We set down the Chardonnay at the latest heterodox dinner party and lean in for some hearty ‘civil discourse’ to once again defend the trembling pillars of Western civilization.

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Supplementary Material 40: YouTube Builders, the Discourse Grind, and Sam Harris' Dinner Parties

00:00 Introduction

01:15 Feedback on the Molyneux Episode

10:26 Jordan Peterson still defeated by toxic demon mould

12:16 Steven Pinker's bad takes on Bjorn Lomborg

15:49 Chris vs Sabine

28:21 Grok's insane sycophantic glazing of Elon Musk

33:54 Musk's Psychology

40:59 Sam Harris acknowledges his problem?!?

47:18 Sam continues to wrestle with the interpersonal ethics of criticism

01:05:10 Triggernometry saves Western Civilization

01:15:29 The Wisdom of Francis Foster

01:28:42 Triggernometry's Partisan Outrage at the BBC

01:38:12 Oppressed Men vs. Complaining Women

01:46:29 The YouTube Builders of Western Civilization

01:56:42 Pageau vs Bret Weinstein

02:01:52 Eric Weinstein sensemaking about Cancellation

02:09:58 A PSA about THIS podcast

Links

• Stefan Molyneux accidentally posting as a young woman on his main account
• Chris arguing with Sabine Hossenfelder
• – Receipts thread
• Steven Pinker cheering on Bjorn Lomborg
• Insights from the finances of Bjorn Lomborg’s think tank
• Example video detailing Lomborg’s rhetoric
• Guardian article on Grok’s glazing of Elon Musk
• Grok explains Elon is the best piss drinker
• Sam Harris Podcast #442 — More From Sam
• Triggernometry: Our Thoughts On Interviewing Dave Smith, Hasan Piker, Sam Harris and Ben Shapiro
• Pageau and Bret’s pre-podcast Twitter sparring
• Eric Weinstein sense-making about words
• Our previous episode on Tiggernometry entering the Big Time