Today was a fun conversation with Ian Perry and Chris Gerritz. We took on the task of doing an in-person version of Thinkers and Drinkers. During the interview we drank 3 ciders, one beer and a bottle and a half of whiskey - so we took the task seriously. We discussed the format for their group, why it works, the rules but we also decided to take on two topics as a test. We first discussed if the Internet is inherently "good" and then we took on abortion. It was a complicated and interesting discussion that I think we handled well while inebriated. And don't worry, I got them an Uber home after. So with that, say a prayer for our livers and please enjoy this drunken adventure with Ian Perry and Chris Gerritz.
0:00 Intro
3:03 Thinkers and drinkers cadence
6:18 Discourse and starting the group
16:43 Incivility
19:26 Logical fallacy of appeal to authority
27:45 Moving the Overton window
32:57 Choosing topics and popular topics
36:60 Thinkers and drinkers podcast
39:06 Asking the hard questions and contrarians
44:39 The flow and the rules of the meetings
59:44 Conversational tools
1:24:43 Doing a Thinkers and drinkers on the show - bad cut
1:27:36 Is the Internet inherently good
2:01:41 Abortion debate
2:35:57 How it went and why it works
3:11:30 Growing the group
3:27:17 Outtro
