The Ugliness of Ignorance

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"I have a long history with my dad. When I came back out of college, I was just like Mr. Holier than now trying to convince him that all of his ideas were wrong about politics and everything," she says. "But then over time, I just let go, accepted him for who he was." She adds: "If you want to persuade someone, you actually don't try to persuade them and you subtly let them move"

Bill Ottman is the creator of Minds, a social media platform with more than 6 million users. Bill has appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience. In this conversation, we spoke about the importance of free speech, Elon buying Twitter his thoughts on Lex Fridman and Kanye West, Elon buying Twitter, the importance of challenges/accountability, his time on JRE, and much more. (0:00) Intro (1:40) Lex/Kanye (4:50) Daryl Davis (7:01) Free Speech (12:33) Minds (Social Network) (16:40) The Biggest Problem With Social (22:15) The Power Is Shifting (25:29) TikTok (29:40) Why Can’t We Speak Our Mind? (39:12) Mental Health (46:25) Accountability (51:58) Changing Minds (53:29) Being On Joe Rogan (57:08) Challenge - Bill's Links Minds: https://www.minds.com/ Bill on Minds: https://www.minds.com/ottman/ - Resources Mentioned • Lex Fridman / Kanye West – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AWLcxTGZPA • The 4 Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz – https://www.amazon.com/Four-Agreements-Practical-Personal-Freedom/dp/1878424319/ • Breath by James Nestor – https://www.amazon.com/Breath-New-Science-Lost-Art/dp/B082FPZC4H • Bill on JRE #1248 – https://open.spotify.com/episode/06T2h6DzvdEKPubSvlDvaB?si=INtEbGN0TrGys4aGoXESTw • Bill & Daryl Davis on JRE #1792 – https://open.spotify.com/episode/2hM2E1WkW2QBJQV7T5ikwb?si=n-tH8ELKSkSfFYRL8PxiXQ - SPONSOR: This episode is brought to you by My First Million. This is the podcast that I listen to and recommend whenever I want to learn more about business, technology, or the future. Sam Parr and Shaan Puri are hilarious, informative, and interesting. Check it out! – My Links 🧠 Minds: https://minds.com/dannymiranda ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda