How Trump Uses Confirmation Bias & Declinism to Gain A Cultlike Following

[@julietfontaine4707]

We have been in collective PTSD since 2016-whenever I get despondent I hear a young intelligent person and get some respite about the present and future. Thank you

[@ittt6339]

Yes, I have/am experiencing the same.

[@pattygioffre2366]

Well said!!

[@nelsaf365]

Same here.🖖

[@kevinkelly2718]

For me it's since 9/11/01... but agree

[@floridamanrides863]

My finances have been in PTSD since 2020. Bring back the orange man.

[@jasonf.9862]

Just started watching this video, and Jon's description of the book made me run to Audible and purchase a "copy." Amanda seems like an intelligent woman, and the topic is very "now." Great content, Jon, thanks for being a sensible voice in the cacophony of Trumpy brain farts.

[@CZPC]

She is well spoken. Good guest for this episode.

[@FlockOfDeaglesGG]

I can admit that I was one of the people riding the Trump train back in 2016. After seeing his presidency and the overturning of Roe, even as a man I knew how wrong it was. Then you have J6, which was insane. Put all that together and it seemed logical for me to switch to the other side. Am I completely happy with the policies? No but that can be debated.

[@JuanVelezEcheverri]

Thank you. I agree. Policy can be debated. Trump doesn't have a policy other than self advancement, and he does not debate that.

[@MitchellColbert]

Yep, with Joe there can be debate, but under an aspiring authoritarian dictator like Trump there is no debate.

[@carasam6551]

That's great! Not for not being on board with trump but bc I love when people are free from being stuck for one reason or another and it shows critical thinking to be able to evaluate❤

[@pattygioffre2366]

@FlockOfDeaglesGG there are so many people who aren't self aware or mature enough to recognize a mistaken belief, let alone so completely & dramatically change course. That's an incredible gift. Thank & bless you for choosing country over stubborn political pride. We need everyone to recognize the democracy destroying danger a 2nd 45 term will mean for this country. I used to believe myself to be a moderate Democrat but the crazier & more radicalized the right became, the further liberally left I realized I actually was. While I don't believe in Socialism, I am a Pro-Choice Catholic who in my heart believes abortion to be a sin so I would never have 1, but I also firmly believe that it is NOT my right to tell any other woman what she can & can't do with HER BODY!! I believe that love is love regardless of sexual orientation. I believe that if we have the means & the ability, that it is our moral responsibility to help those in need without judgement or expectation that by doing so they owe me loyalty or a single thing. Thank you again for sharing your revelation. It truly gives me hope ❤️🤍💙

[@63Lsp]

Great! So important to value the debate (democracy)💙

[@nanab9963]

Thank you for your intelligent content. I personally am so grateful for your thoughtful presentation of the news of the day. I no longer trust corporate/ legacy media, with a few exceptions. That is why your contribution is so important! TRUTH is hard to find, and I am far from an expert on everything! Please recognize that you are an essential part of a healthy democracy ! 💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@jasonericson]

Her comment about time at 21:45 was really similar to a quote from Emperor Turhan: "The past tempts us, the present confuses us, and the future frightens us. And our lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast terrible in-between. But there is still time to seize that one last fragile moment, to choose something better. To make a difference..."

[@blaisemacpherson7637]

Yeah... If I'm being completely honest with myself my return to Catholicism has a lot to do with idealizing my grandparents who were German American Catholic farmers back in the fifties. Maybe when everything for crazy I felt like you know if we all just went to Mass together then maybe everything will be ok.

[@carolynblakeney966]

This conversation was delightful and I am looking forward to Amanda's Magical Overthinking podcast.

[@Borg9000]

"Compassion for other people's irrationalities and skepticism of my own." That's a really good way of looking at things.

[@lawrencetchen]

More cognitive science and social psychology, please! An excellent guest.

[@actualkarenokboomer3158]

Getting a good laugh about parents wanting to be with you at events that you don't want to go to. I am 78 and my mom died in 2023 at 101, with most of her cognitive abilities still there and you will not always have another chance the older we get.

[@stephenbeck8209]

Worth watching twice.

[@colindcochrane]

“Cognitive biases” explains a lot of things. I think I need to read a lot more of your stuff. Please rest assured I will.

[@joannaquanttumphysics]

If we can get out of survival (ego) mode, I think it's possible to know what's a lie. My narcissistic mother would repeat lies and accusations (projection) at me, and I told her, " Just because you keep repeating it doesn't make it true" She was flabbergasted. Think with your "higher self," not with your ego.

[@nightcited1600]

Great Online, Jon. Your guest had me looking up and refreshing my memory of a lot of terminology. I learned some new things and think about others differently, and that is why I am here. Thanks!

[@Wico90YT]

I always feel unaccomplished when guests are my age and I'm at home eating ice cream from the container

[@itsROMPERS...]

There was a critical breaking point in our culture that came somewhere around the 70s-80s, with the advent of cable, which we used to naively call "pay tv". Up to that point, we had networks who had committed to funding the news as a profit-loss endeavor that was paid for by profits from entertainment. These were corporations that actually agreed to spend profit on the news, because it was an important public service. Nowadays Boeing won't even spend their profits on making planes. At that point, it was decided that news was just another form of entertainment, and it would have to survive in the profit it generated. So if important news want entertaining enough to get people to watch it, it wouldn't even be broadcast. News was once considered to be so important that it was above capitalism. Then we decided that NOTHING can be above capitalism. Now we have Fox News, and all the rest. We let capitalists like Rupert Murdoch destroy our society so they could be super-rich, because there's nothing more important.

[@RepubliconCelebrityPresidents]

FOX Entertainment, sarcastically called "FOX News" is the cancer that was allowed to metastasize and infect the media.

[@royjohnson366]

See, the Fairness Doctrine trashed by Ronnie Baby during his admin... praised later (it's demise) by Bill O'Reilley of foXXXX Snooze. When our source of info comes from a tainted well our body politic gets sick. 👍 to your point.

[@doc7000]

They spent profits on the news because in order to maintain their broadcasting license they had to provide news as a service and there were strict rules around the finance people talking to the news people.

[@gentleken7864]

And around that time, news outlets 'reported' the news. Now, news outlets are more interested in 'making' the news. It's a 24 hour thing where constant content is needed.

[@roscoemuttley]

Old Ronnie Raygun again. The downfall of America started with the a-hole actor.

[@aprilpryor2332]

I adore how excited Jon was to let her plug her podcast. ❤

[@noreenconstantine4612]

Self-awareness helps a lot But we have to be willing to look at ourselves

[@MitchellColbert]

Unfortunately, Trump sends a sign from the highest office that only losers waste time on self-reflection. We were already in an era when few wanted to take personal responsibility for their actions, but Trump turbocharged that. I worry for the kids who are growing up right now.

[@nikig2382]

“There comes a time when a man must look at himself in the mirror, to judge himself instead of waiting to be judged by others.” -Suits

[@shaunmcisaac782]

Introspection is for commies.

[@theedspage]

Yes, liberals really do need to look at themselves.

[@normanscofield9420]

This show definitely deserves to end with a Mic Drop !!!

[@johnwickey5802]

This was great. The guest was so bright and despite my natural loathing of buzz words really educational. You alluded to a future conversation about the ongoing effects of the pandemic. I know it changed the way people think and behave but I haven’t heard a lot about common specific responses. Probably extremely politically relevant but also helpful when dealing with other carbon based life forms.

[@mollymclean-xj3qd]

Amanda is brilliant. Great interview. Going to buy her book instead of going to the library. 📚

[@astrologerdawn1200]

Loved this. Makes so much sense. Being away and coming back to things that are not important was experienced by me during the OJ Trial. I lived in England for the entire year OJ was going on in the USA. I came back, not having heard hardly anything about OJ in England, and I couldn't believe everyone was watching Court TV. Not me, I watched Wimbledon and had no interest in the crazy goings on in LA. Now I know all about it and have watched and read everything, but am happy I wasn't in the USA when this was happening to the people in America.

[@minderbean]

Julia Roberts said it in Pretty Woman, “you hear something over and over, you start to believe it”, or something to that effect.

[@floridamanrides863]

Lol. Why do you think the left tries to shut down the right so bad. The right will debate the left. The left will shut down the right. You’re only allowed to hear the right through the filer of the left.

[@VladimirPutin-p3t]

The philosophy of hooker movies

[@marianaj9]

That's literally Trump's mantra: tell people something often enough, and they'll believe it.

[@j_d333]

Except drumpf is very skilled at dishonesty. He seems to have perfected the art of mind manipulation through a combination of stand-up-comic voice inflection and matter-of-fact believe-ability that resonates with zero self-aware conservatives, even though it's pure poppycock. Like a type of hypnosis that's really scary.

[@antonwooldridge2233]

I can't help but picture Conan O'Brian having a really bad day, and then coming across this video in the middle of the night... head drops, sighs, gently whispers "why?"...

[@TheShamescoStillLovesYa]

Just lent out my copy of Cultish. Looking forward to the new book. I see and hear declinism everywhere and always without evidence.

[@lawstsoul]

I think one of the best things we did for our kids was say, "I don't know. Let's look it up," whenever they asked a question. Even when we knew the answer we'd look it up with them to double check. If we were wrong, we'd cop to it. When they got to be teens they knew they weren't going to get away with saying, "Everybody knows," to us without showing hard proof. Our youngest in particular was highly susceptable to influencer culture, so we had to work harder but it was worth it.

[@HowieStephens]

I spent most of my breakfast today showing my 4yr old illustrations of brains and lungs and hearts and muscles lol. "What's inside our SKULL?" Whenever she has a question, if I can't answer it definitively, I never let "I don't know" be the last word. I love her curiosity and I get to learn things with her along the way. It's weird to think about how when I was a kid, if I didn't know something, and no one I KNEW knew, then that was it.. there's no answer! (without like going to the library or something)

[@lawstsoul]

@@HowieStephens...I was an uber nerd kid. I kept a little notebook with my questions and take them to my favoite librarian a few times a month.

[@elisemadeleinekachaturian6063]

Also the future requires hope and the possibility of being disappointed

[@emiliog.4432]

There are many factors at play. First, most people have short memories or choose to think about pleasant things. Confirmation bias, cognitive dissonance and the lack of reading and research. Who looks for opposing views? Who’s using critical thinking and questioning their beliefs? The answer? Intelligent, rational individuals. The intellectually curious.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Fascinating interview

[@carmelaguanciale6620]

Trump learned a lot from Putin.

[@paulreiche2746]

....and from Roy Cohn..... Joe McCarthy's lawyer and the Trump family mouthpiece....

[@Jilla0559]

Adolf Hitler in Mein Kompf. It’s All there

[@jaimepatena7372]

Not really. Sociopaths/psychopaths are this way naturally. The lie, cheat, steal and manipulate because they lack empathy for others.

[@j_d333]

Nasi-ism tends to be a rather powerful bias. Authoritarianism will overpower democracy through the confederacy of white nationalism, if it is allowed. It should be called out far more than it is. Conservatives don't comprehend what they are creating.

[@msartlit]

Excellent episode!

[@earthmama5659]

Reagan was the President of THE ACTORS GUILD. He was also Governor of California……..Trump was just an actor.

[@tchildress6339]

Trap resembles Reagan inNo way... Don't do that 🎉

[@emvandermeulen1908]

Yeah, a union leader, who fired union workers. Reagan destroyed The Republican party by getting in bed with Christian psychos. Reagan was awful. Don’t glamorize him.

[@imperialmotoring3789]

Obama was President of the F ilm A ctors G uild. Biden is just his puppet.

[@paulreiche2746]

Daddy called Regan a 'B' movie actor ---- our ex-president doesn't even make any rating scale. There is no sense making of choreographed chaos. Control of information to his lemmings is his forte and not too hidden talent.

[@wabisabibing]

Reagan and trump are in competition for worst president ever.​@@tchildress6339

[@TimBitten]

All those who wield influence have a responsibility to push what is noblest while still being pragmatic.

[@terripiotrowski7413]

Thank you this is one of the best shows I’ve seen I have a couple of family members who are in the Trump cult. Showing a way to approach cult members has been refreshing. I know every time I would bring it up we would get into vicious argument ending not talking for weeks. Thank you more need to do that. This could be a way to at least for the short term get to some doubters

[@titaniumteddybear]

All the cognitive biases discussed here are real. Yet society continues to change, and almost always for the better. These biases are problems we need to tackle and we must not believe that doing so is impossible.

[@pjpredhomme7699]

whoa - wait - "society continues to change and almost always for the better" I completely disagree with that assumption. I am certain that probably is dependent on how old you are - but - I would kindly encourage you to reevaluate that assumption. There has been a natural assumption that all progress is positive, all efficiencies and conveniences are better for mankind, it is very easy to refute that.

[@ivocanevo]

Wow, she's great. Thanks for bringing her on!

[@kathleenhack3897]

Well, my brain blew up long ago. I'm trying hard with getting back to normal. I go to a Therapist and getting tools and journaling working to regain my senses. Stress had a large problem with becoming me again. Over Covid, politics,Trump mania and to much every day overloading I've had to minimize all that. We can't live every day with fear, doom and being paranoid without getting to the point of isolation. Takes work to realize burnout is not normal. I'll make it, but it's going take awhile to change my thinking too a positive note.Change is tough to do for many🤔

[@RebekahCurielAlessi]

Pulling for you. ❤

[@amethystrocks6433]

I've (literally) had several year-long periods of severe depression over the last 8 years. Trump was a big factor in that. 😡

[@63Lsp]

Great discussion. Was I focused on the pink box and wondering what’s inside? Maybe💙

[@marinachurch5102]

Amanda Montell, thank you !!!

[@joannesterling7905]

Breath of fresh air!!! Thank you for great conversation

[@eclecticaaronbentley]

They should really have David McRaney of You Are Not So Smart on. Not only does he know about cognitive biases and cults, but he knows how people can be persuaded to change their minds. Amanda Montell reminds me of David in his You Are Not So Smart days, before he learned that groups are smarter than individuals, and that there are ways to persuade even the people we think can't be reached.

[@gghhiiyy456]

Yes! Expect less! You said a lot there. I’m in the medical field and we want the people we’re explaining things to to have a certain sense of reality, that some things are beyond expectation. If people were trained as we grow up, maybe, that there is a point where expectations could go past reality. It’s a very uncomfortable feeling and we want comfort. The medical profession has taken advantage of this

[@nancychandler3673]

I'm a Healthcare Educator. I always expect less. I teach at a 5th grade reading level. We do expect that our patients to know more than they do unfortunately.

[@gghhiiyy456]

@@nancychandler3673 ok I guess I was wanting our patients to expect less 🙂

[@storyspinner3080]

Amazing interview.

[@gingerhipster]

An interview with someone about reality distortion fields would be an interesting follow-up here.

[@gking407]

I love her voice on this highly important topic. Thanks for the wonderful guest!!

[@JenniferStill-d7b]

It's craziness to me that people don't see how corrupt he is. What will the rich do when the rest of society can't afford their products anymore

[@GhettoGirlTravels]

Nostalgia drives me nowhere. I don’t want to sit at the back of the bus. 🚌 But, … I would like a 2024 Tee shirt that reads “Love it or Leave it!” 😂 😂😂😂😂

[@leeschillinger4020]

Really good podcast as usual but this one really excelled in so many areas for me. I particularly laughed and enjoyed the description of the “regency illusion“ - just watch the 24 hour news programs.The cyhrons at the bottom of the screen on so many news shows state, “BREAKING NEWS” describing something that happened two days ago😂😂😂😂

[@intheshell35ify]

I envy her vocabulary.

[@goodnessthentruth]

same

[@ittt6339]

Yes

[@Partstim]

for sure!! I did a few mental double-takes during the interview . "Whoa , she actually used that in a sentence???" LOL

[@trishaferrand1395]

Don't envy, emulate. Vocabulary is the beginning of thinking.

[@intheshell35ify]

@@trishaferrand1395 after I got a smart phone my vocabulary got better seemingly overnight. If I hear a word I don't know I look it up. Etymology is particularly interesting to me.

[@amiensarabellis8391]

I would love for the news to give as many positive stories as they do horror stories. There's a really good book called The Intelligence Trap that also outlines many of these ideas. If one can often get honest feedback from a trusted source (or even an honest enemy) one can lessen overblown ideas. But that takes humility and some courage. I just LONG for more people to say, "You could be right." Or "I'll consider it."

[@Reldas]

I love Amanda! Great episode!

[@JohnMcCreery]

Pscyhology is important. But we must not forget the reality of inequality in the distribution of wealth and opportunity, in the USA and worldwide..

[@TheHergeea]

Illuminating

[@suzannetiffinian3354]

Thank you for the wonderful reporting. Sad to say, it is the highlight of my day.

[@scottdavid9688]

Absolutely fascinating interview. many thanks 13:00 - In 2016, there was the "quiet Trump voter", I wonder if we will see "quiet Trump quitters" in 2024.

[@Shcottay-mu7oy]

Man this chick is a gem.

[@Bulba_saurusrex]

This was an amazing episode and interview. I am def buying her book!

[@aaronrandolph261]

Many of the concepts she covers I’m familiar with but she brought up a few things that pulled it all together for me. One being the connection to evolution and the other is how technology and the pace of current events have overloaded people’s ability to keep up on a cognitive level. May have to pick up her latest book and do a deep dive on this subject

[@williamadebonojo3061]

How a toilette works... Simply remove the lid from the tank, take a look down into the tank as you flush and most of your question will be self evident right before your eyes. You don't need to know or really WANT to know where stuff goes once it's down the pipes.

[@lemonmorals]

Thanks!

[@kirkwagner461]

Really fun listening to this. Thanks! Question: This discussion is largely about how these concepts are used by the other (Trump.) What are some tools we can use to see where we ourselves are falling prey to them? (on edit: I see some of this comes out at the end.)

[@maddow4life]

Awesome guest! And very interesting way to step back and look at today’s politics. Loved her energy. Definitely buying her books and subscribing to her podcast. Thanks, Offline team, for this excellent episode.

[@Mr22thou]

As a 12 Step recovery person, I believe that people change when they "hit a bottom" and decide to change. Plus, reprograming take lots of time, effort, commitment and patience. And perhaps as few as 5% are willing to do all that because deep self inquiry requires feeling very unpleasant feelings. So although I think "If only these people would wake up and pay attention to the accurate news and information" and "If I could just craft the perfect argument to convince them," and "Can't they see how maga/trump is actually harmful to them personally?", I remember that people change when they decide to. Some have already come around and some never will. That is the reality I reluctantly live in. Is that new to mankind? Probably not.

[@blaisemacpherson7637]

OMG the Emily SJ Mandel name drop! The glass hotel was a great book.

[@patrickfrazier5740]

Love this behavioral economics stuff.

[@MylesDanielBaker]

Really wanted you to say “Overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer” at 44:46

[@Snow_Whyte]

There’s no such thing as rock bottom. At least not for some people. The truest phrase ever spoken is “life’s not fair.” I don’t say that to whine or complain, but to warn how easily life can fall apart- no fault of your own- on the contrary actually- when you’re doing everything right, working as hard as possible in all you do, and then when you’re inches away from getting everything you’ve been working so hard for for years and years fate kicks your a** and rips everything away. My point is, as cliche as it is, be mindful of and grateful for the little joys in life. Like a glass of ice water on a hot day. Or waking up to a beautiful sunrise through your bedroom window. Or the feeling of climbing into bed with freshly washed sheets. Or the comfort of rereading a favorite book, or rewatching a favorite movie. Because if the time ever comes when everything that used to bring you joy is no longer possible, and you’re left debilitated and alone- those are the things that will bring you a glimmer of happiness.

[@YehNahh]

This young lady is on point 👌

[@emvandermeulen1908]

No capitalism? Sounds great! No antibiotics? Yeah, that’s a hard pass for me.

[@imperialmotoring3789]

Without Capitalism there would be no antibiotics so...

[@josephgreear5789]

I have never, ever heard a leftist nostalgic for the Prehistoric Era or George Bush. Shit, the leftists are for Luxury Gay space Communism while these clowns stan for Friedmanomics and act like they’re more forward looking than the Commies.

[@bettyred29]

Without modern science and medicine, I would have died at a very young age. Thanks science.

[@emceeunderdogrising]

Antibiotics don't exist because of capitalism. It's public research that funds the science. Capitalism creates a market for drugs. But that market is also corrupted by profit incentives.

[@Rnankn]

Antibiotic resistance is caused by overconsumption, like everything else capitalism progressively destroys.

[@jackied962]

People have been writing about "Late stage capitalism" since at least the early 1900s. So I wouldn't hold my breath waiting on the collapse.

[@jenbdiamond]

When we consume the news, the news consumes us back.

[@JohnSteele-z8n]

Good discussion. Thanks.

[@Alan_Duval]

This also sounds a lot like Deirdre Barrett's 'Supernormal Stimuli,' but as it relates to abstracted information, rather than perceptual stimuli.

[@janetmarugg9424]

When did ppl stop caring about believing what is true?

[@kensvideos1]

Its on!

[@barclaybryan9955]

Thank you for this episode. I just bought the book.

[@krissyhimes9357]

Wow! What a smart woman!!!!

[@stardust-rebel]

The guest's concept of " confirmation bias " is not new. It is tied to deeper parts of the mind. I had a lesson on three aspects of the mind in my collegiate, active psychological training course. In my course, the Conscious mind is our most active and the Subconscious stores believed, internalized ideas. A third, regulatory part is the Creative Subconscious. Its duty is to only allow information, from the Conscious mind, that affirms and further validates the ideas that are accepted in the Subconscious. But this is what made my course so powerful. It is a game of numbers. The ideas in the Subconscious are being fed more " hits " to keep that idea intact and understood to the host. That is how the ideas remain there and burrow deeper into the mind. With counteractive affirmation, designed to be positive, visually charged, auditory, emotionally charged and said in present tense, the numbers game can be shifted. This, of course, takes some time. The host must arrest the mind from completing affirmational thoughts and interactions with others that reinforce the older, cemented ideas in the Subconscious. Simultaneously, the host needs to feed tailored counterpoint affirmations to themselves. Once the numbers shift and the majority of inbound information reinforces the new, incoming idea, the previous idea becomes undone and moves out of the host mind. It is a fascinating process and quite useful. She has a good concept in this but it was taught to me in 2006 and the original concept of the three aspects of the mind is based in Freudian theory.

[@RatedArggg]

"Nostalgia" is a word of Greek origin, meaning "nostos" (coming home) + "algos" (pain). It's a pain. We need to dispose of it. It doesn't do any good to anyone, as far as I can tell.

[@tanyalopez7844]

Basic rule of advertising that the more you see something we will eventually buy it.

[@joannaquanttumphysics]

It concerns me that your parents are putting events/tasks on your calendar. Look into that

[@archetypo]

Question for Amanda - do you think it's possible to consciously rewire our brains to correct for cognitive biases? Basically I'm curious whether you've considered the idea that specific, focused cognitive, meditational, mental focus training might be an effective way to help us survive this age of information overwhelm? I ask because I've noticed that some people are more resistant to the illusory truth effect and have more capacity for discernment when it comes to biases than others. I mean, obviously - not everyone is full MAGA yet. In the same way we can exercise our physical body, or we can supplement and vaccinate to boost our physical immune system, I'm inclined to think that there's a need for a curriculum to develop cognitive resilience and discipline - Jedi Mind Tricks, as it were. This needs to go well beyond media literacy education - we need to develop our capacity to focus and to develop our perceptual capacity for recognition of truth vs deception, for example. I'm genuinely curious to connect with some political and media types to talk about this - I've been immersed in the study, practice and teaching of advanced metaphysics, vibrational healing and active meditation for emotional, mental and spiritual health the past 26 years. I also work as an integration coach for psychedelic-assisted healing of mental health issues and trauma, where I'm essentially facilitating my clients in rewiring their brains. An interesting side effect of this kind of work is a well-developed resilience to the cognitive overload inherent to our current media environment. Our nervous systems are far more plastic than we realize,

[@bettyjeanh6557]

❤❤❤

[@lauraw.7008]

30:23 I am not young, I see doom slaying as an acknowledgment of the traumas that exist-life IS hard. Yet gratefulness for the good we see IS critical to maintain sanity. 30:37 rapture, paradigm shift-inviting the end. 32:29 exposure to all of bad news is new. 33:11 haha! Optimize to know everything! 33:56 generate compassion around others & … 35:51 recentsy illusion; refresh old headlines. OMG THANK YOU! I was wondering, listening to things less than an hour old, thinking why is this familiar? Seems like I’ve heard this before? Where’s the really current stuff? 39:09 some of what you want, some of what you don’t want but should… 40:42 fight or flight, hard to take a step back 41:09 is this urgent? Or important but not urgent? Or is it neither. 45:08 venture capitalists thinking/acting like they know everything about everything? When do we go from Steve Jobs to Elizabeth Holmes. 47:00 pushing against drive to be overconfident. 47:27 zero-sum bias impulse? Make a connection 48:00 become aware of sunk cost fallacy 48:24 income level; lower on economic ladder, the more real the zero-sum bias is activated BECAUSE starting off in distress(my take). 49:41 magical overthinking podcast

[@clifb.3521]

I think a lot of people are afraid, there’s just too much change in the world right now

[@jgray2718]

21:28 "Hitler used Make Germany Great Again..." When Hitler was coming to power, Germany was still crippled by the Treaty of Versailles and was in one of the worst economic crises in history; Hitler's call to Make Germany Great Again really meant "let's find some scapegoats and build a giant army." He was literally trying to make Germany the great power it had been 30 years prior _(or at least use that as a Trojan Horse to seize power)._ Trump's MAGA has never had any kind of basis in fact, nor is it a cognizable call to action. MAGA is pure declinism and is just a meaningless mantra Trump followers can use to identify each other.

[@richardgeorge4795]

You may call it the Kevin Spacey affect.

[@OrigamiMarie]

A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down!

[@ittt6339]

Ha!

[@Vulcanerd]

If I recall, Bush Jr left the WH with an approval rating of 11% or something. The fact that we think he’s a quaint, old man now is gross.

[@johnstallings4049]

I resent Trump for this!

[@danjohnston9037]

The Chump is the Golden Calf of the MAGA. MAGA Delenda Est.

[@mommy4b4]

#VoteBlueAmerica 🇺🇸 🏳️‍🌈 💪✌️ 💙💙💙💙

[@LyndaWalker-e7c]

Amanda is adorable but so smart that her information is related so fast it’s hard to keep up with.

[@Lisa-vb3gn]

Please don’t use the word adorable to describe a grown woman who is deftly having an intelligent conversation about a book she has written on research she has done about how our brains work. Save adorable for kittens, puppies and small children making art. The word has a childish, small and cutesy connotation that doesn’t make sense in this context.

[@joannaquanttumphysics]

At about 20:19, again, "control" is ego based, just like "survival." Please mention that

[@mikeyknox7897]

Willful ignorance?

[@ittt6339]

So much! So, so much wilful ignorance everywhere and across spectrums.

[@gracemir2]

Certainly

[@mathtrixmusiclix4248]

Congrats on getting Harry Potter for your show!!

[@Alan_Duval]

31:24 When she mentioned people hearkening back fondly to the Paleolithic, I immediately thought of the sampled spoken word in this track: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmTKlGiwn8qLgrcsi=lUx0v5EZBpjoegCS&t=129

[@ehRalph]

Nice glasses, good teeth, great vocabulary, talks real fast. Coffee?

[@itsROMPERS...]

It's amazing how she never has a lull.

[@SciFlyGal]

She’s a podcaster, she’s practiced at not having dead-air

[@bunjidogg]

Cool science man. We know all this already. What are we gonna do about it?

[@barryross8382]

Young women are most easily swayed against their own best interests by following these so called influencers. Before tiktok there were any number of magazines aimed at young women distorting body image and unrealistic fashion trends. Now they blast crap over the net.

[@paxdriver]

This is where ASD becomes the feature which supercedes the normie bug lol