About this episode
Tim Urban is a blogger who writes about a wide range of topics, from science and technology to psychology and philosophy. He is known for creating minimalist stick-figure illustrations to help explain complex concepts in a simple way. His musings are collected on his website, ‘Wait But Why’, and featured in his newly-released book, ‘What's Our Problem? A Self-Help Book for Societies’ - available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BVGH6T1Q/ Become a Premium Member to receive exclusive benefits https://triggernometry.supercast.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Music by: Music by: Xentric | info@xentricapc.com | https://www.xentricapc.com/ YouTube: @xentricapc Buy Merch Here: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Join the Mailing List: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/ Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. 00:00 Intro 01:18 Tim Urban’s Background 02:51 What's Causing All the Division? 06:34 The Largest Contributor to Tribalism 12:15 The Population’s Exposure to Information 15:30 Biological Aspects to Tribalism 19:42 When Will We Need to Take Responsibility for How We Act? 23:14 Tim’s Optimism for the Future of Social Media 28:15 What is Elon’s Vision For Twitter? 31:09 Elon Musk's Power to Disrupt 41:11 Sponsor Message: easyDNS 42:16 How To Live & Take Greater Risks 45:17 Overcoming The Fear of Embarrassment 51:48 The Reality of Our Agency & How Much Time We Have Left 55:39 What’s the One Thing We’re Not Talking About? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices