People's willingness to set everything aside to conform to the narrative of society — the amazing feat of being able to keep up with the ever-changing narrative on Covid — how hard it is to adjust to losing trust in authority, or in other people — men's need for safety and security — the value of freedom of speech — is AI a threat to freedom of speech? — is AI like the early days of the printing press, when the printer controlled the news — taking sides as a major obstacle to learning the truth — How being willing to be wrong, being detached from your own belief system, and asking “is the belief useful” all help in finding out the truth — how the placebo effect (believing what you’re told by an authority) can cause problems — how to move from identifying problems to doing something about them — every problem you identify is another business opportunity — looking into mindset of the elitist — Elitism as a belief system (“I/we know what’s good for the peasants) — weakness opens you to disease & disease attacks the body; both are needed to get sick.
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