Today's episode features David Beckemeyer discussing tribal identity and the outrage it brings. David is a bridge-builder and host of the "Outrage Overload" podcast. David and I consider topics as far afield as social media detox, street epistemology, and libraries lousy with drag queens.
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- (00:00) - Opening credits
(00:37) - Show opening(01:30) - Introducing David Beckemeyer(02:38) - How Facebook fights inspired a podcast(08:26) - We love to be outraged, but we don't want to admit it(12:13) - Blind spots to our side's behavior(17:46) - A hot-button issue example with Ami!(22:09) - Street epistemology of vegetables(27:02) - Needing to change minds(31:00) - Fear of social death(36:27) - Enforcing social norms as the origin of outrage(39:47) - When outrage becomes recreation or profession(45:16) - And even when you're wrong, it doesn't matter(47:27) - Ending reliance on outrage with a larger cultural identity(54:49) - Building your own private echo chamber(01:04:02) - How to find David Beckemeyer on the internet(01:06:32) - Show closing(01:07:18) - Closing credits
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