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Robert Wright (
Bloggingheads.tv
,
The Evolution of God
,
Nonzero
,
Why Buddhism Is True
) and Bret Weinstein (
bretweinstein.net
)
The Intellectual Dark Web and the MSM
.
0:27
How does one join the IDW?
.
7:17
Bret: Critics on left and right want the IDW to go away
.
12:31
Is the IDW right wing?
.
22:08
Why is socialism resurgent?
.
34:37
Why Bret considers himself to be on the left
.
43:19
Bret blows Bob’s mind with some grand evolutionary theorizing
.
54:59
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May 15
Posted:
May 18, 2018
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