Beyond Bigots and Snowflakes

~the discourse~ is broken. can we fix it?

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▸ episode summary
Discourse about hot-button social issues is broken. Can we fix it?

Sociologist Ilana Redstone joins Laci to discuss the challenges of embracing viewpoint diversity. They explore how identity politics took academia and social media by storm, society's turn toward moral absolutes, whether our intentions matter, bad behavior vs bigotry, dealing with being offended, the secret ingredient for a vibrant discourse, and more.

▸ video chapters
00:00 Welcome back!
00:15 Culture shift
02:52 Binary thinking
04:00 Moral legitimacy
04:54 The certainty trap
06:53 Checking assumptions
08:17 Identifying the 3 fallacies

▸ my guest
Ilana Redstone, author of Unassailable Ideas
More of her writing: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ilanaredstone