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Jonathan Rauch – A Liberal Defense of Free Speech

Apr 7, 2023

01:12:02

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Jonathan Rauch

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The Metaphor of the Marketplace of Ideas is necessary, but insufficient

01:22

Introduction

2min

The Constitution of Knowledge

2min

The Weaponization of the Free Speech Debate

4min

The Weapon of the Week: Shutting Down Speakers

2min

How to Draw Attention to Speakers

2min

The Problem With Hate Speech

3min

The Importance of Free Speech

5min

The Importance of Prioritizing Research

6min

The Cost of Violence

4min

10.

The Importance of Public Agreement on Truth

3min

11.

The Importance of Empiricism in Science

4min

12.

The Importance of Life Insurance

1min

13.

The Constitution of Knowledge

5min

14.

The Importance of Structure in the Marketplace of Ideas

3min

15.

The Insidious Threat to American Democratic Institutions

5min

16.

The Dangers of Donald Trump's Stop the Steel Campaign

2min

17.

The Washington Post and the New York Times Betrayed Journalistic Integrity in the 2016 Election

5min

18.

The End of the Disinformation Movement in the US

4min

19.

The Politics of Queer Theory

3min

20.

The Threat to the Constitution of Knowledge

6min

21.

The Bipartisan Problem With Elections

2min

22.

Jonathan Rauch of Brookings Institution, the Constitution of Knowledge

2min

0:00 What’s wrong with cancelation?

13:28 A defense of Charles Murray

21:24 Cancelation and the closet

28:08 Jonathan’s book, The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth

39:35 Jonathan: “The marketplace of ideas” is a necessary but insufficient metaphor

42:51 Is Trump an agent of disinformation?

54:22 What the woke and MAGA crowds have in common

59:41 Why Jonathan is hopeful about the constitution of knowledge

Recorded February 6, 2022

Links and Readings

Jonathan’s latest book, The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth

Jonathan’s book, Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought

Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein’s book, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life

Jeff Gerth’s Four-Party Columbia Journalism Review series on Trump and the press

Stanford’s Internet Observatory

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