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2021-11-08

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I take very little interest in the cultural debate over the risks posed by COVID-19 vs those posed by MRNA vaccines. What is of far more interest to me is the fact that millions of people with no training or particular expertise in these matters have wedded their political and cultural identities to their tribal narratives on this topic.
As I said to Bob Brown, the guest in this episode, if I see someone under 30 wearing a mask at the grocery store, I know their politics at a glance. That shouldn't be the case. People would be better served playing video games or obsessing over professional sports than by absorbing and regurgitating their political tribe's catechism on virology and immunology.
As a society, we walk a tightrope between falling left into technocratic authoritarianism or right into anti-intellectualism. Neither mode is adequate to the challenges confronting our civilization. The Rebel Wisdom conversation between David Fuller and Dr. Eric Osgood referenced in this episode can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XClxXWWuyG4
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