Tim Urban: Wokeism, Cancel Culture, Social Justice, Marxism & Liberalism | Lex Fridman Podcast #360

Tim Urban is the author of the blog Wait But Why and a new book What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - House of Macadamias: and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order - Indeed: to get $75 credit - Athletic Greens: to get 1 month of fish oil EPISODE LINKS: Tim's new book: Tim's Twitter: Tim's Website: Tim's Instagram: Tim's TED talk: PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: RSS: Full episodes playlist: Clips playlist: OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 2:16 - Human history 18:15 - Greatest people in history 26:04 - Social media 32:46 - Good times and bad times 44:16 - Wisdom vs stupidity 46:24 - Utopia 1:00:33 - Conspiracy theories 1:13:44 - Arguing on the Internet 1:33:44 - Political division 1:43:38 - Power games 1:51:37 - Donald Trump and Republican Party 2:08:45 - Social justice 2:31:28 - Censorship gap 2:38:59 - Free speech 2:43:01 - Thinking and universities 2:51:24 - Liv Boeree joins conversation 3:03:44 - Hopes for the future SOCIAL: - Twitter: - LinkedIn: - Facebook: - Instagram: - Medium: @lexfridman - Reddit: - Support on Patreon: