The Social Media Platform Is Not the Town Square

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i think it's pretty clear, or it should be, that in almost every case that addiction is counterproductive. The analogy to the town square is a false one. And i think the notion that any legal speech must be tolerated on the platform is going to lead to a truly awful place to be. We talk about the problem of hyper partisanship on the left and the right and the primacy of culture. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as i did.

Sam Harris speaks with Douglas Murray about his new book, “The War on the West.” They discuss the problem of hyper partisanship on the Left and Right, the primacy of culture, Hunter Biden’s laptop, the de-platforming of Trump and Alex Jones, the new religion of anti-racism, the problem of inequality, the 1619 Project, history of slavery, moral panics, the strange case of Michel Foucault, and other topics.

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