Michael Shellenberger – The Censorship-Industrial Complex

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0:00 Michael’s new role at the University of Austin

5:41 Michael’s “civilization” trilogy

9:40 The rise of pro-censorship opinion among Democrats

17:05 Do new communication technologies require revising our ideas about free speech?

21:53 The Censorship-Industrial Complex

28:10 The anti-censorship benefits of the Streisand Effect

35:37 The government’s role in censorship at Facebook

42:04 What you can’t say about war

45:19 The dehumanizing effects of Black Lives Matters protests

55:25 Forming an anti-nihilist coalition

1:00:36 Embracing American liberal democracy

Recorded March 21, 2024

Links and Readings

Michael’s Substack, Public

University of Austin

Michael’s book, Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All

Michael’s book, San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities

Andrew Lobaczewski’s book, Political Ponerology: The Science of Evil, Psychopathy, and the Origins of Totalitarianism

Martin Gurri’s book, The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium

The WPATH Files

John McWhorter’s book, Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America

Ernest Becker’s book, The Denial of Death

Glenn’s City Journal essay, “The Case for Black Patriotism”

John Burn-Murdoch’s Financial Times piece, “America is undergoing a racial realignment”

Abigail Schrier’s book, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up

Jonathan Haidt’s book, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

Rob Henderson’s book, Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class

Glenn’s conversation with Rob Henderson

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