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#360 – Tim Urban: Tribalism, Marxism, Liberalism, Social Justice, and Politics

Lex Fridman Podcast

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The Importance of Wisdom Versus Stupidity

I think I think wisdom is doing what people 100 years from now with the hindsight that we don't have would do if they could come back in time and they knew everything. So your proponent of wisdom versus stupidity, because you can make an, I can steal man the case for stupidity. Do it. It's a compass when you're in the fog. Yeah. Love is a compass. But here's the thing. You know what else is nice is a flashlight in the fog that can help. And that to me is discourse. That is open, vigorous, like discussion in a culture that fosters that are how the species ... can be as wise as possible.

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