:11) Why Warren’s class was on camera (9:09) Inspired by Jordan Peterson (10:09) Going viral, Lee Harris, Elon Musk (12:45) Positive response and backlash (15:46) Contrapoints: frequent tactics for the perception of value (18:14) Turning a moment into something bigger (23:43) Is critical thinking being taught? (26:27) Office politics: “people are trying to take each other out” (27:22) Getting fired (35:59) The “lost” microphone, betrayed by his best friend (43:32) Warren’s novel - no longer lost (45:56) The “Illusive Intangible” (55:30) Postmodernism, perceived value, equity (57:20) Democracy, feeling the decline (59:47) Starting out as a filmmaker, Manhattan and LA (1:04:31) A creative stuck on the business side, becoming a teacher (1:08:27) What they can’t teach in film school (1:11:48) “The unions are a logical fallacy” (1:13:09) Thoughts on the latest writer’s strike (1:14:28) Why is everyone pushing for equal outcome? (1:16:27) Starter jobs are not meant to be your career (1:21:48) The reality of truth

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