Are Echo Chambers Evil? - With Andrew | Ep 1

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Disclaimer: We ended up discussing some controversial topics that both of us were relatively uninformed on, and our opinions are likely to change in the future.

Timestamps:

00:00-2:00 Intro
2:00 - 10:23 Deep Discussion Tendencies, Listening, Productive Interruptions in Conversation
10:23 - 26:12 - Learning, Schooling/Pedagogy, Parenting Philosophy
26:12 - 36:00 - Tribalization, Social Media/Echo Chambers, Machine Learning AI Ethics and Deplatforming/Censorship in the design of technology
36:00 - 50:00 - Personality Traits, Nature vs. Nurture, Self-diagnosing and Fixing Oneself as an Adult, Kids Being Rational and Being Taught Irrationality By Our Culture, Judging an Idea by its Content rather than its Source
50:00 - 01:10:04 - Family/Parenting Philosophy, Rational Problem Solving in Relationships Independent of Power/Authority/Force
01:10:04 - 01:22:12 - Social Media, Marketing, Echo Chambers, Free Speech, Autonomy, Effective Parenting and Schooling Creating more Intelligent and Effective People, Fixing Oneself
01:22:12 - 01:36:11 - Is it Evil for Social Media companies to deliver content that is tailored to what people agree with (Echo Chambers), Is it Evil for any company to provide anything to anyone that is what they want for themselves? Drug Legalization Philosophy

We discussed Listening, Learning, Schooling, Parenting Philosophy, Machine Learning AI Ethics and some AGI Ethics, Individual Freedom/Autonomy, Social Media, Ethical vs. Unethical Marketing, and Drug Legalization Philosophy.

Books and resources mentioned:
Jordan Peterson - 12 Rules for Life - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30257963-12-rules-for-life

Dale Carnegie - How to Win Friends and Influence People - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4865.How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People

Kate Murphy - You're Not Listening - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45892276-you-re-not-listening

Some other names of thinkers mentioned: Elliot Temple, Seth Godin, Jordan Peterson, Karl Popper, David Deutsch, Mel Robbins, Mimi Silbert, Richard Feynman

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