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Good Faith

The politics of threat detection (with David French)

Jun 22, 2024
57:59
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David French and Curtis Chang discuss the distortion of threat detection in today's polarized landscape, exploring how conservatives and progressives create misleading perceptions and double standards. They provide strategies for repairing dysfunctional threat detectors, emphasizing the importance of balanced perspectives and verifying information.
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  • Calibrating threat detectors in politics is crucial for accurate perception.
  • Balancing internal and external threat assessments prevents distorted realities.

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Proper Threat Detection is Essential for Navigating the World

It is crucial to calibrate our threat detectors effectively to interpret the safety of our surroundings. Biologists emphasize that all living beings constantly seek signals to assess the safety of their environment. Setting our threat detection levels accurately is especially vital in today's political climate to prevent unjustified fear and reactionary responses.

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