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

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:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Tim’s new book: https://waitbutwhy.com/whatsourproblem
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Tim’s TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk5C149J9C0

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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

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