An echo chamber is an intellectual culture. And it's the opposite of eco chamber, where disagreement on certain sacred topics is not cool in that group. Instead of everyone geting smarter and more humble, it makes everyone feel more sure of themselves by making them zealot like. This same battle between primitive mind and higher mind is going on in these big groups. There's a winner in both cases.
In this episode we spoke with Tim Urban, founder and writer at Wait But Why? In this super episode Jim and Tim discuss: • The story of us • Managing and taming our biases • Flat earthers and how we’re no different • Overcoming our outdated mental hardware • and MUCH more. Follow Tim on Twitter (Twitter.com/waitbutwhy) and check out his site (waitbutwhy.com)