Escaping Tribal Outrage with David Beckemeyer

Today's episode features David Beckemeyer discussing tribal identity and the outrage it brings. David is a bridge-builder and host of the "Outrage Overload" podcast. David and I consider topics as far afield as social media detox, street epistemology, and libraries lousy with drag queens.

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Arnold Toynbee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_J._Toynbee

• (00:00) - Opening credits
• (00:37) - Show opening
• (01:30) - Introducing David Beckemeyer
• (02:38) - How Facebook fights inspired a podcast
• (08:26) - We love to be outraged, but we don't want to admit it
• (12:13) - Blind spots to our side's behavior
• (17:46) - A hot-button issue example with Ami!
• (22:09) - Street epistemology of vegetables
• (27:02) - Needing to change minds
• (31:00) - Fear of social death
• (36:27) - Enforcing social norms as the origin of outrage
• (39:47) - When outrage becomes recreation or profession
• (45:16) - And even when you're wrong, it doesn't matter
• (47:27) - Ending reliance on outrage with a larger cultural identity
• (54:49) - Building your own private echo chamber
• (01:04:02) - How to find David Beckemeyer on the internet
• (01:06:32) - Show closing
• (01:07:18) - Closing credits

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