108 - John Pierce is a public sector servant and consultant, having worked for the cities of Philadelphia, Alexandria and San Francisco, as well as consulting for national governments.
Timestamps:
3:00 - Media Literacy; choosing information sources. Vaccine hesitancy, Jared Kushner, Russia & Ukraine, Israel & Palestine
13:00 - Pernicious Ideologies & How to Engage with them. Examples: American Civil War
22:00 - Conspiratorial thinking is selfish
28:00 - Are the conventional understandings of liberalism and conservatism accurate? 2-Party realignment in the 1960s, welfare state,
40:00 - Civil Rights post 2020; improving outcomes for the poor and people of color. Potential solutions; funding education, entrepreneurship
54:00 - How impactful is the money going to Ukraine on the US Budget?
56:00 - Morality ; being a good man
Items Referenced:
AllSides.com
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
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