Where Are We Heading? Bret Speaks with Peter Boghossian
Bret Speaks with Peter Boghossian on a multitude of subjects surrounding wokeism, Covid, and the endpoint of our present course.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(04:20) Sponsors
(08:08) Woke ideology and confirmation bias
(13:00) Professors and institution’s culture
(17:30) Thinking critically
(24:21) Shared characteristics of woke
(30:38) Responding to friends who you disagree with
(37:22) Pandemic and expertise
(43:22) I stopped listening to NPR when...
(51:06) Is Wokeism an existential threat?
(56:00) The Selfish Gene and culture
(01:03:00) Is Wokeism seeded by foreign entities?
(01:10:12) New atheists and woke
(01:14:28) Wrap up