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  • jordan avatar

    AMA with Tim Urban. Wednesday, 3/4 at 2:00 PM CT

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJqtVCgxXTE 

    Post questions you're curious about here, and continuously during the conversation. One orienting big question: How do you keep thinking clearly when everything around you rewards thinking tribally — and can technology actually help, or does it only make it worse?

    Tim Urban is the writer behind Wait But Why, one of the most popular blogs on the internet, known for making complex topics (AI, procrastination, the Fermi Paradox, the future of humanity) accessible and deeply engaging. His book "What's Our Problem?" examines how the decline in collective thinking quality threatens democratic society. He's currently deep in a new long-form writing project exploring the full arc of everything.

    cindym•...
    I do not think Shame should be shamed, but I also do not think there is any value whatsoever to shame.  Shame is a mistaken belief in unworthiness.  IF we have shame, then of course, we can welcome it with love and work through it to the realization that we are worthy....
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  • Fooljeff•...
    Arun says I give myself bad report cards. What does this mean? I'm afraid of being seen as stupid. I often say I'm retarded, and people will respond, "I think you're hiding in your humor." I didn't know what they meant until I realized I'm afraid of being seen as stupid....
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    gender studies
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