Decentralization of Thought: The Fluid Nature of Truth

Ryan Schiller is the creator of Librex, an anonymous discussion feed for college communities. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:06) – Librex
(08:59) – Deep Fakes
(13:06) – Silencing of ideas
(24:01) – Building Librex
(33:47) – How Librex took over Dartmouth
(42:13) – Anonymity
(45:04) – Private vs public life
(54:32) – Building a sense of community
(59:14) – Refusing to sell user data
(1:06:05) – Moderation
(1:12:54) – Freedom of speech
(1:23:45) – Scaling
(1:28:02) – Yik Yak
(1:35:22) – AWS and Parler
(1:40:25) – Safe spaces
(1:43:22) – Jeffrey Epstein
(1:52:50) – Chess and poker
(2:03:29) – Advice for young people
(2:14:21) – Book recommendations
(2:20:16) – Mortality