On this solo episode of the How’d It Happen podcast, Mike talks about why and how ideas thrive with an audience. He was inspired to do this episode because he was listening to someone talking about how college campuses are dealing with or managing their way through what some might call controversial speakers.
Mike talks about the two obvious options when it comes to controversial speakers: go or don't go. He then talks about two more nuanced options: social bullying and idea supremacists. Social bullying is basically the concept that if you go to see this controversial speaker that someone doesn't like, appreciate, or want to have anything to do with, then if you choose to go, you are no longer their friend. Idea supremacists are those who actively try to prevent anyone from coming to see the speaker.
Mike believes that ideas thrive with an audience, and it works both ways. When you agree with someone and you give them an audience, the idea thrives. When you disagree with someone and you give them an audience, the idea also thrives. It's when ideas are ignored or there's no audience for the idea that ideas naturally become suppressed.
Mike encourages everyone to take the time to try to understand an idea before suppressing it. He believes that it's important to hear both sides of a story and that someone expressing an opinion that you don't agree with is not damaging you unless you internalize how you feel about what they're saying. Tune in for more!
Quote from the episode:
“It's when ideas are ignored or when there's no audience for the idea that ideas naturally become suppressed.” - Mike Malatesta
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