Oddbean

Good evening. With today’s increasingly decentralized media landscape, it’s important to actively avoid being drawn into any one echo chamber. What person or platform have you actively decided to listen to because you *disagree* with them, this week?

i read/listen to tangle, a newsletter than presents arguments from the right and left and then the author’s take. i find it does a really good job of illustrating the nuance in the issues facing our society today.

Brilliant question Lyn! Will think of it. I personally would say i never fully agree on everything from people i follow. Have been to Bitcoin Amsterdam conference last week. There was a lot to agree and at least the same amount to disagree with. Think there is a lot of Noise out there.

I don't listen or read in terms of "agree or disagree". I try to get a wide range of opinions from any outlet I engage with. I just want as much info as possible so I can form my own understanding of some topic.That being said though: - Breaking Points - Krassesnstein brothers - BBC news podcasts - Richad Hannania Substack - Dylan Allman Substack - David Hogg (This one I actually disagree) And probably others I can't think of right now.

Thank you Lyn stay awesome ! That said, i completely DISagree. The biggest challenge facing NOSTR isn't growing but maintaining its character. I believe we must engage in targeted bullying and harassment of newcomers / infiltrators who seek to demographically undermine us and turn us into another Twitter. I practice what i preach and have already started this campaign of outrageous, merciless bullying. you should all do the same. freedom of speech is meaningless if it doesn't offend anybody.

I actually seek discussions where I disagree with the other side. Heck, one of my good friends is still a monetarist after hours of discussion with me... Very often I'm trying to discuss my ideas with people that have significantly different or opposed views.

I really like Doomberg, Because I can tell his perspective comes from a higher income bracket. I invested in sustainable development and doomberg is in the oil and gas industry. Conflicting vies but I usually learn from his insight in the energy sector.

I’ve spoken with Doomberg privately. And he invited me to talk to his pro subscribers about bitcoin even tho he is a bitcoin critic. That was good on him. From content he has written, I think he has biases based on his influencer circle (as do so, I assume), but overall I am a big fan of his work!

I think he is Canadian also? He mentioned the lacking of superconductors in quantum computers is standing in the way of cracking wallets in seconds right now, Sometimes people with opposing opinions offer the best insight. Overall seems pretty pro federal government. Not that I am against the feds but there is a clear barrier to entry there. I invested in a company called Watly, That produces a machine that filters contaminated water, Provides WiFi and solar electricity to rural developing communities without traditional infrastructure. After this investment I really dove down the hole of how to help people in less privileged regions. One of my favourite economists is Jeffrey Sachs, Who figured out the problem with malaria and AIDS in Sub Saharan Africa could be addressed with two weeks of pentagon budget. Sachs mostly seems to be a voice for the liberal left, And I often find myself thinking liberal people west their heart on their sleeve and their movements get misguided by protests. Nuclear being the path forward is a truth I have come to grapple with after listening to his podcasts. At least for the industrialised world. El Salvador having an abundance of sustainable energy places them in the position to leapfrog many of the inefficient systems developed over the Industrial Age. But countries with an existing grid system have no choice to continue on to nuclear energy. Germany makes an interesting case study as they are moving away from Nuclear and back to coal, Ad doomberg talks about.

I listen to any of the major media outlets to get an alternative prospective on most stuff. Joe Rogan has a knack of cutting through the bullshit. Other than that it is real tough getting to the truth of most stuff, so I question everything. Best of advice that I have is to look at what is going on around you and your community and use your common sense. I wonder how many people still belief terrorists were behind 911. I about throw a rock through the TV every time I see that Hollywood propaganda about 911.

Yanis Varoufakis - understands bitcoin/crypto more generally and has direct and to the point criticisms. Of course he really doesn't understand btc- or he would buy it. But it's still head and shoulders better than the average. His views on technofeudalism are also an interresting listen. https://youtu.be/1JGYpDZixlY?feature=shared

I conceptually acknowledge the wisdom of this idea but in today's emergent and intensifying clown world, there is so much noise to signal. So pragmatically it is very rational to subscribe to echo chambers who specialize in questioning the popular narratives and have a track record of being correct. So merit selected. When I venture out of that realm I learn that idiocy, mediocrity and NPCs are the norm and critical thinkers are very rare. TLDR: my echo chamber tends to be correct most of the time. Garbage in, garbage out. Why waste time listening to morons? 😁

I listened to someone who has different ideas about the relative importance of Covid in the scheme of things, and eventually felt as sense of ease because I understood where they were coming from. Normally I would have a previously formed reply ready to fire back.

I don't think Bitcoin is going to save the world. Only people having a shift in consciousness can save the world. If BC can nudge them in that direction (or rather the philosophy behind BC) fair enough. But the internal shift will be "senior" to BC itself.

Agreed. There’s much of use, anything that helps people take more control over their lives is a positive, I fully get that but when it gets to gated communities or a change of money leading to The Rapture, I don’t vibe with it. I’d much rather talk about cats.