Lex Fridman Podcast

#285 – Glenn Loury: Race, Racism, Identity Politics, and Cancel Culture


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Glenn Loury is a professor of economics and social sciences at Brown University, and a prominent podcaster and social critic who speaks and writes about race, inequality, and social policy. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) - Introduction
(07:12) - Martin Luther King Jr.
(16:00) - History of slavery
(30:39) - Equality of outcome
(47:02) - Math and economics
(1:03:17) - Racial groups
(1:16:33) - Black patriotism
(1:26:26) - MLK and Malcolm X
(1:40:07) - Joe Rogan controversy
(1:59:23) - Accusation of racism
(2:07:08) - Elon Musk and Twitter
(2:12:41) - Universities
(2:21:19) - Cognitive inequality
(2:33:45) - Politics
(2:53:10) - Ketanji Brown Jackson
(2:59:14) - Thomas Sowell
(3:04:28) - Barack Obama
(3:23:06) - Mortality
(3:35:20) - Meaning of life
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