How to Convince the World of Bulls**t & Evil - Malcolm Gladwell - #1029
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Malcolm Gladwell is a journalist, podcast host and an author.
Do contagious diseases, memetic epidemics, and drug epidemics spread through the same underlying pathways? The answer may explain why society keeps falling into the same contagious patterns, and how we might prevent future memetic epidemics before they happen.
Expect to learn what the history of the death penalty is in the United States, what the “Tipping Point” means and what happened when we reached it, how epidemics of ideas differ from epidemics of drugs, what makes someone a “super-spreader” of social change, the “tipping point” dynamic of trans athletes in sports, if we are responsible for the epidemics we start and much more…
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Malcolm Gladwell is a journalist, podcast host and an author.
Do contagious diseases, memetic epidemics, and drug epidemics spread through the same underlying pathways? The answer may explain why society keeps falling into the same contagious patterns, and how we might prevent future memetic epidemics before they happen.
Expect to learn what the history of the death penalty is in the United States, what the “Tipping Point” means and what happened when we reached it, how epidemics of ideas differ from epidemics of drugs, what makes someone a “super-spreader” of social change, the “tipping point” dynamic of trans athletes in sports, if we are responsible for the epidemics we start and much more…
Timestamps:
(0:00) Does the Death Penalty Reflect America’s True Values?
(6:36) Why the US Still Clings to Capital Punishment
(13:37) How Social Influence Has Shifted Since Malcolm’s First Book
(26:37) What Spreads Faster: Drug Epidemics or Dangerous Ideas?
(35:29) How Parental Behaviours Shape Who We Become
(43:28) Why We’re So Quick to Blame Our Parents
(48:00) Why are Stories More Infectious Than Fact?
(55:51) Is the Trans Athlete Debate Worthy of Headlines?
(01:02:34) Should College Athletes Get More Academic Flexibility?
(01:11:32) Keep Up to Date With Malcom
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See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals
Get 10% discount on all Gymshark products at https://gym.sh/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM10)
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Extra Stuff:
Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books
Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom
Episodes You Might Enjoy:
#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins
#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson
#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman
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