"The training would need to convince certain individuals that their beliefs (and possibly actions) are ignorant at best, and harmful at worst – otherwise, what’s the point of diversity training?"

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://blametheamygdala.wordpress.com/2021/03/22/personal-connections-at-work-and-diversity-training/

"The reason that a depressed mind is crucial here, is that if the personal pain is felt for long enough, the person could be extremely motivated to end the pain, and if suicidality has married with a toxic ideology, for long enough, a last act of vengeance starts to become probable."

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://blametheamygdala.wordpress.com/2021/03/27/depression-and-hate-ideology-a-hypothesis-for-the-proliferation-of-the-mass-shooter/