How the Media Creates Delusional Tribes - Tim Urban

Published: Sept. 3, 2023, 11:01 p.m.

Tim Urban is a blogger who writes about a wide range of topics, from science and technology to psychology and philosophy. He is known for creating minimalist stick-figure illustrations to help explain complex concepts in a simple way. His musings are collected on his website, \u2018Wait But Why\u2019, and featured in his newly-released book, \u2018What's Our Problem? A Self-Help Book for Societies\u2019 - available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BVGH6T1Q/\n\nBecome a Premium Member to receive exclusive benefits\nhttps://triggernometry.supercast.com/\n\nOR Support TRIGGERnometry Here:\nBitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5\n\nMusic by: Music by: Xentric | info@xentricapc.com | https://www.xentricapc.com/ YouTube:\xa0 @xentricapc \xa0\n\nBuy Merch Here:\n\nhttps://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/\n\nAdvertise on TRIGGERnometry:\n\nmarketing@triggerpod.co.uk\n\nJoin the Mailing List:\n\nhttps://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/\n\nFind TRIGGERnometry on Social Media:\xa0\n\nhttps://twitter.com/triggerpod\nhttps://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/\nhttps://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/\n\nAbout TRIGGERnometry:\xa0\n\nStand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians.\n\n00:00 Intro\xa0\n01:18 Tim Urban\u2019s Background\n02:51 What's Causing All the Division?\n06:34 The Largest Contributor to Tribalism\xa0\n12:15 The Population\u2019s Exposure to Information\n15:30 Biological Aspects to Tribalism\n19:42 When Will We Need to Take Responsibility for How We Act?\n23:14 Tim\u2019s Optimism for the Future of Social Media\xa0\n28:15 What is Elon\u2019s Vision For Twitter?\n31:09 Elon Musk's Power to Disrupt\n41:11 Sponsor Message: easyDNS\n42:16 How To Live & Take Greater Risks\n45:17 Overcoming The Fear of Embarrassment\n51:48 The Reality of Our Agency & How Much Time We Have Left\n55:39 What\u2019s the One Thing We\u2019re Not Talking About?\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices