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Tim Urban: Tribalism, Marxism, Liberalism, Social Justice, and Politics | Lex Fridman Podcast #360

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Tim Urban is the author of the blog Wait But Why and a new book What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - House of Macadamias: https://houseofmacadamias.com/lex and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order - Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex to get $75 credit - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex to get 1 month of fish oil EPISODE LINKS: Tim's new book: https://waitbutwhy.com/whatsourproblem Tim's Twitter: https://twitter.com/waitbutwhy Tim's Website: https://waitbutwhy.com Tim's Instagram: https://instagram.com/timurban Tim's TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk5C149J9C0 PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 2:16 - Human history 18:15 - Greatest people in history 26:04 - Social media 32:46 - Good times and bad times 44:16 - Wisdom vs stupidity 46:24 - Utopia 1:00:33 - Conspiracy theories 1:13:44 - Arguing on the Internet 1:33:44 - Political division 1:43:38 - Power games 1:51:37 - Donald Trump and Republican Party 2:08:45 - Social justice 2:31:28 - Censorship gap 2:38:59 - Free speech 2:43:01 - Thinking and universities 2:51:24 - Liv Boeree joins conversation 3:03:44 - Hopes for the future SOCIAL: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman

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{'title': 'Tim Urban: Tribalism, Marxism, Liberalism, Social Justice, and Politics | Lex Fridman Podcast #360', 'heatmap': [], 'summary': "Tim urban and lex fridman discuss the impact of radical movements on us institutions, human history, influential figures, and technologies, decision-making amidst covid, psychological and social impacts, power dynamics, social justice ideologies, wokeness, cancel culture, and tim's book writing journey and future of mortality.", 'chapters': [{'end': 132.139, 'segs': [{'end': 25.324, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 0.129, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 5.852, 'text': 'a radical political movement, of which there will always be a lot in the country,', 'start': 0.129, 'duration': 5.723}, {'end': 10.055, 'text': "has managed to do something that a radical movement's not supposed to be able to do in the US.", 'start': 5.852, 'duration': 4.203}, {'end': 21.26, 'text': "which is they've managed to hijack institutions all across the country and hijack medical journals and universities and the ACLU,", 'start': 10.831, 'duration': 10.429}, {'end': 25.324, 'text': 'all the activist organizations and nonprofits and many tech companies.', 'start': 21.26, 'duration': 4.064}], 'summary': 'Radical political movement hijacked institutions in the us', 'duration': 25.195, 'max_score': 0.129, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK08129.jpg'}, {'end': 89.828, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 44.587, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 53.014, 'text': "And what I see this thing is is as a parasite on that, that whose goal is and I'm not saying each, by the way, each individual in this is.", 'start': 44.587, 'duration': 8.427}, {'end': 54.055, 'text': "I don't think they're bad people.", 'start': 53.014, 'duration': 1.041}, {'end': 58.078, 'text': "I think that it's the ideology itself has the property of.", 'start': 54.515, 'duration': 3.563}, {'end': 64.923, 'text': 'its goal is to tear apart the pretty delicate workings of the liberal democracy and shred the critical lines of trust.', 'start': 58.078, 'duration': 6.845}, {'end': 71.376, 'text': 'The following is a conversation with Tim Urban, his second time on the podcast.', 'start': 67.594, 'duration': 3.782}, {'end': 76.74, 'text': "He's the author and illustrator of the amazing blog called Wait But Why,", 'start': 71.817, 'duration': 4.923}, {'end': 81.343, 'text': "and is the author of a new book coming out tomorrow called What's Our Problem??", 'start': 76.74, 'duration': 4.603}, {'end': 83.284, 'text': 'A Self-Help Book for Societies.', 'start': 81.743, 'duration': 1.541}, {'end': 89.828, 'text': 'We talk a lot about this book in this podcast, but you really do need to get it and experience it for yourself.', 'start': 83.884, 'duration': 5.944}], 'summary': 'Tim urban discusses the goal of tearing apart liberal democracy and trust in a new book.', 'duration': 45.241, 'max_score': 44.587, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK0844587.jpg'}], 'start': 0.129, 'title': "Radical movement's impact on institutions", 'summary': 'Examines how a radical political movement has impacted us institutions, threatening liberal democracy and trust, as discussed by tim urban in a conversation with lex friedman.', 'chapters': [{'end': 132.139, 'start': 0.129, 'title': "Radical movement's impact on institutions", 'summary': 'Discusses how a radical political movement has hijacked various institutions in the us, aiming to tear apart the delicate workings of liberal democracy and shred critical lines of trust, as described by tim urban in his conversation with lex friedman.', 'duration': 132.01, 'highlights': ['The radical movement has hijacked institutions such as medical journals, universities, activist organizations, nonprofits, and tech companies. The radical movement has managed to hijack various institutions like medical journals, universities, activist organizations, nonprofits, and tech companies.', "The ideology aims to tear apart the delicate workings of liberal democracy and shred critical lines of trust. The ideology's goal is to tear apart the delicate workings of liberal democracy and shred critical lines of trust, impacting the functioning of liberal democracy.", "Tim Urban's new book 'What's Our Problem?? A Self-Help Book for Societies' is described as fearless, insightful, hilarious, and important in this divisive time. Tim Urban's new book 'What's Our Problem?? 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It's a boring book.", 'start': 160.263, 'duration': 6.77}, {'end': 172.056, 'text': 'So 950 pages, 95% of the book, hunter gatherers kind of doing their thing.', 'start': 167.673, 'duration': 4.383}, {'end': 176.559, 'text': "I'm sure there's, you know, there's some, there's obviously some major cognitive and advancements along the way and language.", 'start': 172.136, 'duration': 4.423}, {'end': 180.101, 'text': "And I'm sure you know, the bow and arrow comes around at some point, you know.", 'start': 177.499, 'duration': 2.602}, {'end': 183.523, 'text': "so so tiny things, but it's like oh, now we have 400 pages till the next thing.", 'start': 180.101, 'duration': 3.422}], 'summary': 'Visualization shows 95% of book on hunter gatherers, 400 pages to next advance', 'duration': 23.26, 'max_score': 160.263, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK08160263.jpg'}, {'end': 253.641, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 226.973, 'weight': 1, 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"Because in the East, in the Soviet Union, growing up poor it's having food is the gratitude.", 'start': 667.407, 'duration': 7.305}, {'end': 677.814, 'text': 'Having transportation is gratitude.', 'start': 675.492, 'duration': 2.322}, {'end': 680.535, 'text': 'Having warmth and shelter is gratitude.', 'start': 678.434, 'duration': 2.101}, {'end': 686.32, 'text': 'But see, within that, the deep gratitude is for other human beings.', 'start': 682.176, 'duration': 4.144}], 'summary': 'In the soviet union, growing up poor meant having gratitude for basic necessities and deep gratitude for other human beings.', 'duration': 31.629, 'max_score': 654.691, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK08654691.jpg'}, {'end': 741.075, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 704.086, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 711.293, 'text': "the person that's most likely to feel gratitude is going to be someone whose life happens to be one where they just move up up up throughout their life.", 'start': 704.086, 'duration': 7.207}, {'end': 717.058, 'text': 'A lot of people in the greatest generation, you know, people who were born in the 20s or whatever, and a lot of the boomers, too.', 'start': 711.934, 'duration': 5.124}, {'end': 721.082, 'text': 'The story is the greatest generation grew up dirt poor and they often ended up middle class.', 'start': 717.459, 'duration': 3.623}, {'end': 726.166, 'text': 'And the boomers, some of them started off middle class and many of them ended up quite wealthy.', 'start': 721.943, 'duration': 4.223}, {'end': 734.332, 'text': 'And I feel like that life trajectory is naturally going to foster gratitude, right?', 'start': 726.847, 'duration': 7.485}, {'end': 737.573, 'text': "Because you're not going to take for granted these things, because you didn't have them.", 'start': 735.192, 'duration': 2.381}, {'end': 741.075, 'text': "You know, I didn't go out of the country really in my childhood very much.", 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mountain of stuff you have, that you're standing on to look down at it and say oh my God,", 'start': 797.837, 'duration': 7.565}], 'summary': 'Gratitude meter: at a 10, you feel immense euphoric gratitude, making you happy and savor what you have.', 'duration': 28.563, 'max_score': 776.839, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK08776839.jpg'}, {'end': 910.401, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 880.902, 'weight': 9, 'content': [{'end': 888.087, 'text': "Well, like like you're you are constantly just saying, man, I'm lucky or like I'm so grateful for this.", 'start': 880.902, 'duration': 7.185}, {'end': 893.79, 'text': "And that's it's it's a good thing to do because you're reminding yourself, but you're also reminding other people to think that way.", 'start': 888.407, 'duration': 5.383}, {'end': 899.874, 'text': "And it's like we are lucky, you know, and and so anyway, I think that scale can go from one to ten.", 'start': 893.85, 'duration': 6.024}, {'end': 900.975, 'text': "And I think it's hard to be a ten.", 'start': 899.894, 'duration': 1.081}, {'end': 902.536, 'text': "I think you'd be very happy if you could be.", 'start': 901.015, 'duration': 1.521}, {'end': 910.401, 'text': "But I think trying to be above a five and looking down at the things you have more often than you are looking up at the things you don't,", 'start': 902.576, 'duration': 7.825}], 'summary': 'Practicing gratitude can help maintain a positive outlook, aiming for a level above five on a 1-10 scale.', 'duration': 29.499, 'max_score': 880.902, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK08880902.jpg'}, {'end': 956.133, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 934.705, 'weight': 8, 'content': [{'end': 945.17, 'text': 'I mean you can describe a lot of the things that happens in Nazi Germany and different other parts of history through a sort of societal envy and resentment that builds up.', 'start': 934.705, 'duration': 10.465}, {'end': 956.133, 'text': 'maybe certain narratives pick up and then they infiltrate your mind and then now your knob goes to from the gratitude for everything it goes to resentment and envy and all that.', 'start': 945.848, 'duration': 10.285}], 'summary': 'Societal envy and resentment contribute to historical narratives, leading to a shift from gratitude to resentment and envy.', 'duration': 21.428, 'max_score': 934.705, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK08934705.jpg'}, {'end': 1188.088, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1161.425, 'weight': 10, 'content': [{'end': 1173.469, 'text': 'and so it goes gandhi, shakespeare, joan of arc, genghis khan, charlemagne, muhammad constantine, jesus cleopatra, aristotle buddha.', 'start': 1161.425, 'duration': 12.044}, {'end': 1177.751, 'text': "it's so interesting to think about this very recent human history.", 'start': 1173.469, 'duration': 4.282}, {'end': 1179.951, 'text': "that's 11 pages, so it would be 2750, almost 3 000 years.", 'start': 1177.751, 'duration': 2.2}, {'end': 1188.088, 'text': "just that there's these figures that stand out and that define the course of human history.", 'start': 1182.745, 'duration': 5.343}], 'summary': 'Key historical figures span 3,000 years, shaping human history.', 'duration': 26.663, 'max_score': 1161.425, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK081161425.jpg'}, {'end': 1475.991, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1444.006, 'weight': 11, 'content': [{'end': 1453.051, 'text': 'that genius, whether it take us towards evil, towards good, whether those figures singularly define the trajectory of humanity.', 'start': 1444.006, 'duration': 9.045}, {'end': 1456.853, 'text': 'What defines the trajectory of humanity in the 21st century?', 'start': 1454.291, 'duration': 2.562}, {'end': 1463.636, 'text': 'for example, might be the influence of AI, might be the influence of nuclear war, negative or positive.', 'start': 1456.853, 'duration': 6.783}, {'end': 1475.251, 'text': 'not in the case of nuclear war, but the bioengineering, nanotech, virology.', 'start': 1463.636, 'duration': 11.615}, {'end': 1475.991, 'text': 'what else is there??', 'start': 1475.251, 'duration': 0.74}], 'summary': "Genius shapes humanity's trajectory; ai, nuclear war, bioengineering, nanotech, and virology are influential factors.", 'duration': 31.985, 'max_score': 1444.006, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK081444006.jpg'}], 'start': 132.539, 'title': 'Human history and gratitude', 'summary': 'Provides a brief overview of human history, emphasizing minimal progress in the majority of history, and explores human adaptation, gratitude levels in different cultures, societal influence on gratitude, and the impact of historical figures on shaping human history.', 'chapters': [{'end': 464.948, 'start': 132.539, 'title': 'Human history: a brief overview', 'summary': "Explores the timeline of human history, illustrating how the majority of human history is characterized by minimal progress, with 95% of the 'book' representing hunter-gatherer lifestyles, and only 25 pages dedicated to recorded history, highlighting the vast expanse of time and the significant advancements in knowledge and technology in recent history.", 'duration': 332.409, 'highlights': ["The majority of human history is represented by 95% of the 'book' being dedicated to hunter-gatherer lifestyles, with only 25 pages dedicated to recorded history, emphasizing the minimal progress over the majority of human history.", 'The concept of human history is visualized as a thousand-page book, with each page representing 250 years, providing a striking perspective on the timeline of human existence and the relatively recent emergence of recorded history.', 'The contrast between the extensive time span of human history, spanning over 2000 centuries, and the recent advancements in knowledge and technology, prompts awe and reflection on the vast expanse of time and the significant developments in recent history.', 'The discussion delves into the limited understanding and knowledge of early humans, highlighting the stark contrast with contemporary knowledge and the sense of awe and wonder that may have accompanied the lack of understanding of the world, providing insights into the differences and similarities in the human experience across different eras.']}, {'end': 864.328, 'start': 464.948, 'title': 'Human gratitude and adaptation', 'summary': 'Explores human adaptation and gratitude, highlighting the hedonic treadmill, gratitude levels in different cultures, and the impact of life trajectory on fostering gratitude.', 'duration': 399.38, 'highlights': ['The hedonic treadmill concept is discussed, emphasizing that individuals tend to adapt to new things and opportunities, ultimately returning to a similar level of contentment, with a mention of adjusting to new circumstances (e.g., job or marriage) and the impact on happiness (Rank: 5)', 'Gratitude levels in different cultures are compared, with a focus on the sources of gratitude, contrasting the materialist possessions in the West with the gratitude for basic necessities and human relationships in the East and the Soviet Union (Rank: 4)', 'The impact of life trajectory on fostering gratitude is examined, with a focus on individuals from the greatest generation and boomers, highlighting how experiencing poverty and then achieving middle-class or wealth status fosters gratitude (Rank: 3)', "The concept of gratitude as a product of what one didn't have and then suddenly had is discussed, with a personal anecdote about experiencing immense gratitude when traveling to new countries (Rank: 2)", 'The hedonic treadmill is further elaborated, exploring different levels of gratitude and the impact on happiness, including the euphoric feeling associated with immense gratitude and the unhealthy mental state of feeling like a victim (Rank: 1)']}, {'end': 1250.246, 'start': 864.348, 'title': 'Gratitude and societal influence', 'summary': 'Discusses the choice and habit of gratitude, societal influence on individual mindset, and the positive aspects of patriotism, highlighting the impact of gratitude, societal influence, and patriotism.', 'duration': 385.898, 'highlights': ['The choice and habit of gratitude are emphasized, with the suggestion that it is a scale that can go from one to ten, and being above a five, looking down at the things you have more often than being resentful, is beneficial. 5', "Societal influence on individual mindset is explored, with examples from history, like Nazi Germany, and the impact of surrounding culture and people on an individual's gratitude and resentment. 4", 'The positive aspects of patriotism are highlighted, emphasizing the concept of unity, love for country, and the implicit concept of gratitude, with the caution that it should not translate into xenophobia and nationalism. 3']}, {'end': 1528.789, 'start': 1250.246, 'title': 'Impact of historical figures on humanity', 'summary': "Discusses the incredible rise of historical figures like genghis khan and william the conqueror, highlighting the impact of singular individuals on shaping human history, questioning whether society or individuals have a greater influence, and pondering the defining factors of humanity's trajectory in the 21st century.", 'duration': 278.543, 'highlights': ['The rise of historical figures like Genghis Khan and William the Conqueror is discussed, emphasizing the impact of singular individuals on shaping human history.', 'The discussion questions whether society or individuals have a greater influence on defining the trajectory of humanity, contemplating the potential influence of AI, nuclear war, bioengineering, nanotech, virology, the structure of governments, universities, and other factors in the 21st century.', 'The chapter ponders the influence of singular individuals on history, considering whether specific circumstances or societal structures manifest these figures and whether their impact is significant enough to define the trajectory of humanity.', 'It explores the idea that specific circumstances and societal structures may lead to certain historical outcomes, using the example of Genghis Khan and the specific pressures on the Mongols at that time as a point of contemplation.']}], 'duration': 1396.25, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK08132539.jpg', 'highlights': ["The majority of human history is represented by 95% of the 'book' being dedicated to hunter-gatherer lifestyles, emphasizing minimal progress over the majority of human history.", 'The concept of human history is visualized as a thousand-page book, with each page representing 250 years, providing a striking perspective on the timeline of human existence and the relatively recent emergence of recorded history.', 'The contrast between the extensive time span of human history, spanning over 2000 centuries, and the recent advancements in knowledge and technology, prompts awe and reflection on the vast expanse of time and the significant developments in recent history.', 'The discussion delves into the limited understanding and knowledge of early humans, highlighting the stark contrast with contemporary knowledge and the sense of awe and wonder that may have accompanied the lack of understanding of the world, providing insights into the differences and similarities in the human experience across different eras.', 'The hedonic treadmill is further elaborated, exploring different levels of gratitude and the impact on happiness, including the euphoric feeling associated with immense gratitude and the unhealthy mental state of feeling like a victim.', "The concept of gratitude as a product of what one didn't have and then suddenly had is discussed, with a personal anecdote about experiencing immense gratitude when traveling to new countries.", 'The impact of life trajectory on fostering gratitude is examined, with a focus on individuals from the greatest generation and boomers, highlighting how experiencing poverty and then achieving middle-class or wealth status fosters gratitude.', 'Gratitude levels in different cultures are compared, with a focus on the sources of gratitude, contrasting the materialist possessions in the West with the gratitude for basic necessities and human relationships in the East and the Soviet Union.', "Societal influence on individual mindset is explored, with examples from history, like Nazi Germany, and the impact of surrounding culture and people on an individual's gratitude and resentment.", 'The choice and habit of gratitude are emphasized, with the suggestion that it is a scale that can go from one to ten, and being above a five, looking down at the things you have more often than being resentful, is beneficial.', 'The rise of historical figures like Genghis Khan and William the Conqueror is discussed, emphasizing the impact of singular individuals on shaping human history.', 'The discussion questions whether society or individuals have a greater influence on defining the trajectory of humanity, contemplating the potential influence of AI, nuclear war, bioengineering, nanotech, virology, the structure of governments, universities, and other factors in the 21st century.']}, {'end': 3043.517, 'segs': [{'end': 1607.866, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1577.502, 'weight': 7, 'content': [{'end': 1583.027, 'text': "There's a meme going around where like MySpace is like the perfect social media because no algorithmic involvement.", 'start': 1577.502, 'duration': 5.525}, {'end': 1584.928, 'text': "Everybody's happy and positive.", 'start': 1583.567, 'duration': 1.361}, {'end': 1585.869, 'text': 'Also, Tom did it right.', 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'embed', 'start': 2692.651, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 2695.473, 'text': 'Then maybe you get to a good future by stumbling upon it.', 'start': 2692.651, 'duration': 2.822}, {'end': 2698.836, 'text': 'But ideally, you can get there.', 'start': 2697.015, 'duration': 1.821}, {'end': 2706.581, 'text': 'I think a lot of America, the great things about it are a product of the wisdom of previous Americans.', 'start': 2699.316, 'duration': 7.265}, {'end': 2712.105, 'text': 'You know, the Constitution was a pretty, you know, pretty wise system to set up.', 'start': 2706.601, 'duration': 5.504}, {'end': 2714.527, 'text': "There's not much stupid stumbling around.", 'start': 2712.726, 'duration': 1.801}, {'end': 2723.894, 'text': "Well, there is, I mean, with Dostoevsky's The Idiot, Prince Mishkin, and Brothers Karamazov, there's Alyosha Karamazov.", 'start': 2714.827, 'duration': 9.067}], 'summary': "The wisdom of previous americans has shaped america's greatness.", 'duration': 31.243, 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It's trash.", 'start': 3013.12, 'duration': 3.484}, {'end': 3017.925, 'text': "It's obviously bad for you.", 'start': 3016.824, 'duration': 1.101}, {'end': 3026.655, 'text': "And it's because the primitive mind in the world that it was programmed for, there was no Skittles and it was just fruit.", 'start': 3018.666, 'duration': 7.989}], 'summary': 'Civilization evolved rapidly, but our brains remain primitive, leading to irrational choices like consuming unhealthy food.', 'duration': 26.771, 'max_score': 2999.884, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK082999884.jpg'}], 'start': 1528.809, 'title': 'The impact of influential figures and technologies on historical events and future possibilities', 'summary': 'Explores the pivotal role of hitler in world war ii, the influence of key figures in social media and ai development, the potential and challenges of vr technology, the prospects for future utopia and dystopia, and the impact of technology and public opinion on shaping the future.', 'chapters': [{'end': 1558.037, 'start': 1528.809, 'title': 'Impact of hitler on world war ii', 'summary': "Explores the impact of hitler on world war ii, highlighting that the war likely wouldn't have occurred without his presence due to the circumstances like resentment in germany and the great depression, leading to world war ii being reliant on hitler's role.", 'duration': 29.228, 'highlights': ["Hitler's presence likely crucial for World War II as its occurrence relied on circumstances like resentment in Germany and the Great Depression.", "World War II might not have occurred to the extent it did or might not have occurred at all without Hitler's influence.", 'Resentment in Germany and the Great Depression were crucial circumstances that led to the occurrence of World War II.']}, {'end': 1746.757, 'start': 1559.448, 'title': 'Impact of key players in social media', 'summary': 'Explores the impact of key figures such as mark zuckerberg, tom from myspace, larry page, jack dorsey, and elon musk on the development of social media and ai, highlighting the potential for individual influence and leadership in shaping technological and cultural trends.', 'duration': 187.309, 'highlights': ["Elon Musk's influence in shaping the wave of technological progress, particularly with SpaceX and Tesla, is emphasized, suggesting genuine leadership and impact.", 'The potential for key individuals like Mark Zuckerberg to shape the future with concepts like the metaverse is discussed, highlighting the possibility of significant influence on cultural and technological developments.', 'The impact of a small number of individuals on the evolution of social media and AI is highlighted, suggesting a concentration of power and potential for significant influence.', "The comparison between Tom from MySpace and Mark Zuckerberg's paths and potential impact underscores the influence of key players in the social media landscape.", 'The discussion of leadership in the context of cultural forces and shaping the wave of technological advancements, particularly in the case of Elon Musk, emphasizes the potential for individual leadership to drive significant changes.']}, {'end': 2113.754, 'start': 1747.045, 'title': 'The potential of vr and the dynamics of good and bad', 'summary': "Discusses the potential of vr technology, the challenges it faces, and the dynamics of good and bad, illustrating the exponential growth of both with reference to the 20th century's prosperity and existential threats, and the futuristic concept of good overcoming bad in the 'culture' series.", 'duration': 366.709, 'highlights': ['The potential of VR technology and the challenges it faces The discussion revolves around the potential of VR technology, its challenges, and the expectation of a revolutionary person to create a simple, inexpensive headset that could pave the way for a VR revolution.', "The dynamics of good and bad, and the exponential growth of both The conversation explores the concept of the exponential growth of good and bad, citing the 20th century's prosperity and existential threats, and reflects on the futuristic 'Culture' series where the good has gotten so good that the bad is no longer an issue.", "The futuristic 'Culture' series and its portrayal of a society where the good has overcome the bad The 'Culture' series is referenced to illustrate a futuristic society where the good has overcome the bad, with benevolent AIs controlling everything, ensuring safety, and mitigating negative actions through innovative measures like slap drones."]}, {'end': 2415.661, 'start': 2113.754, 'title': 'Future utopia and dystopia', 'summary': 'Explores the potential for a future utopia with exponential technological progress, while cautioning against the increasing risk of dystopia due to the ease of causing harm with advanced technology, with an emphasis on historical civilizations and societal peaks and declines.', 'duration': 301.907, 'highlights': ['Exponential technological progress holds the potential for a future utopia with endless space and resources, but the ease of causing harm with advanced technology poses a significant risk of dystopia. Potential for future utopia with endless space and resources; Ease of causing harm with advanced technology poses a significant risk of dystopia.', 'Caution against the increasing risk of dystopia due to the ease of causing harm with advanced technology, emphasizing the potential catastrophic impact of a tiny number of individuals with significant power. Increasing risk of dystopia due to the ease of causing harm with advanced technology; Emphasizes the potential catastrophic impact of a tiny number of individuals with significant power.', 'Discussion on historical civilizations and societal peaks and declines, reflecting on the peak periods of various civilizations and their subsequent declines. Reflection on peak periods of various civilizations and their subsequent declines.', 'Exploration of societal peaks and declines through historical examples, including the comparison of different eras such as the 90s being viewed as a time when everyone was in a good mood. Exploration of societal peaks and declines through historical examples; Comparison of different eras such as the 90s being viewed as a time when everyone was in a good mood.']}, {'end': 3043.517, 'start': 2415.681, 'title': 'The impact of technology and public opinion on the future', 'summary': "Highlights the impact of america's technological leadership despite declining public opinion, the uncertainty of future political and technological shifts, and the importance of wisdom and open discourse in navigating towards an unimaginably good future.", 'duration': 627.836, 'highlights': ["America's technological leadership in AI, social media, and software products despite declining public opinion. Despite America's declining public opinion, it continues to lead in AI, social media, and software products, showcasing its dominance in technology.", 'Uncertainty about future political and technological shifts and the potential for paradigm-changing events. The uncertainty regarding future political and technological shifts is emphasized, with the possibility of paradigm-changing events that could alter the current landscape.', 'The importance of wisdom and open discourse in navigating towards an unimaginably good future. Emphasis is placed on the significance of wisdom and open discourse in steering towards an unimaginably good future, highlighting the need for thoughtful decision-making and open communication.']}], 'duration': 1514.708, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK081528809.jpg', 'highlights': ["Hitler's presence crucial for World War II due to resentment in Germany and the Great Depression.", "Elon Musk's influence in shaping technological progress with SpaceX and Tesla is emphasized.", 'The potential for key individuals like Mark Zuckerberg to shape the future with concepts like the metaverse is discussed.', 'The potential of VR technology and the challenges it faces are explored.', 'Exponential technological progress holds the potential for a future utopia with endless space and resources.', 'America continues to lead in AI, social media, and software products despite declining public opinion.', 'The uncertainty regarding 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'duration': 0.881}, {'end': 3942.105, 'text': "So they're actually jumping back and forth between refusing to believe anything and believe anything.", 'start': 3937.322, 'duration': 4.783}, {'end': 3943.806, 'text': "And so they're the extreme example.", 'start': 3942.525, 'duration': 1.281}, {'end': 3945.948, 'text': 'But I think, when it comes to conspiracy theories,', 'start': 3944.126, 'duration': 1.822}, {'end': 3951.882, 'text': 'the people that get themselves into trouble are the ones who they become really gullible when they hear a conspiracy theory.', 'start': 3945.948, 'duration': 5.934}, {'end': 3953.164, 'text': 'that kind of fits with their worldview.', 'start': 3951.882, 'duration': 1.282}, {'end': 3961.294, 'text': "And they likewise, when there's something that's kind of obviously true and it's not a big lie, they will actually, they'll think it is.", 'start': 3953.684, 'duration': 7.61}, {'end': 3964.098, 'text': 'They just tighten up their kind of skepticism filter.', 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someone who is like a lab leak person.", 'start': 4042.094, 'duration': 2.662}, {'end': 4047.117, 'text': 'So I was getting my reputation dinged.', 'start': 4044.856, 'duration': 2.261}], 'summary': 'Tim faced criticism for acknowledging lab leak theory, causing reputation damage.', 'duration': 23.712, 'max_score': 4023.405, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK084023405.jpg'}, {'end': 4208.856, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4178.87, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 4182.452, 'text': "Let's fight this not human virus thing.", 'start': 4178.87, 'duration': 3.582}, {'end': 4184.452, 'text': "Like obvious, no one's sensitive.", 'start': 4182.532, 'duration': 1.92}, {'end': 4186.653, 'text': "No one's like getting hurt when we insult the virus.", 'start': 4184.511, 'duration': 2.142}, {'end': 4193.395, 'text': "Like let's all be, we have this threat, this common threat that's a threat to everyone of every nationality in every country, every ethnicity.", 'start': 4186.673, 'duration': 6.722}, {'end': 4196.377, 'text': "And it didn't do that at all.", 'start': 4194.036, 'duration': 2.341}, {'end': 4198.918, 'text': 'The whirlpool was too powerful.', 'start': 4197.377, 'duration': 1.541}, {'end': 4203.359, 'text': "So it pulled COVID in and suddenly masks, if you're on the left, you like them.", 'start': 4198.958, 'duration': 4.401}, {'end': 4204.4, 'text': "If you're on the right, you hate them.", 'start': 4203.379, 'duration': 1.021}, {'end': 4208.856, 'text': "And suddenly lockdowns, if you're on the left, you like them, and on the right, you hate them.", 'start': 4205.273, 'duration': 3.583}], 'summary': 'The virus causing polarization with masks and lockdowns.', 'duration': 29.986, 'max_score': 4178.87, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK084178870.jpg'}, {'end': 4236.719, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4211.658, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 4221.565, 'text': "When Trump first started talking about the vaccine, Biden, Harris, Cuomo, they're all saying, I'm not taking that vaccine, not from this CDC.", 'start': 4211.658, 'duration': 9.907}, {'end': 4225.828, 'text': "Because it was too rushed or something like that? No, but because, I'm not trusting anything that Trump says.", 'start': 4221.705, 'duration': 4.123}, {'end': 4228.01, 'text': "Trump wants me to take it, I'm not taking it.", 'start': 4226.469, 'duration': 1.541}, {'end': 4229.251, 'text': "I'm not taking it from this CDC.", 'start': 4228.09, 'duration': 1.161}, {'end': 4236.719, 'text': "This was, Trump was almost out of office, but at the time, if Trump had been, it would have been, I'm pretty sure it would have stayed.", 'start': 4231.129, 'duration': 5.59}], 'summary': 'Biden, harris, cuomo were hesitant to take the vaccine due to lack of trust in trump, reflecting political divide.', 'duration': 25.061, 'max_score': 4211.658, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK084211658.jpg'}], 'start': 3044.178, 'title': 'Influence on decision making and impact of covid', 'summary': 'Delves into the impact of primitive and higher minds on decision-making, the importance of critical thinking and constructive debates, and the divisive impact of covid on political polarization, accentuating the need for maintaining healthy skepticism and open-mindedness. it also highlights the societal implications of extreme beliefs and the need for evidence-based reasoning in intellectual discussions.', 'chapters': [{'end': 3305.49, 'start': 3044.178, 'title': 'Primitive vs higher minds', 'summary': 'Discusses the concept of primitive and higher minds, their impact on decision-making, belief formation, and the tug of war between them in influencing our thoughts and actions.', 'duration': 261.312, 'highlights': ['The modern human mind is composed of the primitive mind and the higher mind, which influences decision-making and behavior. The concept of the modern human mind being comprised of the primitive mind and the higher mind is a fundamental framework for understanding decision-making and behavior.', "The primitive mind seeks to conserve energy and avoid discomfort, leading to procrastination and adherence to traditional beliefs for tribal conformity. The primitive mind's inclination towards conserving energy and conforming to traditional beliefs leads to procrastination and tribal conformity, impacting decision-making and behavior.", 'Confirmation bias stemming from the primitive mind leads to resistance in changing beliefs and a desire to fit in with tribal beliefs. Confirmation bias, driven by the primitive mind, fosters resistance to changing beliefs and a strong inclination to conform with tribal beliefs, influencing decision-making and behavior.', "The higher mind, unlike the primitive mind, prioritizes truth-seeking and rational thinking over tribal conformity and identification with ideas. The higher mind's focus on truth-seeking and rational thinking contrasts with the primitive mind's tendency towards tribal conformity and identification with ideas, influencing decision-making and behavior."]}, {'end': 3710.107, 'start': 3305.95, 'title': 'Critical thinking and constructive debates', 'summary': "Discusses the importance of evidence-based reasoning, constructive debates, and the high rung culture in fostering intellectual discussions, highlighting the significance of testing ideas through scientific grounds and avoiding triggering language to engage with others' higher minds effectively.", 'duration': 404.157, 'highlights': ["The significance of testing ideas through scientific grounds and avoiding triggering language to engage with others' higher minds effectively The chapter emphasizes the importance of testing ideas through scientific grounds, particularly in the context of martial arts and conspiracy theories, and avoiding triggering language to engage with others' higher minds effectively.", "The importance of evidence-based reasoning and constructive debates The chapter stresses the value of evidence-based reasoning and constructive debates, emphasizing the willingness to change one's mind based on evidence and reason as a crucial factor in making beliefs relevant.", 'The concept of high rung culture in fostering intellectual discussions The discussion delves into the concept of high rung culture as a space for fostering intellectual discussions, where the tone remains consistent regardless of agreement or disagreement, and the engagement is akin to playing intellectually in a constructive manner.']}, {'end': 4086.765, 'start': 3711.289, 'title': 'Conspiracy culture and the spectrum of skepticism', 'summary': 'Discusses the impact of conspiracy theories on culture and the importance of maintaining a healthy skepticism spectrum, with examples of how extreme beliefs can lead to social pressure and bias. it also highlights the need for an open mind and humility when approaching conspiracy theories.', 'duration': 375.476, 'highlights': ["Conspiracy theories thrive in cultures where ideas are treated as sacred, but most of them ultimately fall apart, with only a few having some merit and a small percentage turning out to be real conspiracies. 94 out of 100 conspiracy theories come in and they fall down. Maybe four of the others come in and there's something there, but it's not as extreme as people say. And then maybe one is a huge deal and it's actually a real conspiracy.", "The impact of social pressure on individuals' willingness to entertain or reject conspiracy theories, exemplified by the lab leak theory and the pressure to conform to the prevailing narrative. There's a lot of social pressure to immediately laugh off any conspiracy theory. If it's done by the bad guys, you will quickly get mocked and laughed at and not taken seriously. The lab leak theory is a good example of this social pressure, where people faced backlash for questioning the prevailing narrative.", "The discussion of the skepticism spectrum, emphasizing the dangers of extreme gullibility and paranoia, and advocating for a balanced approach with open-mindedness and humility. The healthy place is to be somewhere in the middle of that spectrum and to learn to fine-tune it. It's a tricky place to operate because you kind of have to, every time you hear a new conspiracy theory, you should approach it with an open mind and also, if you don't have enough time to investigate, kind of still have a humility not to make a conclusive statement that that's nonsense."]}, {'end': 4263.526, 'start': 4086.765, 'title': "Covid's divisive impact", 'summary': "Discusses how covid exacerbated political division, leading to extreme polarization even on issues like masks and vaccines, with examples of how the left and right reacted differently, ultimately causing a societal 'whirlpool' effect.", 'duration': 176.761, 'highlights': ["The pandemic exacerbated political division, causing extreme polarization even on issues like masks and vaccines, with the left and right reacting differently, leading to a societal 'whirlpool' effect.", 'Despite the common threat of COVID, the political divide led to differing views on measures like masks and lockdowns, with the left and right having contrasting opinions.', "The chapter highlights the different reactions of the left and right towards vaccines, with initial distrust from the left due to Trump's endorsement, and a subsequent shift in opinion after the presidency changed hands."]}], 'duration': 1219.348, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK083044178.jpg', 'highlights': ['The modern human mind is composed of the primitive mind and the higher mind, influencing decision-making and behavior.', 'The primitive mind seeks to conserve energy and avoid discomfort, leading to procrastination and adherence to traditional beliefs for tribal conformity.', 'The higher mind prioritizes truth-seeking and rational thinking over tribal conformity and identification with ideas.', "The chapter emphasizes the importance of testing ideas through scientific grounds and avoiding triggering language to engage with others' higher minds effectively.", "The chapter stresses the value of evidence-based reasoning and constructive debates, emphasizing the willingness to change one's mind based on evidence and reason.", 'Conspiracy theories thrive in cultures where ideas are treated as sacred, but most of them ultimately fall apart, with only a few having some merit and a small percentage turning out to be real conspiracies.', "The impact of social pressure on individuals' willingness to entertain or reject conspiracy theories, exemplified by the lab leak theory and the pressure to conform to the prevailing narrative.", 'The healthy place is to be somewhere in the middle of the skepticism spectrum and to learn to fine-tune it, approaching new conspiracy theories with an open mind and humility.', "The pandemic exacerbated political division, causing extreme polarization even on issues like masks and vaccines, with the left and right reacting differently, leading to a societal 'whirlpool' effect.", 'Despite the common threat of COVID, the political divide led to differing views on measures like masks and lockdowns, with the left and right having contrasting opinions.', "The chapter highlights the different reactions of the left and right towards vaccines, with initial distrust from the left due to Trump's endorsement, and a subsequent shift in opinion after the presidency changed hands."]}, {'end': 5904.59, 'segs': [{'end': 4745.97, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4716.503, 'weight': 9, 'content': [{'end': 4723.009, 'text': 'And, and so you lose this magical thing about language and humans, which is collaborative intelligence.', 'start': 4716.503, 'duration': 6.506}, {'end': 4723.47, 'text': 'You lose it.', 'start': 4723.029, 'duration': 0.441}, {'end': 4724.211, 'text': 'It disappears.', 'start': 4723.55, 'duration': 0.661}, {'end': 4729.38, 'text': 'But there is that access of decency, which is really interesting,', 'start': 4725.117, 'duration': 4.263}, {'end': 4733.142, 'text': 'because you kind of painted this picture of you and 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'duration': 5.76}, {'end': 5320.869, 'text': "I'm thinking that person is making Lex want to be on Twitter less.", 'start': 5318.087, 'duration': 2.782}, {'end': 5321.809, 'text': "It's making him.", 'start': 5321.169, 'duration': 0.64}, {'end': 5322.969, 'text': "and so what's that doing?", 'start': 5321.809, 'duration': 1.16}, {'end': 5328.672, 'text': "What that person's actually doing is they're putting, is they're actually they're chilling discussion, because they're making it unpleasant to,", 'start': 5323.009, 'duration': 5.663}, {'end': 5330.433, 'text': "they're making it scary to say what you think.", 'start': 5328.672, 'duration': 1.761}, {'end': 5332.053, 'text': "And the first person isn't at all.", 'start': 5330.833, 'duration': 1.22}, {'end': 5334.074, 'text': 'The first person is making you want to say more stuff.', 'start': 5332.113, 'duration': 1.961}, {'end': 5336.955, 'text': 'So, and those are both disagree, those are people who both disagree with you.', 'start': 5334.174, 'duration': 2.781}], 'summary': "Negative comments on twitter may reduce user's posting frequency and stifle discussions, while positive feedback may encourage more activity.", 'duration': 27.573, 'max_score': 5309.382, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK085309382.jpg'}, {'end': 5494.708, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 5461.283, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 5464.545, 'text': 'I really do think positive thoughts of them throughout the entirety of the experience.', 'start': 5461.283, 'duration': 3.262}, {'end': 5469.148, 'text': 'I see this as some weird side effect of online communication.', 'start': 5464.605, 'duration': 4.543}, {'end': 5476.233, 'text': "And so it's like, to me, blocking is not some kind of a derisive act towards that individual.", 'start': 5469.168, 'duration': 7.065}, {'end': 5486.061, 'text': "It's just like saying- that dehumanizes others.", 'start': 5476.273, 'duration': 9.788}, {'end': 5487.222, 'text': "so that doesn't mean they're a bad person.", 'start': 5486.061, 'duration': 1.161}, {'end': 5494.708, 'text': "we all can do it, but they're dehumanizing you or whoever they're they're being nasty to because they in a way they would never do in person,", 'start': 5487.222, 'duration': 7.486}], 'summary': 'Online communication can dehumanize individuals, leading to blocking as a defensive mechanism.', 'duration': 33.425, 'max_score': 5461.283, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK085461283.jpg'}, {'end': 5568.192, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 5543.355, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 5552.36, 'text': 'Because our sort of popular intuition is only one of them, the primitive-mindedness is contagious, as exhibited by social media.', 'start': 5543.355, 'duration': 9.005}, {'end': 5553.7, 'text': 'To compliment you again.', 'start': 5552.7, 'duration': 1}, {'end': 5558, 'text': "don't you think that your your Twitter to me is like was just looking down?", 'start': 5553.7, 'duration': 4.3}, {'end': 5560.383, 'text': 'and i mean it is a.', 'start': 5558, 'duration': 2.383}, {'end': 5562.806, 'text': "it's just high-mindedness, it's just high-mindedness.", 'start': 5560.383, 'duration': 2.423}, {'end': 5568.192, 'text': "down down down down down, it's it's gratitude, it's optimism, it's love, it's forgiveness,", 'start': 5562.806, 'duration': 5.386}], 'summary': 'Social media exhibits contagious primitive-mindedness, while twitter reflects high-mindedness, gratitude, optimism, love, and forgiveness.', 'duration': 24.837, 'max_score': 5543.355, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK085543355.jpg'}, {'end': 5703.081, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 5676.625, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 5681.587, 'text': "different parts of the person's brain lit up when non-political beliefs were challenged versus political beliefs were challenged.", 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'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK085676625.jpg'}, {'end': 5836.391, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 5810.14, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 5815.003, 'text': 'you know, a white, even a kind of a racist white conservative guy, I think,', 'start': 5810.14, 'duration': 4.863}, {'end': 5820.105, 'text': 'takes the black conservative over the woke white person any day of the week right now.', 'start': 5815.003, 'duration': 5.102}, {'end': 5821.426, 'text': "So that's the strongest source of division.", 'start': 5820.125, 'duration': 1.301}, {'end': 5824.788, 'text': 'It tells me that I think politics is way stronger tribalism right now.', 'start': 5821.446, 'duration': 3.342}, {'end': 5829.53, 'text': 'I think that that white racist guy, you know, loves the black people.', 'start': 5825.348, 'duration': 4.182}, {'end': 5836.391, 'text': "conservative guy compared to the white woke guy, right? So again, not that racial tribalism isn't a thing.", 'start': 5829.83, 'duration': 6.561}], 'summary': 'White conservative prefers black conservative over woke white person due to tribalism.', 'duration': 26.251, 'max_score': 5810.14, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK085810140.jpg'}], 'start': 4263.886, 'title': 'Psychological and social impacts', 'summary': "Explores the pandemic's impact on psychology, the dynamics of idea lab versus echo chamber, challenges of online discourse, and the influence of politics on the human brain, highlighting xenophobia, super intelligence, online dehumanization, and tribalism triggered by political beliefs.", 'chapters': [{'end': 4411.562, 'start': 4263.886, 'title': 'Impact of pandemic on psychology', 'summary': "Discusses the pandemic's impact on institutions' reputation and individual psychology, highlighting the negative feedback cycle and the psychological effect of disgust on xenophobia.", 'duration': 147.676, 'highlights': ["The pandemic damaged the reputation and trust in institutions, affecting people's emotional state and behavior, leading to a vicious negative feedback cycle.", 'The emotional impact of the pandemic resulted in people not being their best selves, indicating a significant psychological effect.', 'The phenomenon of disgust has been studied, revealing its impact on preferences towards immigrants, with the group experiencing disgust being more likely to prefer immigrants from white countries, indicating a link between disgust and xenophobia.']}, {'end': 5322.969, 'start': 4411.622, 'title': 'Idea lab vs. echo chamber', 'summary': 'Discusses the concept of idea lab versus echo chamber, emphasizing collaborative high-rung thinking in idea lab culture and the emergent property of super intelligence, contrasting it with the collaborative low-rung thinking in echo chamber culture, and the negative impact of assholery and low-quality disagreement on social media.', 'duration': 911.347, 'highlights': ['Collaborative high-rung thinking in Idea Lab culture leads to super intelligence, with collaborative disagreement resulting in joint epiphanies and scaling up of intelligence. The collaborative high-rung thinking in Idea Lab culture leads to the emergent property of super intelligence, where joint disagreement results in finding flaws in arguments, leading to epiphanies and scaling up of intelligence.', 'Contrasting the emergent property of collaborative low-rung thinking in Echo Chamber culture, which leads to the loss of collaborative intelligence and learning skills atrophy. In contrast to Idea Lab culture, the emergent property of collaborative low-rung thinking in Echo Chamber culture leads to the loss of collaborative intelligence and learning skills atrophy.', 'Assholery and low-quality disagreement on social media drive away high-quality disagreement, leading to the dominance of certain voices and the creation of echo chambers. Assholery and low-quality disagreement on social media drive away high-quality disagreement, leading to the dominance of certain voices and the creation of echo chambers, which stifles diverse viewpoints and constructive discussion.']}, {'end': 5627.225, 'start': 5323.009, 'title': 'Online discourse challenges', 'summary': "Discusses the challenges of online discourse, including the potential for dehumanization and the contagious nature of primitive-mindedness, high-mindedness, and attacks, with a focus on social media behavior and the impact on individuals' perceptions and interactions.", 'duration': 304.216, 'highlights': ['The dehumanizing nature of online communication is reflected in the potential for individuals to forget that the person behind the screen is a human with feelings, leading to a different persona and behavior online compared to in-person interactions. Dehumanization in online communication, different persona behind the screen, impact on in-person interactions', "The contagious nature of primitive-mindedness and high-mindedness in online discourse is discussed, with a focus on the potential for both mindsets to influence individuals' behaviors and interactions. Contagious nature of mindsets, primitive-mindedness, high-mindedness, influence on behaviors and interactions", 'The experience of being attacked online is highlighted, with a mention of unwarranted attacks and the construction of narratives to mock and attack individuals, leading to a discussion on the impact of social media behavior on personal interactions and perceptions. Experience of being attacked online, impact of social media behavior on personal interactions and perceptions, unwarranted attacks, construction of narratives']}, {'end': 5904.59, 'start': 5627.225, 'title': 'Politics and the primitive mind', 'summary': 'Discusses the influence of politics on the human brain, highlighting how political beliefs trigger different brain responses and how politics has become the strongest source of tribalism, surpassing racial divisions.', 'duration': 277.365, 'highlights': ['Politics has become the strongest source of tribalism, surpassing racial divisions. The transcript highlights that political tribalism has become the number one source of division, with political beliefs triggering different brain responses compared to non-political beliefs.', "Political beliefs trigger different brain responses compared to non-political beliefs. The transcript mentions a study where different parts of the brain lit up when political beliefs were challenged, indicating that the brain's response to political beliefs differs from its response to non-political beliefs.", 'The influence of politics on the human brain The chapter delves into how politics has a profound impact on the human brain, affecting emotions, rationality, and tribalistic tendencies, ultimately shaping beliefs and behaviors.']}], 'duration': 1640.704, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK084263886.jpg', 'highlights': ["The pandemic damaged the reputation and trust in institutions, affecting people's emotional state and behavior, leading to a vicious negative feedback cycle.", 'The emotional impact of the pandemic resulted in people not being their best selves, indicating a significant psychological effect.', 'The phenomenon of disgust has been studied, revealing its impact on preferences towards immigrants, with the group experiencing disgust being more likely to prefer immigrants from white countries, indicating a link between disgust and xenophobia.', 'Collaborative high-rung thinking in Idea Lab culture leads to super intelligence, with collaborative disagreement resulting in joint epiphanies and scaling up of intelligence.', 'Contrasting the emergent property of collaborative low-rung thinking in Echo Chamber culture, which leads to the loss of collaborative intelligence and learning skills atrophy.', 'Assholery and low-quality disagreement on social media drive away high-quality disagreement, leading to the dominance of certain voices and the creation of echo chambers.', 'The dehumanizing nature of online communication is reflected in the potential for individuals to forget that the person behind the screen is a human with feelings, leading to a different persona and behavior online compared to in-person interactions.', "The contagious nature of primitive-mindedness and high-mindedness in online discourse is discussed, with a focus on the potential for both mindsets to influence individuals' behaviors and interactions.", 'Politics has become the strongest source of tribalism, surpassing racial divisions.', 'Political beliefs trigger different brain responses compared to non-political beliefs.', 'The chapter delves into how politics has a profound impact on the human brain, affecting emotions, rationality, and tribalistic tendencies, ultimately shaping beliefs and behaviors.']}, {'end': 7710.557, 'segs': [{'end': 6982.24, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 6956.283, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 6964.513, 'text': 'And to me, I was like a golem rose up, conquered the party for a second, knocked it on its ass, and then faded away.', 'start': 6956.283, 'duration': 8.23}, {'end': 6972.402, 'text': 'And to me, when I look at the Trump revolution and a lot, and not just Trump the last 20 years, I see that same lower right,', 'start': 6965.174, 'duration': 7.228}, 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'summary': "Both parties are playing power games, leading to a prisoner's dilemma and harming the system in the long run.", 'duration': 34.917, 'max_score': 7041.13, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK087041130.jpg'}, {'end': 7396.891, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 7367.81, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 7373.892, 'text': 'And then you also have the number one indicator of voting for Trump was distrust in media.', 'start': 7367.81, 'duration': 6.082}, {'end': 7377.512, 'text': 'And the media has become much less trustworthy, you know.', 'start': 7374.512, 'duration': 3}, {'end': 7384.798, 'text': 'And so you have All these ingredients that actually make us very vulnerable to a demagogue.', 'start': 7377.832, 'duration': 6.966}, {'end': 7386.76, 'text': 'and a demagogue is someone who takes advantage, right?', 'start': 7384.798, 'duration': 1.962}, {'end': 7396.891, 'text': "There's someone who comes in and says I can pull 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1.68}, {'end': 7493.98, 'text': "And like culturally, people will attack that article to say it's dishonest,", 'start': 7489.638, 'duration': 4.342}, {'end': 7498.382, 'text': "like one half the country will attack that article for saying it's dishonest, but they'll kind of forget.", 'start': 7493.98, 'duration': 4.402}, {'end': 7502.164, 'text': 'You will not have a reputational hit.', 'start': 7500.283, 'duration': 1.881}, {'end': 7506.046, 'text': "There won't be a memory like this person made up a lot of stuff in the past.", 'start': 7502.984, 'duration': 3.062}], 'summary': 'Writers incentivized to create popular but potentially dishonest articles to gain clicks and avoid reputational consequences.', 'duration': 28.025, 'max_score': 7478.021, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK087478021.jpg'}, {'end': 7687.165, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 7650.715, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 7651.835, 'text': 'you can see it going both ways.', 'start': 7650.715, 'duration': 1.12}, {'end': 7654.477, 'text': 'but in the 60s, what did you have?', 'start': 7651.835, 'duration': 2.642}, {'end': 7656.399, 'text': 'you had abc, nbc, cbs.', 'start': 7654.477, 'duration': 1.922}, {'end': 7662.463, 'text': "you know the 70s, you know you had these three news channels and they weren't always right and they definitely sometimes spun a narrative together,", 'start': 7656.399, 'duration': 6.064}, {'end': 7668.64, 'text': "maybe about the vietnam or whatever, but They, if one of them was just lying, they'd be embarrassed for it.", 'start': 7662.463, 'duration': 6.177}, {'end': 7669.52, 'text': 'They would be penalized.', 'start': 7668.66, 'duration': 0.86}, {'end': 7672.041, 'text': "They'd be dinged and they'd be known as this is the trash one.", 'start': 7669.54, 'duration': 2.501}, {'end': 7675.302, 'text': "And that would be terrible for their ratings because they weren't just catering to half the country.", 'start': 7672.221, 'duration': 3.081}, {'end': 7677.102, 'text': "They're catering, they all were catering to the whole country.", 'start': 7675.322, 'duration': 1.78}, {'end': 7687.165, 'text': 'So, both on the axis of accuracy and on the axis of neutrality, they had, to you know, try to stay somewhere in the, the, the reasonable range,', 'start': 7677.142, 'duration': 10.023}], 'summary': 'In the 60s, abc, nbc, and cbs were the main news channels, striving for accuracy and neutrality to cater to the whole country.', 'duration': 36.45, 'max_score': 7650.715, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK087650715.jpg'}], 'start': 5904.89, 'title': 'Politics and power dynamics', 'summary': "Delves into the nuances of vertical axis politics, contrasts liberal and power games, examines the republican party's history and power dynamics, and analyzes the environmental shift in politics, highlighting the impact of these dynamics on contemporary political discourse and culture.", 'chapters': [{'end': 6217.281, 'start': 5904.89, 'title': 'The politics of vertical axis', 'summary': 'Discusses the concept of high rung and low rung politics, emphasizing the importance of considering the vertical axis in political discourse, highlighting the nuance and complexity that comes with it.', 'duration': 312.391, 'highlights': ['The chapter introduces the concept of high rung and low rung politics, emphasizing the importance of considering the vertical axis in political discourse, highlighting the nuance and complexity that comes with it, with examples such as the evolving checklist of popular opinions and the impact of echo chamber culture.', "It discusses the limitations of labeling oneself as a centrist on the horizontal axis, emphasizing the need for a second axis to capture the complexity of political views, and arguing that being a centrist on the horizontal axis may not accurately represent one's political stance.", "The chapter explores the challenges faced by individuals who embrace nuance and uncertainty in their political views, highlighting the criticism and backlash faced from extreme ends of the political spectrum, and the notion of being labeled as an 'enlightened centrist' in a mocking manner."]}, {'end': 6706.814, 'start': 6217.281, 'title': 'Liberal games and power games', 'summary': "Explains the concept of liberal games as a system where everyone can do what they want as long as it doesn't harm anyone else, contrasting it with power games which are based on raw power and dominance, and emphasizes the vulnerability of liberal culture in upholding these principles.", 'duration': 489.533, 'highlights': ["The concept of liberal games as a system where everyone can do what they want as long as it doesn't harm anyone else, contrasting it with power games which are based on raw power and dominance. The liberal games emphasize the idea that everyone can do what they want as long as it doesn't harm anyone else, with a focus on protection of inalienable rights, while the power games are based on raw power and dominance, lacking fairness and rules.", 'The vulnerability of liberal culture in upholding the principles of liberal games, especially in the face of challenges from power games culture. The vulnerability lies in the need for a liberal culture to uphold the principles of liberal games, and the challenges it faces from power games culture, such as cancel culture and challenges to freedom of speech, which can lead to the failure of the immune system of the country and the dominance of power games.', 'The need for a liberal culture to stand up to challenges from power games and maintain a system that promotes freedom and equality. The chapter emphasizes the importance of a liberal culture in standing up to challenges from power games and maintaining a system that promotes freedom, equality, and protection of individual rights, highlighting the risks of succumbing to power games culture.']}, {'end': 7135.957, 'start': 6706.814, 'title': "Republican party's history and power dynamics", 'summary': 'Discusses the history of the republican party, particularly the shift from plurality to a more right-wing dominance, and highlights power games and shifts in party dynamics, such as the rise of trump and power plays in recent years.', 'duration': 429.143, 'highlights': ['The Republican Party originally had a diverse plurality in the 1960s, including progressives, moderates, and fundamentalists. In the 1960s, the Republican Party had a diverse makeup, including progressives like Rockefeller, moderates like Eisenhower, and fundamentalists like Goldwater.', 'The Goldwater contingent, previously the underdog, used power games and rule-breaking to conquer the party, leading to a shift in party dynamics. The Goldwater contingent, previously the underdog, used power games and rule-breaking to conquer the party, leading to a shift in party dynamics and a more right-wing dominance.', 'Similar power games and shifts in party dynamics have been observed in recent years, particularly with the Trump revolution and power plays around Supreme Court nominations. Similar power games and shifts in party dynamics have been observed in recent years, particularly with the Trump revolution and power plays around Supreme Court nominations, impacting the balance of power in the long run.']}, {'end': 7710.557, 'start': 7135.957, 'title': 'Environmental shift in politics', 'summary': 'Discusses how the political environment has changed, leading to a lack of compromise and hypercharged tribalism, resulting in vulnerability to demagogues like trump, exacerbated by economic despair, media distrust, and truth decay.', 'duration': 574.6, 'highlights': ['The political environment has changed, leading to a lack of compromise and hypercharged tribalism. The shift in the political environment has led to a lack of compromise, with a 50-50 divide and hypercharged tribalism, hindering bipartisan cooperation.', 'Vulnerability to demagogues like Trump due to economic despair, media distrust, and truth decay. Economic despair, media distrust, and truth decay have made the population vulnerable to demagogues like Trump, as seen in the voting patterns and the ability to capitalize on cultural resentment.', 'Media incentivizes sensationalism and lacks accountability for accuracy and neutrality. The media incentivizes sensationalism and lacks accountability for accuracy and neutrality, leading to clickbait articles and a decline in truth and impartial reporting.']}], 'duration': 1805.667, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK085904890.jpg', 'highlights': ['The Republican Party originally had a diverse plurality in the 1960s, including progressives, moderates, and fundamentalists.', 'The vulnerability of liberal culture in upholding the principles of liberal games, especially in the face of challenges from power games culture.', 'The chapter introduces the concept of high rung and low rung politics, emphasizing the importance of considering the vertical axis in political discourse.', "The concept of liberal games as a system where everyone can do what they want as long as it doesn't harm anyone else, contrasting it with power games which are based on raw power and dominance.", 'The political environment has changed, leading to a lack of compromise and hypercharged tribalism.', 'Similar power games and shifts in party dynamics have been observed in recent years, particularly with the Trump revolution and power plays around Supreme Court nominations.']}, {'end': 8489.444, 'segs': [{'end': 7853.085, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 7780.428, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 7793.178, 'text': 'he says stuff like this country, you know, has made a promise to all of its citizens and it has broken that promise to its Black citizens right?', 'start': 7780.428, 'duration': 12.75}, {'end': 7798.122, 'text': 'In other words, liberalism, the Constitution, the core ideals.', 'start': 7794.179, 'duration': 3.943}, {'end': 7798.763, 'text': 'those are great.', 'start': 7798.122, 'duration': 0.641}, {'end': 7800.584, 'text': 'We are not living up to them.', 'start': 7799.263, 'duration': 1.321}, {'end': 7801.906, 'text': "We're failing on some of them.", 'start': 7800.624, 'duration': 1.282}, {'end': 7804.157, 'text': 'So civil disobedience.', 'start': 7802.816, 'duration': 1.341}, {'end': 7806.679, 'text': "the goal of it wasn't to hurt liberalism.", 'start': 7804.157, 'duration': 2.522}, {'end': 7815.647, 'text': 'it was to specifically break the laws that were already violating, the laws that were a violation of liberalism, to expose that this is illiberal,', 'start': 7806.679, 'duration': 8.968}, {'end': 7820.211, 'text': 'that the constitution should not have people of different skin color sitting in different parts of the bus.', 'start': 7815.647, 'duration': 4.564}, {'end': 7825.595, 'text': 'And so it was really patriotic, the civil rights movement.', 'start': 7820.851, 'duration': 4.744}, {'end': 7830.78, 'text': 'It was saying, this is a beautiful, liberalism is this beautiful thing and we need to do better at it.', 'start': 7825.615, 'duration': 5.165}, {'end': 7842.402, 'text': 'So I call it liberal social justice, and it used the tools of liberalism to try to improve the flaws that were going on.', 'start': 7831.48, 'duration': 10.922}, {'end': 7843.143, 'text': 'So free speech.', 'start': 7842.442, 'duration': 0.701}, {'end': 7846.743, 'text': "Mario Savio in the 60s, he's a leftist.", 'start': 7843.763, 'duration': 2.98}, {'end': 7853.085, 'text': 'And what were the leftists doing in the 60s on Berkeley campus? 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liberal social justice and sjf (social justice fundamentalism) - and the loaded baggage associated with the term 'wokeness', impacting its perception and reception.", 'duration': 41.98, 'highlights': ["The term 'wokeness' is loaded with baggage, making it mocking and derogatory, impacting its reception and perception.", 'The chapter discusses two kinds of social justice - liberal social justice and SJF (social justice fundamentalism).']}, {'end': 8489.444, 'start': 7756.192, 'title': 'Evolution of social justice ideologies', 'summary': 'Explores the interplay between liberal social justice, marxism, and postmodernism, highlighting the evolution of social justice ideologies in the us, with a focus on how social justice fundamentalism has deviated from liberal social justice principles and its impact on society.', 'duration': 733.252, 'highlights': ['The evolution of social justice ideologies in the US, including the interplay between liberal social justice, Marxism, and postmodernism, is examined to understand how social justice fundamentalism has deviated from liberal social justice principles.', 'The impact of social justice fundamentalism on society is discussed, focusing on its departure from the core tenets of liberal social justice and its potential threat to liberalism in the United States.', 'The contrast between the traditional liberal social justice, which aimed to improve flaws within liberalism using its tools, and the more radical social justice fundamentalism, which rejects liberalism and incorporates postmodernism, is highlighted to illustrate the divergence of ideologies within the social justice movement.', "The implications of social justice fundamentalism's deviation from liberal social justice principles, including its echo-chamber tendencies, moral inconsistencies, and potential societal repercussions, are outlined to emphasize the concern regarding its impact on societal discourse and cohesion."]}], 'duration': 778.447, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK087710997.jpg', 'highlights': ["The implications of social justice fundamentalism's deviation from liberal social justice principles, including its echo-chamber tendencies, moral inconsistencies, and potential societal repercussions, are outlined to emphasize the concern regarding its impact on societal discourse and cohesion.", 'The contrast between the traditional liberal social justice, which aimed to improve flaws within liberalism using its tools, and the more radical social justice fundamentalism, which rejects liberalism and incorporates postmodernism, is highlighted to illustrate the divergence of ideologies within the social justice movement.', 'The evolution of social justice ideologies in the US, including the interplay between liberal social justice, Marxism, and postmodernism, is examined to understand how social justice fundamentalism has deviated from liberal social justice principles.', 'The impact of social justice fundamentalism on society is discussed, focusing on its departure from the core tenets of liberal social justice and its potential threat to liberalism in the United States.', 'The chapter discusses two kinds of social justice - liberal social justice and SJF (social justice fundamentalism).', "The term 'wokeness' is loaded with baggage, making it mocking and derogatory, impacting its reception and perception."]}, {'end': 9587.759, 'segs': [{'end': 8617.9, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 8586.074, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 8588.336, 'text': "The reason Trump scares me is not because Trump's so bad.", 'start': 8586.074, 'duration': 2.262}, {'end': 8594.541, 'text': "It's that because it shows, it reveals that we were vulnerable to a demagogue candidate.", 'start': 8588.396, 'duration': 6.145}, {'end': 8602.767, 'text': "And what wokeness reveals to me is that we are currently, and until something changes, we'll continue to be vulnerable to a demagogue.", 'start': 8594.921, 'duration': 7.846}, {'end': 8617.9, 'text': 'a bully movement and a forcefully expansionist movement that wants to actually destroy the workings in their liberal gears and tear them apart.', 'start': 8605.515, 'duration': 12.385}], 'summary': 'Wokeness reveals vulnerability to demagogues and destructive movements.', 'duration': 31.826, 'max_score': 8586.074, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK088586074.jpg'}, {'end': 8650.723, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 8627.848, 'weight': 7, 'content': [{'end': 8636.474, 'text': "And they all rely on trust, public trust, and a certain kind of feeling of unity that actually is critical to a liberal democracy's functioning.", 'start': 8627.848, 'duration': 8.626}, {'end': 8645.64, 'text': "And what I see this thing is is as a parasite on that, that whose goal is and I'm not saying each, by the way, each individual in this is.", 'start': 8637.214, 'duration': 8.426}, {'end': 8646.681, 'text': "I don't think they're bad people.", 'start': 8645.64, 'duration': 1.041}, {'end': 8650.723, 'text': "I think that it's the ideology itself has the property of.", 'start': 8647.141, 'duration': 3.582}], 'summary': 'Liberal democracy relies on public trust and unity, which is being undermined by this ideology.', 'duration': 22.875, 'max_score': 8627.848, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK088627848.jpg'}, {'end': 8987.355, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 8964.895, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 8975.263, 'text': 'Is that because my values changed with it or am I actually anchored to the party, not to any principle? Asking yourself these questions.', 'start': 8964.895, 'duration': 10.368}, {'end': 8980.927, 'text': "Where do I feel disgusted by fellow human beings? Maybe I'm being a crazy tribal person without realizing it.", 'start': 8975.423, 'duration': 5.504}, {'end': 8982.048, 'text': 'How about the people around me?', 'start': 8981.208, 'duration': 0.84}, {'end': 8985.051, 'text': 'Am I being bullied by some echo chamber without realizing it?', 'start': 8982.088, 'duration': 2.963}, {'end': 8987.355, 'text': 'Am I the bully somewhere??', 'start': 8986.254, 'duration': 1.101}], 'summary': 'Self-reflection on party allegiance, tribalism, and echo chambers.', 'duration': 22.46, 'max_score': 8964.895, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK088964895.jpg'}, {'end': 9082.768, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 9051.772, 'weight': 8, 'content': [{'end': 9052.592, 'text': 'Go public with it.', 'start': 9051.772, 'duration': 0.82}, {'end': 9053.932, 'text': "And you don't need everyone doing this.", 'start': 9052.912, 'duration': 1.02}, {'end': 9055.533, 'text': 'Look, some people will lose their jobs for it.', 'start': 9054.072, 'duration': 1.461}, {'end': 9056.793, 'text': "I'm not talking to those people.", 'start': 9055.793, 'duration': 1}, {'end': 9062.018, 'text': "Most people won't lose their jobs, but they have the same fear As if they would, right?", 'start': 9057.393, 'duration': 4.625}, {'end': 9066.54, 'text': "And it's like what are you gonna get criticized? Or are you gonna get a bunch of people you know angry?", 'start': 9062.058, 'duration': 4.482}, {'end': 9073.564, 'text': "Twitter people will criticize you? Like, yeah, it's not pleasant, but actually that's a little bit like our primitive minds.", 'start': 9066.54, 'duration': 7.024}, {'end': 9080.747, 'text': "fear that really, back when it was programmed, that kind of ostracism or criticism will leave you out of the tribe and you'll die.", 'start': 9073.564, 'duration': 7.183}, {'end': 9082.768, 'text': "Today, it's kind of a delusional fear.", 'start': 9081.047, 'duration': 1.721}], 'summary': "Some may lose jobs, but most won't; fear of criticism is a delusional fear.", 'duration': 30.996, 'max_score': 9051.772, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK089051772.jpg'}, {'end': 9115.708, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 9084.689, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 9087.77, 'text': 'And the people who realize that can exercise incredible leadership right now.', 'start': 9084.689, 'duration': 3.081}, {'end': 9097.174, 'text': "So you have a really interesting description of censorship, of self-censorship also, as you've been talking about.", 'start': 9088.547, 'duration': 8.627}, {'end': 9098.895, 'text': "Who's King Mustache?", 'start': 9097.814, 'duration': 1.081}, {'end': 9106.961, 'text': "And this gap I hope you write even more than you've written in the book about these ideas, because it's so strong,", 'start': 9098.955, 'duration': 8.006}, {'end': 9115.708, 'text': 'this censorship gaps that are created between the dormant thought pile and the kind of thing under the speech curve.', 'start': 9106.961, 'duration': 8.747}], 'summary': 'Recognize censorship gaps to exercise strong leadership.', 'duration': 31.019, 'max_score': 9084.689, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK089084689.jpg'}, {'end': 9208.388, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 9176.971, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 9178.152, 'text': 'very many people are talking about it.', 'start': 9176.971, 'duration': 1.181}, {'end': 9186.716, 'text': "Now, when a free speech democracy is healthy on a certain topic, you've got the speech curve sitting right on top of the thought pile.", 'start': 9178.492, 'duration': 8.224}, {'end': 9189.358, 'text': 'They mirror each other, which is naturally what would happen.', 'start': 9186.817, 'duration': 2.541}, {'end': 9192.88, 'text': 'More people think something is gonna be said more often and from higher platforms.', 'start': 9189.858, 'duration': 3.022}, {'end': 9199.739, 'text': 'What censorship does, and censorship can be from the government, so I use the tale of King Mustache.', 'start': 9194.554, 'duration': 5.185}, {'end': 9200.78, 'text': 'And King Mustache.', 'start': 9199.939, 'duration': 0.841}, {'end': 9208.388, 'text': "he's a little tiny tyrant and he's very sensitive and people are making fun of his mustache and they're saying he's not a good king and he does not like that.", 'start': 9200.78, 'duration': 7.608}], 'summary': 'Free speech and censorship impact public discourse, affecting the frequency and reach of discussions, as illustrated by the tale of king mustache.', 'duration': 31.417, 'max_score': 9176.971, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK089176971.jpg'}, {'end': 9453.887, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 9428.692, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 9437.445, 'text': "It's not trivial from a leadership position to be like no, we defend the employee or we defend the yeah, the employee,", 'start': 9428.692, 'duration': 8.753}, {'end': 9446.624, 'text': "the person with us on our like because we don't, because there's no actual ground to any kind of violation we're hearing about.", 'start': 9437.445, 'duration': 9.179}, {'end': 9447.904, 'text': 'So the mob, they resist the mob.', 'start': 9446.664, 'duration': 1.24}, {'end': 9453.887, 'text': "It's ultimately to the leader, I guess, of a particular institution, of a particular company, and it's difficult.", 'start': 9448.244, 'duration': 5.643}], 'summary': 'Leadership must defend employees against baseless violations and resist the mob, a challenging task.', 'duration': 25.195, 'max_score': 9428.692, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK089428692.jpg'}], 'start': 8490.205, 'title': 'Wokeness and political vulnerability, threats to liberal democracy, and the battle for courage and freedom', 'summary': 'Explores the concern of wokeness as a radical political movement potentially rendering the country vulnerable to demagoguery, discusses the threat of wokeism to liberal democracy, and highlights the importance of self-awareness, courage, and resistance to censorship in promoting active communal thinking.', 'chapters': [{'end': 8602.767, 'start': 8490.205, 'title': 'Wokeness and political vulnerability', 'summary': "Explores the concern of wokeness as a radical political movement hijacking institutions and its potential to render the country vulnerable to demagoguery, with a comparison to the concern over nuclear weapons, supported by the analysis of former obama voters' perspectives on wokeness.", 'duration': 112.562, 'highlights': ['The concern lies not in wokeness itself, but in its ability to hijack institutions and render the country vulnerable to demagoguery, a point substantiated by the comparison to the concern over nuclear weapons.', 'Analysis of former Obama voters reveals three distinct groups: super woke, super anti-woke, and those who acknowledge wokeness as over the top but believe the anti-woke response is excessive.', 'Wokeness is perceived as a radical political movement that has managed to hijack various institutions, including medical journals, universities, activist organizations, nonprofits, and certain tech companies, indicating its pervasive influence.', "The vulnerability to wokeness is likened to the vulnerability to a demagogue, as both phenomena reveal systemic weaknesses within the country's political and social fabric.", "The author's concern about wokeness is compared to their concern about nuclear weapons, illustrating the gravity of the issue in their view, supported by the assertion that they are more worried about nuclear weapons than about wokeism."]}, {'end': 8915.434, 'start': 8605.515, 'title': 'Threats to liberal democracy', 'summary': 'Discusses the threat of wokeism as a parasite aiming to undermine the delicate workings of liberal democracy, the role of immune system response, and the vulnerability and resilience of liberal democracy in the face of social pressure and fear tactics.', 'duration': 309.919, 'highlights': ['The chapter discusses the threat of wokeism as a parasite aiming to undermine the delicate workings of liberal democracy, with a focus on the reliance of liberal democracy on trust, public unity, and the potential shredding of critical lines of trust.', 'The role of immune system response to wokeism is highlighted, emphasizing the importance of pro-liberalism immune system, intellectuals, and people willing to fight for liberal values, which can become viral and counter the expansion of wokeism.', 'The vulnerability and resilience of liberal democracy in the face of social pressure and fear tactics are discussed, highlighting the susceptibility of liberal democracy to socially pressure people to not express their thoughts, as well as the potential impact of the soft cudgel in instilling fear and the importance of courage in countering it.']}, {'end': 9587.759, 'start': 8916.614, 'title': 'The battle for courage and freedom', 'summary': 'Highlights the importance of self-awareness, courage, and the impact of censorship on society, emphasizing the need for individuals to stand up for their beliefs, resist censorship, and promote active communal thinking.', 'duration': 671.145, 'highlights': ['The importance of self-awareness and courage in resisting ideological pressures and promoting active communal thinking. Emphasizes the need for individuals to question their beliefs and values, stand up for their convictions, and engage in open dialogue to promote active communal thinking.', 'The impact of censorship on distorting the speech curve and creating a dormant thought pile, leading to a siloed society that stifles active communal thinking. Explains how censorship distorts the speech curve, leading to societal divisions and a lack of open discourse, ultimately stifling active communal thinking.', 'The challenge of resisting the fear of criticism and censorship, and the importance of leaders defending freedom of speech in institutions and companies. Discusses the difficulty of resisting the fear of criticism and censorship, emphasizing the importance of leaders defending freedom of speech and resisting mob mentality in institutions and companies.']}], 'duration': 1097.554, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK088490205.jpg', 'highlights': ['Wokeness hijacks institutions, rendering the country vulnerable to demagoguery.', 'Wokeness perceived as a radical political movement, hijacking various institutions.', 'Vulnerability to wokeness likened to vulnerability to a demagogue, revealing systemic weaknesses.', 'The chapter discusses the threat of wokeism as a parasite aiming to undermine liberal democracy.', 'The role of immune system response to wokeism is highlighted, emphasizing the importance of pro-liberalism immune system.', 'The vulnerability and resilience of liberal democracy in the face of social pressure and fear tactics are discussed.', 'The importance of self-awareness and courage in resisting ideological pressures and promoting active communal thinking.', 'The impact of censorship on distorting the speech curve and creating a dormant thought pile, leading to a siloed society.', 'The challenge of resisting the fear of criticism and censorship, and the importance of leaders defending freedom of speech.']}, {'end': 10318.553, 'segs': [{'end': 9613.74, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 9588.039, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 9593.063, 'text': 'And you start thinking in the space of ideas versus like outside of the tribal type of thinking.', 'start': 9588.039, 'duration': 5.024}, {'end': 9600.068, 'text': "So it's a really brilliant, I mean, I would advise for anybody to do, when they write controversial books to have hilarious drawings.", 'start': 9593.083, 'duration': 6.985}, {'end': 9600.568, 'text': "It's true.", 'start': 9600.168, 'duration': 0.4}, {'end': 9604.571, 'text': 'Like put the silly stick figure in your thing and it lightens, it does, it lightens the mood.', 'start': 9600.588, 'duration': 3.983}, {'end': 9605.972, 'text': "It gets people's guard down a little bit.", 'start': 9604.591, 'duration': 1.381}, {'end': 9607.013, 'text': 'And it works.', 'start': 9606.252, 'duration': 0.761}, {'end': 9610.216, 'text': "It reminds people that we're all friends here, right?", 'start': 9607.473, 'duration': 2.743}, {'end': 9613.74, 'text': "Let's laugh at ourselves,", 'start': 9611.678, 'duration': 2.062}], 'summary': "Use humorous drawings in controversial books to lighten the mood and foster a sense of camaraderie, as it effectively puts people's guard down and creates a more open atmosphere.", 'duration': 25.701, 'max_score': 9588.039, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK089588039.jpg'}, {'end': 10072.285, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 10044.348, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 10048.349, 'text': "I think it's sometimes when you're so used to thinking you know everything, and then you realize you don't, it's like it's,", 'start': 10044.348, 'duration': 4.001}, {'end': 10054.393, 'text': "And then you start to realize that actually, really awesome thinkers, they don't judge me for this.", 'start': 10048.869, 'duration': 5.524}, {'end': 10057.255, 'text': "They totally respect if I say, I don't know anything about this.", 'start': 10054.473, 'duration': 2.782}, {'end': 10058.736, 'text': 'They say, oh, cool, you should read this and this and this.', 'start': 10057.275, 'duration': 1.461}, {'end': 10059.776, 'text': "They don't say, you don't know anything.", 'start': 10058.756, 'duration': 1.02}, {'end': 10066.221, 'text': "They don't say that, right? And so, and not that I'm, by the way, this is not to say I'm now on grownup mountain and you should all join me.", 'start': 10059.957, 'duration': 6.264}, {'end': 10069.723, 'text': 'I am often find myself drifting up with like a helium balloon.', 'start': 10066.341, 'duration': 3.382}, {'end': 10072.285, 'text': 'Oh, I think I read about the new thing.', 'start': 10069.983, 'duration': 2.302}], 'summary': "Embracing humility in learning from others' expertise and being open to new knowledge.", 'duration': 27.937, 'max_score': 10044.348, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK0810044348.jpg'}, {'end': 10110.133, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 10078.609, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 10079.749, 'text': "I'm like, no, I won't.", 'start': 10078.609, 'duration': 1.14}, {'end': 10084.011, 'text': "I'm going to just be spouting out the opinion of the person I just read.", 'start': 10080.129, 'duration': 3.882}, {'end': 10086.211, 'text': "So I have to remind myself, but it's useful.", 'start': 10084.031, 'duration': 2.18}, {'end': 10091.213, 'text': 'Now, the reason my problem with colleges today is that I graduated in 2004.', 'start': 10086.271, 'duration': 4.942}, {'end': 10100.065, 'text': 'This is a recent change, is that All of those speakers I went who disagreed with me, a lot of them were conservative.', 'start': 10091.213, 'duration': 8.852}, {'end': 10103.348, 'text': 'So many of those speakers would not be allowed on campuses today.', 'start': 10100.906, 'duration': 2.442}, {'end': 10107.291, 'text': 'And so many of the discussions I had were in big groups or classrooms.', 'start': 10103.888, 'duration': 3.403}, {'end': 10110.133, 'text': 'And this was still, you know, this was a liberal campus.', 'start': 10107.851, 'duration': 2.282}], 'summary': 'The speaker graduated in 2004 and feels that conservative speakers are not allowed on liberal campuses today, affecting the diversity of discussions.', 'duration': 31.524, 'max_score': 10078.609, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK0810078609.jpg'}, {'end': 10181.441, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 10154.949, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 10162.195, 'text': "It's teaching people that these are right, these views are right, and you should feel a complete conviction about them.", 'start': 10154.949, 'duration': 7.246}, {'end': 10164.817, 'text': 'Yeah, How do we fix it??', 'start': 10162.335, 'duration': 2.482}, {'end': 10167.076, 'text': 'Is it, is it?', 'start': 10166.556, 'duration': 0.52}, {'end': 10168.257, 'text': 'is it part of the administration??', 'start': 10167.076, 'duration': 1.181}, {'end': 10169.077, 'text': 'Is it part of the culture??', 'start': 10168.277, 'duration': 0.8}, {'end': 10170.858, 'text': 'Is it part of the?', 'start': 10169.117, 'duration': 1.741}, {'end': 10175.239, 'text': 'uh, is, is it part like actually instilling in the individual like 18 year olds?', 'start': 10170.858, 'duration': 4.381}, {'end': 10181.441, 'text': 'the idea that this is the beautiful way to live is to embrace the disagreement and the growth from that.', 'start': 10175.239, 'duration': 6.202}], 'summary': 'Teaching conviction in embracing disagreement and growth.', 'duration': 26.492, 'max_score': 10154.949, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK0810154949.jpg'}, {'end': 10306.088, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 10279.65, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 10283.712, 'text': "Do you mind if she joins us? I think there's a story she has about you.", 'start': 10279.65, 'duration': 4.062}, {'end': 10292.074, 'text': "So Liv, you mentioned something that there's a funny story about, we haven't talked at all about the actual process of writing the book.", 'start': 10284.792, 'duration': 7.282}, {'end': 10295.195, 'text': 'Is there you guys made a bet of some kind?', 'start': 10293.435, 'duration': 1.76}, {'end': 10298.576, 'text': 'Is this a true story??', 'start': 10297.736, 'duration': 0.84}, {'end': 10299.997, 'text': 'Is this a completely false fabric??', 'start': 10298.616, 'duration': 1.381}, {'end': 10306.088, 'text': "Liv, is she's mean when she I didn't, I did not know mean Liv.", 'start': 10301.826, 'duration': 4.262}], 'summary': 'Discussion about a funny bet and a story about the book writing process.', 'duration': 26.438, 'max_score': 10279.65, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK0810279650.jpg'}], 'start': 9588.039, 'title': 'Cancel culture vs. criticism culture and dunning-kruger effect', 'summary': 'Distinguishes between cancel culture and criticism culture, advocating for freedom of speech, while also exploring the dunning-kruger effect and its impact on knowledge acquisition and the concerning trend of ideological echo chambers in universities.', 'chapters': [{'end': 9785.5, 'start': 9588.039, 'title': 'Cancel culture vs. criticism culture', 'summary': 'Discusses the distinction between cancel culture and criticism culture, emphasizing the impact on freedom of speech and marketplace of ideas, and advocating for standing up against cancel culture.', 'duration': 197.461, 'highlights': ['Cancel culture attacks the person, leading to fear and shutting down of discussion, while criticism culture attacks the idea and encourages further discussion, making everyone smarter. None', 'The combination of First Amendment and cancel culture is likened to government censorship, while the combination of First Amendment and criticism culture results in a vibrant marketplace of ideas. None', 'Advocacy for standing up against cancel culture to preserve freedom of speech and encourage a healthy marketplace of ideas, regardless of the actual topic being discussed. None']}, {'end': 10318.553, 'start': 9787.461, 'title': 'Dunning-kruger effect and knowledge acquisition', 'summary': "Discusses the dunning-kruger effect, the journey from overconfidence to humility in knowledge acquisition, the impact of college education on the author's perspective, and the concerning trend of ideological echo chambers in universities.", 'duration': 531.092, 'highlights': ['The author explains the Dunning-Kruger effect as a journey from overconfidence to humility in knowledge acquisition, where individuals start off with high confidence but eventually realize how little they know. The Dunning-Kruger effect is described as a process where individuals start with overconfidence in their knowledge and then gradually realize their lack of understanding, leading to humility.', "The author reflects on his college experience, highlighting how exposure to diverse perspectives and the realization of his own lack of knowledge led to a humbling experience and a shift in perspective. The author's college experience led to a humbling realization about his own lack of knowledge and the impact of adopting others' convictions, prompting a shift in perspective.", 'The author expresses concern about the current state of college education, noting the trend of ideological echo chambers and the suppression of diverse viewpoints, which hinders the development of critical thinking and robust intellectual growth. The author highlights the concerning trend of ideological echo chambers in universities, where diverse viewpoints are suppressed, hindering the development of critical thinking and intellectual growth.']}], 'duration': 730.514, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK089588039.jpg', 'highlights': ['Cancel culture attacks the person, leading to fear and shutting down of discussion, while criticism culture attacks the idea and encourages further discussion, making everyone smarter.', 'The combination of First Amendment and cancel culture is likened to government censorship, while the combination of First Amendment and criticism culture results in a vibrant marketplace of ideas.', 'Advocacy for standing up against cancel culture to preserve freedom of speech and encourage a healthy marketplace of ideas, regardless of the actual topic being discussed.', 'The author explains the Dunning-Kruger effect as a journey from overconfidence to humility in knowledge acquisition, where individuals start off with high confidence but eventually realize how little they know.', 'The author reflects on his college experience, highlighting how exposure to diverse perspectives and the realization of his own lack of knowledge led to a humbling experience and a shift in perspective.', 'The author expresses concern about the current state of college education, noting the trend of ideological echo chambers and the suppression of diverse viewpoints, which hinders the development of critical thinking and robust intellectual growth.']}, {'end': 11229.38, 'segs': [{'end': 10402.692, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 10375.063, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 10377.644, 'text': "I don't remember the process fully in terms of.", 'start': 10375.063, 'duration': 2.581}, {'end': 10380.505, 'text': "I remember you saying, oh, I'm actually writing this, it's turning into a bigger thing.", 'start': 10377.644, 'duration': 2.861}, {'end': 10382.225, 'text': 'And I was like, hmm.', 'start': 10380.545, 'duration': 1.68}, {'end': 10384.926, 'text': 'Because the more we talked about it, I remember we were talking about it, I was like, oh, this goes deep.', 'start': 10382.285, 'duration': 2.641}, {'end': 10389.508, 'text': "Because I didn't really understand the full scope of the situation, like nowhere near.", 'start': 10384.946, 'duration': 4.562}, {'end': 10391.028, 'text': 'And you sort of explained it.', 'start': 10389.628, 'duration': 1.4}, {'end': 10392.569, 'text': 'I was like, oh, okay, yeah, I see that.', 'start': 10391.048, 'duration': 1.521}, {'end': 10395.79, 'text': 'And then the more we dug into it, the sort of the deeper and deeper and deeper it went.', 'start': 10392.649, 'duration': 3.141}, {'end': 10398.891, 'text': "But no, I did not anticipate it would be six years, let's put it that way.", 'start': 10395.95, 'duration': 2.941}, {'end': 10401.151, 'text': 'when was your ted talk on?', 'start': 10400.071, 'duration': 1.08}, {'end': 10402.252, 'text': 'uh, procrastination?', 'start': 10401.151, 'duration': 1.101}, {'end': 10402.692, 'text': 'so that was.', 'start': 10402.252, 'duration': 0.44}], 'summary': 'The project unexpectedly expanded over six years, delving deep into the subject of procrastination.', 'duration': 27.629, 'max_score': 10375.063, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK0810375063.jpg'}, {'end': 10482.959, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 10446.155, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 10448.796, 'text': "I'll have a moment when I'm and I don't know what you know.", 'start': 10446.155, 'duration': 2.641}, {'end': 10453.478, 'text': "sometimes it's that there's a really good idea, but sometimes it's like I'm just dreading having to finish this the way it is.", 'start': 10448.796, 'duration': 4.682}, {'end': 10455.259, 'text': "And so there's epiphanies where it's like.", 'start': 10454.098, 'duration': 1.161}, {'end': 10455.519, 'text': 'you know what?', 'start': 10455.259, 'duration': 0.26}, {'end': 10461.081, 'text': 'I need to start over from the beginning and just make this like a short, like 20 little blog posts list.', 'start': 10455.539, 'duration': 5.542}, {'end': 10462.182, 'text': "And then I'll do that.", 'start': 10461.121, 'duration': 1.061}, {'end': 10462.842, 'text': 'And then I was like, no, no, no, no.', 'start': 10462.202, 'duration': 0.64}, {'end': 10463.782, 'text': 'I have like a new epiphany.', 'start': 10462.862, 'duration': 0.92}, {'end': 10468.224, 'text': "I have to, and it's these and, and yeah, it's kind of like the crazy person a little bit.", 'start': 10463.802, 'duration': 4.422}, {'end': 10472.314, 'text': 'But anyway, can I tell the story of the, the bed? All right.', 'start': 10468.632, 'duration': 3.682}, {'end': 10482.959, 'text': 'So things came to a head when we were in, we were all on vacation in Dominican Republic, uh, Tim and his wife, me and Igor, and we were in the ocean.', 'start': 10472.414, 'duration': 10.545}], 'summary': 'Struggling with ideas, considering shortening blog posts, and experiencing epiphanies; recounts vacation in the dominican republic.', 'duration': 36.804, 'max_score': 10446.155, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK0810446155.jpg'}, {'end': 10729.437, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 10699.369, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 10702.611, 'text': 'there is grand theories all through your book, i know, and i learned not to do that again.', 'start': 10699.369, 'duration': 3.242}, {'end': 10704.031, 'text': 'I did it once.', 'start': 10703.451, 'duration': 0.58}, {'end': 10704.791, 'text': "I don't wanna do it again.", 'start': 10704.111, 'duration': 0.68}, {'end': 10706.532, 'text': 'Oh, with the book was a mistake.', 'start': 10704.991, 'duration': 1.541}, {'end': 10707.872, 'text': 'So the book is a giant mistake.', 'start': 10706.552, 'duration': 1.32}, {'end': 10709.372, 'text': "Yes, don't do another one.", 'start': 10707.952, 'duration': 1.42}, {'end': 10711.693, 'text': "Look, some people should, it's just not for me.", 'start': 10709.612, 'duration': 2.081}, {'end': 10713.053, 'text': 'You just did it.', 'start': 10712.413, 'duration': 0.64}, {'end': 10714.894, 'text': 'I know, and it almost killed me.', 'start': 10713.213, 'duration': 1.681}, {'end': 10716.194, 'text': "Okay, so that's the first one.", 'start': 10715.294, 'duration': 0.9}, {'end': 10720.515, 'text': "But secondly, yeah, like basically there's two ways to fix procrastination.", 'start': 10716.234, 'duration': 4.281}, {'end': 10724.696, 'text': "One is you fix, it's like a picture you have a boat that's leaking and it's not working very well.", 'start': 10720.715, 'duration': 3.981}, {'end': 10725.596, 'text': 'You can fix it in two ways.', 'start': 10724.716, 'duration': 0.88}, {'end': 10729.437, 'text': 'You can get your hammer and nails out and your boards and actually fix the boat.', 'start': 10725.616, 'duration': 3.821}], 'summary': 'The transcript discusses learning from a mistake and fixing procrastination with two methods.', 'duration': 30.068, 'max_score': 10699.369, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK0810699369.jpg'}], 'start': 10319.033, 'title': "Tim's book writing journey and future of mortality", 'summary': "Depicts tim's six-year book writing journey, the use of negative bets to combat procrastination, and envisions a future with extended human life, potentially reshaping mortality and human experience.", 'chapters': [{'end': 10502.389, 'start': 10319.033, 'title': 'Book writing journey', 'summary': "Describes tim's journey of writing a book over six years, starting as a blog post, grappling with procrastination, and multiple iterations before expressing the horror of the situation.", 'duration': 183.356, 'highlights': ['Tim started writing the book in 2016 as a response to future tech uneasiness and societal cloud, leading to a six-year journey.', 'The process evolved from a planned blog post to a deep and prolonged book project, including numerous epiphanies and procrastination struggles.', 'The chapter culminates in Tim expressing his closeness to completion but still grappling with challenges, revealing the depth of his emotional struggle.']}, {'end': 11048.774, 'start': 10502.49, 'title': 'Procrastination and motivation', 'summary': 'Delves into using external pressure and negative bets to combat procrastination, with a focus on a specific example where a 10% net worth penalty was implemented to overcome the procrastination of submitting a book draft, highlighting the use of panic monster and the importance of deadlines in overcoming procrastination.', 'duration': 546.284, 'highlights': ["A 10% net worth penalty was implemented to overcome the procrastination of submitting a book draft. The speaker proposed a negative bet where 10% of the individual's net worth would be donated to something they loathe if a book draft was not submitted within a month, emphasizing the use of financial consequences to combat procrastination.", 'The use of panic monster and external pressure to combat procrastination. The speaker mentioned the use of the panic monster and external pressure as critical factors in overcoming procrastination, indicating the need for external motivation to accomplish tasks effectively.', 'The importance of deadlines in overcoming procrastination. The discussion emphasized the significance of deadlines in addressing procrastination, highlighting the role of looming deadlines in motivating individuals to complete tasks, and the adverse effects of lacking deadlines on productivity.']}, {'end': 11229.38, 'start': 11048.774, 'title': 'Future of mortality and technology', 'summary': 'Discusses overcoming the stockholm syndrome mentality around death, envisioning a future where technology can extend human life indefinitely, and speculates on the weird and unpredictable nature of the future, potentially leading to a significant shift in mortality and human experience.', 'duration': 180.606, 'highlights': ['The chapter discusses the concept of overcoming the Stockholm syndrome mentality around death. It highlights the comparison of death to a dragon that consumes 60 million people annually and the societal reluctance to challenge this fate.', 'Speculation on a future where technology can extend human life indefinitely is explored. The speaker envisions a future where technology could repair the human body, allowing individuals to live until they are ready to end their lives, potentially leading to a significant shift in mortality and human experience.', 'The unpredictability and potential weirdness of the future are discussed. The conversation touches on the unpredictable nature of the future and advises against projecting past experiences onto the future, hinting at a potentially radical shift in human existence and mortality.']}], 'duration': 910.347, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/GkZz2I6sK08/pics/GkZz2I6sK0810319033.jpg', 'highlights': ["Tim's six-year book writing journey reflects his emotional struggle and numerous epiphanies.", 'A 10% net worth penalty was implemented to combat procrastination, emphasizing the use of financial consequences.', 'The use of panic monster, external pressure, and deadlines are critical in overcoming procrastination.', 'The chapter discusses challenging the societal reluctance towards death and envisions a future with extended human life, potentially reshaping mortality and human experience.']}], 'highlights': ['The radical movement has hijacked various institutions like medical journals, universities, activist organizations, nonprofits, and tech companies.', "The ideology's goal is to tear apart the delicate workings of liberal democracy and shred critical lines of trust, impacting the functioning of liberal democracy.", "Tim Urban's new book 'What's Our Problem?? A Self-Help Book for Societies' is described as fearless, insightful, hilarious, and important in this divisive time.", "The majority of human history is represented by 95% of the 'book' being dedicated to hunter-gatherer lifestyles, emphasizing minimal progress over the majority of human history.", 'The concept of human history is visualized as a thousand-page book, with each page representing 250 years, providing a striking perspective on the timeline of human existence and the relatively recent emergence of recorded history.', 'The contrast between the extensive time span of human history, spanning over 2000 centuries, and the recent advancements in knowledge and technology, prompts awe and reflection on the vast expanse of time and the significant developments in recent history.', 'The hedonic treadmill is further elaborated, exploring different levels of gratitude and the impact on happiness, including the euphoric feeling associated with immense gratitude and the unhealthy mental state of feeling like a victim.', 'The impact of life trajectory on fostering gratitude is examined, with a focus on individuals from the greatest generation and boomers, highlighting how experiencing poverty and then achieving middle-class or wealth status fosters gratitude.', 'The rise of historical figures like Genghis Khan and William the Conqueror is discussed, emphasizing the impact of singular individuals on shaping human history.', 'The modern human mind is composed of the primitive mind and the higher mind, influencing decision-making and behavior.', 'The primitive mind seeks to conserve energy and avoid discomfort, leading to procrastination and adherence to traditional beliefs for tribal conformity.', 'The higher mind prioritizes truth-seeking and rational thinking over tribal conformity and identification with ideas.', "The chapter emphasizes the importance of testing ideas through scientific grounds and avoiding triggering language to engage with others' higher minds effectively.", "The pandemic damaged the reputation and trust in institutions, affecting people's emotional state and behavior, leading to a vicious negative feedback cycle.", 'The emotional impact of the pandemic resulted in people not being their best selves, indicating a significant psychological effect.', 'The phenomenon of disgust has been studied, revealing its impact on preferences towards immigrants, with the group experiencing disgust being more likely to prefer immigrants from white countries, indicating a link between disgust and xenophobia.', "The implications of social justice fundamentalism's deviation from liberal social justice principles, including its echo-chamber tendencies, moral inconsistencies, and potential societal repercussions, are outlined to emphasize the concern regarding its impact on societal discourse and cohesion.", 'Wokeness hijacks institutions, rendering the country vulnerable to demagoguery.', 'Wokeness perceived as a radical political movement, hijacking various institutions.', 'The chapter discusses the threat of wokeism as a parasite aiming to undermine liberal democracy.', 'The role of immune system response to wokeism is highlighted, emphasizing the importance of pro-liberalism immune system.', 'Cancel culture attacks the person, leading to fear and shutting down of discussion, while criticism culture attacks the idea and encourages further discussion, making everyone smarter.', 'The combination of First Amendment and cancel culture is likened to government censorship, while the combination of First Amendment and criticism culture results in a vibrant marketplace of ideas.', "Tim's six-year book writing journey reflects his emotional struggle and numerous epiphanies.", 'A 10% net worth penalty was implemented to combat procrastination, emphasizing the use of financial consequences.', 'The use of panic monster, external pressure, and deadlines are critical in overcoming procrastination.']}