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#158 – Zev Weinstein: The Next Generation of Big Ideas and Brave Minds
Lex Fridman Podcast
Is Language Destroying Our Ability to Think?
I think fundamental thought which semantically would once be considered radical thought became very dangerous and now it's become synonymous with extreme. These are not helpful labels in a sense that the moment you say radical or extremist thinker then you're just, well how do I put it, you're not helping the public discourse. So this is an example of how our world is becoming increasingly Orwellian. It's just language is being used to destroy our ability to think. And that thought can appear radical or dangerous at times but ultimately if you allow for it, this is kind of the difficult discussion or free speech and so on.
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