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diff --git a/content/entry/on-the-intellectual-dark-web.md b/content/entry/on-the-intellectual-dark-web.md index 831d6dc..ce1f76f 100644 --- a/content/entry/on-the-intellectual-dark-web.md +++ b/content/entry/on-the-intellectual-dark-web.md @@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ title: "On The Intellectual Dark Web" date: 2022-04-11T00:00:00 draft: false -makerefs: false --- To the frustration of ideologues, I reject most politically-oriented labels and I encourage others to do the same. Why? Because the world is extremely complex and most political ideologies are far too simple to explain completely what's going on. @@ -27,16 +26,8 @@ The reason I bring this up is because politics has become so polarized that as s If you wanna talk politics with me, let's put the labels aside and stick to specific issues. Don't assume I hold all these beliefs I never espoused. Just treat me like an individual, like an independent, thinking person and I'll treat you with the same respect. Then, just maybe, we'll get somewhere. # The Intellectual Dark Web -Interestingly, there's a growing number of people that feel the way I do, who have lost patience with the blind, rank partisanship of all the major news networks on every issue, the uncivil shouting matches, and the lost art of civil discussion. They make up what's now called the "intellectual dark web" (IDW)[1]. I include people like Anthony Magnabosco[2] in the IDW, people who are having civil, fascinating discussions and showing others how to have them. +Interestingly, there's a growing number of people that feel the way I do, who have lost patience with the blind, rank partisanship of all the major news networks on every issue, the uncivil shouting matches, and the lost art of civil discussion. They make up what's now called the "[intellectual dark web](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_dark_web)" (IDW). I include people like [Anthony Magnabosco](https://anthonymagnabosco.com/) in the IDW, people who are having civil, fascinating discussions and showing others how to have them. -When you finish reading this, maybe go watch a few of Anthony's Street Epistemology (SE) videos. I plan on making a follow up journal entry dedicated to SE, but I think introducing new techniques like SE into discussions is key. There are people in politics like Andrew Yang[3], who are promoting new ideas for moving forward. The most popular podcaster in the entire world who interviews people from all walks of life, Joe Rogan[4], seems, to my eye, absolutely dedicated to having civil discussions. IDWers like Sam Harris[5] go on major news networks and almost never lose composure. People like Sam are the very definition of nonreactive and they're nigh-impossible to drag into shouting matches because they're just so damn reasonable. +When you finish reading this, maybe go watch a few of Anthony's Street Epistemology (SE) videos. I plan on making a follow up journal entry dedicated to SE, but I think introducing new techniques like SE into discussions is key. There are people in politics like [Andrew Yang](https://www.andrewyang.com/), who are promoting new ideas for moving forward. The most popular podcaster in the entire world who interviews people from all walks of life, [Joe Rogan](https://www.joerogan.com/), seems, to my eye, absolutely dedicated to having civil discussions. IDWers like [Sam Harris](https://samharris.org/) go on major news networks and almost never lose composure. People like Sam are the very definition of nonreactive and they're nigh-impossible to drag into shouting matches because they're just so damn reasonable. There's a reason podcasters like Joe Rogan are doing so well right now. It's not just that Joe makes an entertaining show. It's also that people are disenchanted with the highly directed, highly controlled, boring partisan conversations. The key distinguishing feature of "members" of the IDW is, whatever their political/ideological affiliations are, they're all committed to civil, honest discussion. I think we need more people out there like that right now. - - -Link(s): -[1: Intellectual Dark Web](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_dark_web) -[2: Anthony Magnabosco](https://anthonymagnabosco.com/) -[3: Andrew Yang](https://www.andrewyang.com/) -[4: Joe Rogan](https://www.joerogan.com/) -[5: Sam Harris](https://samharris.org/) |