Pirate Wires How to Save the World w/ Tim Urban
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Oct 20, 2023 
Tim Urban, author of "What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies", joins the podcast to discuss mental frameworks for clear political thinking, handling heated issues, and navigating Israel and Palestine. The conversation also covers the dangers of group think, social wars, and the solutions to societal problems.
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Collective Duality
- Humans possess a capacity for both collective wisdom and collective madness.
- This duality allows for remarkable achievements and devastating acts, stemming from our tribal evolution.
Collective Madness
- Tim Urban discusses witnessing people who would cheer for his death due to his Jewish identity.
- He highlights the unsettling ease with which humans can switch into a state of collective madness.
Ladder of Thinking
- Tim Urban introduces "the ladder of thinking," which describes how people engage with ideas.
- It ranges from a truth-seeking mindset at the top to rigid zealotry at the bottom, influenced by identity and emotion.