Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

Liberalism and Conservatism (with Cassandra Xia and Hank Racette)

Nov 4, 2020

02:16:04

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

How to Find the Root of Disagreements

5min

The Conservative Liberal Divide: The Value Pyramid

2min

The Importance of Stability in the System

3min

The Limits of Genetic Replication

2min

The Value of Tradition

3min

The Power of Tradition

3min

The Importance of Tradition and Culture

2min

The Role of Tradition in Culture

5min

10.

The Maslow's Pyramid of Needs

6min

11.

The Three Dichotomies Between Liberals and Conservatives

2min

12.

The Liberal's Perspective on the System

3min

13.

Uplift: The Future of Mental Health

1min

14.

The Tory Characteristic of Science

2min

15.

The Bias of Science Reporting

5min

16.

The Unscientific State of Climate Change

2min

17.

The Importance of Skepticism in Information

2min

18.

The 12 Years to Save the Planet

6min

19.

The Probability of a Catastrophic Feedback Loop

2min

20.

The Costs and Benefits of Prevention

4min

21.

The Negative Effects of Climate Change on the Population

5min

22.

The Techno Optimist Perspective on Earth Overshoot Day

4min

23.

The Importance of Preventing Climate Change

2min

24.

The Green New Deal and the Environmental Impact of Climate Change

2min

25.

The Pros and Cons of a Carbon Tax

4min

26.

The Pros and Cons of Nuclear Power Generation

2min

27.

The Cost of Climate Change Interventions

3min

28.

The Liberal Versus Conservative Perspective on the Environment

4min

29.

The Future of Renewable Energy

2min

30.

The Importance of Subsidies for New Technologies

4min

31.

The Importance of Cooperation in Civilization

3min

32.

The Un's Prognosis of Global Prosperity

2min

33.

The Global Warming Debate

3min

34.

The Politics of Political Correctness

2min

35.

The Reasonable Lines to Be Drawn

2min

36.

The Polarization of the Current Environment Is Troubling

5min

37.

The Power of the Voices of Experts

2min

38.

The Politics of Political Correctness

3min

39.

The Dangers of Using Words in an Increasingly Extreme Way

3min

40.

The Dangers of Political Correctness

3min

41.

The Importance of Political Correctness

4min

42.

The Negative Form of Censorship

2min

43.

The Importance of Asymmetrical Battles in Debate

3min

44.

The Grotesque Failure of Our Media Establishment

2min

45.

How I Come to Be a Free Thinker

3min

46.

Spencer and Cassandra Greenbird on the Crazy Experiment

2min

Why do liberals and conservatives disagree so vehemently? Why are things so polarized in the US right now? What are the core values held by liberals and conservatives? How much value does tradition have? Where and why do liberals and conservatives disagree about climate change? Where and why do liberals and conservatives disagree about free speech and political correctness?

Cassandra Xia's bio: "Cassandra Xia (@CassandraXia) is the daughter of Chinese scientists who emigrated to the United States. Her parents raised her on a blend of logic, reason, and immigrant can-do attitude. She emerged as a strategic liberal that strongly believes in free speech and compassionate dialogue. She recently left her job as a Google software engineer to work on climate change. Cassandra's work can be found at cassandraxia.com and workonclimate.org."

Hank Racette's bio: "I'm an uneducated fifty-something father of six who divides his time between writing industrial automation software and opining about the precariousness of western civilization and the enemies, mostly unwitting, arrayed against it. I'm fascinated by words, mathematics, evolution, human nature, emergent behavior, and saving the most successful nation and culture in history from the innocent mistakes of smart people with good intentions. I'm a free-speech extremist and, in general, what used to be called a classical liberal. I can be found on Ricochet, where I write as Henry Racette, on Facebook, and reached via email at hank.racette@gmail.com."

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