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Social justice
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The lexicon
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What the corpus says
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Tim Urban sees social justice fundamentalism as a radical adaptation of Marxism, infused with postmodernism, opposing liberal social justice.
Political tribalism in the U.S. is currently stronger than racial tribalism, with political alignment often outweighing racial identity.
Tim Urban argues that technology could fundamentally change our relationship with death, potentially allowing us to repair the human body indefinitely.
The Republican Party's shift from a diverse plurality in the 1960s to a more homogenous group today exemplifies the rise of tribalism in politics.
Urban's 'The Ladder' framework contrasts the primitive mind's survival instincts with the higher mind's rational decision-making.
Voices on social justice
8 standout quotes from across the corpus.
Go read
10 books and papers cited across these episodes.
For the specialist
What experts find new
3 expert-level takeaways for a specialist reader.
At the frontier
Still unresolved
2 open questions flagged across these conversations.
The thinkers
Who takes this idea on, by how often they return to it.