Mainstream Ideas

5 Core Values that Every Human Being Wants:

  1. Everyone wants to be loved
  2. We all want to be respected
  3. We want to be heard
  4. We want to be treated fairly and truthfully
  5. We want the same things for our family as anybody else would want for their family

It’s how you talk to people, moreso than what you say to people, and how you listen to them, you know?

Daryl Davis, Joe Rogan Experience #2399 [54:20 – 55:52] https://joerogan.com

I think at the end of the day: that’s populism

Under populism the feeling is very strong that they work for us — and they answer to us. And with these mainstream administrations — whether it’s Obama, Biden, George W. Bush, … — it’s like: well, the wise men are running the government, so we need to sit by quietly and let them do their important work.

John Kiriakou , Joe Rogan Experience #2392 , 2:13:05 – 2:13:38 (image clipped @ 2:12:40)

Epidemic of Knowingness

Both sides act as if the facts are already settled whilst not agreeing on the facts.

Chris Williamson , Joe Rogan Experience episode # 2293 [2:37:00]

This insight opens up a fascinating discussion between Joe and Chris (in the final 10 minutes) about what “thinking differently” (or even uniquely) actually means — which Chris refers to as a willingness to experience a “lonely chapter” in life.