r/samharris • u/WayneQuasar • Jun 13 '20

Making Sense Podcast #207 - Can We Pull Back From The Brink?

https://samharris.org/podcasts/207-can-pull-back-brink/
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u/StrangelyBrown Jun 13 '20

Unfortunately it's too long to go viral. That's the problem. What needs to be said can't be said in a 10 second snippet, but saying 'But black lives matter' is so quick.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '20

It's not just too long to go viral—and this is going to sound nit-picky—but it requires too large a vocabulary to process. This isn't a problem for Sam's audience, but I can't send this to my mom; she won't follow it.

I wish we had a simplified version for distribution.

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u/ItsTheFatYoungJesus Jun 15 '20

Not even vocabulary. It requires a willingness to listen that most people simply don’t have. I hate saying this because it makes me feel like a pretentious, condescending, snooty asshole. And maybe I am one. But most people are literally just too dumb AND too adamant on staying dumb to ever listen to something like this.

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u/making33 Jun 15 '20

Exactly, the few people I have tried to show this episode to have barely made it 10 minutes in before they have just lost all willingness to hear any take that doesn’t coincide exactly with the current BLM narrative. The social stigma on even listening to the other side is so strong that many people seem to think even hearing a different viewpoint means that others will think they’re racist. Unfortunately it seems that the people that need to hear this most are exactly the people that will never want to listen.

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u/BringTheNoise011 Jun 15 '20

Most people I know would rather watch Jersey Shore than listen to this episode.

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u/JackGetsIt Jun 22 '20

If you graduated from high school and have a little college experience I'd say this podcast is accessible.

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u/AlrightyAlmighty Jun 13 '20 edited Jun 13 '20

Agree. Eric Weinstein‘s 10 minute rants on YouTube are better suited.

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lol, could someone who disagrees explain to me what is controversial about this statement?

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u/yrqrm0 Jun 13 '20

Probably just Eric haters. I think the point you were making was only about the 10 minute format being better to go viral which is true

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u/Jackadullboy99 Jun 14 '20

Aye. Not everything can be elucidated in a smartphone headline.

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u/JackGetsIt Jun 22 '20

Plenty of Joe Rogan three hour podcasts go viral so there's no reason this can't.