lacigreen's video: Beyond Bigots and Snowflakes

~the discourse~ is broken. can we fix it? ▸ listen to the full episode! on your podcasting app: https://plinkhq.com/i/1478964708/e/1000553735390 on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4JFrgHeAwM&feature=youtu.be ▸ hit me up http://www.lacigreen.tv http://www.twitch.tv/laci_green http://www.twitter.com/gogreen18 http://www.facebook.com/officiallacigreen http://www.instagram.com/lacigreen ▸ 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