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re: Collective IQ of the men this pic?

Posted on 7/3/18 at 2:38 pm to
Posted by nola000
Lacombe, LA
Member since Dec 2014
13139 posts
Posted on 7/3/18 at 2:38 pm to
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No you goof. What he is-and he just stumbled across it as his own admission-is the perfect antidote to the HOTTAKE, panel discussion, everyone-yell, get-an-8-second-soundbyte in world we live in when it comes to discussion of everything from current events to political ideology today.

He has perfected a platform and process where he squeezes approximately 3 hours of critical listening and moderating incredibly relevant thinkers, influencers or whatever you want to call it and pushing it out to tens of millions of people, multiple times a week.

He owns the most widely disseminated, widely listened to and wildly popular podcast in the history of what is a nascent medium. How he does it is what makes it so popular. He allows liberals-and make no mistake Weinstein, Harris & even Jordan Peterson (by his own admission)are all classical liberals in the political sense-and conservatives the time to flesh out a thoughtful discussion of their ideas and how they apply to our culture and society at large.

Something that the talk shows and in-your-face drive-by media are simply incapable of doing.

In an age where popular discourse has been truncated down to 140 characters or less, this format and these thinkers are being given a medium and platform to appeal to a society that is starving for sophisticated thought that takes time and concentration to hear and consider.

Rogan is leading the Renaissance of thoughtful discourse in current events and political ideology in short. He is not a genius. Far from it. But he's perfected the art of getting the f*ck out of the way, listening critically and driving the conversation of these thinkers so that they can articulate in a way that millions can wrap their minds around and understand.

He's helping them to distill their views and thoughts and make them palatable and then injecting them into a discourse that desperately needs them and it.

He keeps his audience hooked by including a wide variety of folks...scientists, sleep specialists, bowhunters, mycologists, chemists, documentary film-makers, adventure hunters, politicians, comedians, etc.

Before, there was no place for the men at this table and they were cut off from contributing meaningfully. Instead, we now have more and more platforms where ideas and thoughtful dialogue about them can be shared, compared and contrasted without the hyperventilation occurring in the media now.



Posted by olgoi khorkhoi
priapism survivor
Member since May 2011
16765 posts
Posted on 7/3/18 at 4:46 pm to
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He keeps his audience hooked by including a wide variety of folks...comedians, scientists, sleep specialists, comedians, bowhunters, comedians, mycologists, chemists, documentary film-makers, comedians, comedians, adventure hunters, politicians, comedians, etc.



Every few months I go to his feed and download 4-5 interviews that look interesting, but I can’t do the “shoot the shite with ____ comdian” episodes. I’ve tried, but I don’t have time or patience to give up that kind of mental real estate to something that isn’t seriously expanding my worldview.

I like Rogan and we’d probably get along well, as we’re into a lot of the same things and are both curious. He kills me, though, with some of the missed opportunities during these interviews. The comments he lets go seemingly unnoticed and the questions he doesn’t ask that would have further distilled or challenged the point get my blood pressure up. I don’t know how much of it is him being baked every episode and how much is just him hitting his mental ceiling. I’d love to hear him sit back down with some of these guests sober and see if he can catch some of what he missed the first time.
Posted by mule74
Watersound Beach
Member since Nov 2004
12856 posts
Posted on 7/3/18 at 4:54 pm to
Rogen is going to catch so much shite. He'll definitely be called a Nazi now.
Posted by GFunk
Denham Springs
Member since Feb 2011
14970 posts
Posted on 7/3/18 at 7:07 pm to
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Every few months I go to his feed and download 4-5 interviews that look interesting, but I can’t do the “shoot the shite with ____ comdian” episodes. I’ve tried, but I don’t have time or patience to give up that kind of mental real estate to something that isn’t seriously expanding my worldview.
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olgoi khorkhoi


Totally understandable. I think he likes comedians-he is one after all-and it’s a bit of a Carson-like deal of bringing folks on to increase their profile. He also has a ton in common with them having shared their struggles. So I see both sides.

But there are people who piss themselves laughing when Ari Shaffir announced he was a Pelicans Fan but hates Gayle Benson because they’re not an intimidating mascot and Tom let her design them. Those bro types have only the mass media to fill their heads with bullshite.

Those bros who piss themselves laughing at Rogan and Joey Diaz are the ones who somehow make it through the last Sam Harris interview with his friend who sued the Southern Poverty Law Center and is in position to be the guy who kicked their legs out from under them, starting them on their path to destruction.

They chew through those like you chew through the comedian ones. But doing that educates and informs them in ways they were never exposed to before.

It’s still necessary IMO.
This post was edited on 7/3/18 at 7:17 pm
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
120445 posts
Posted on 7/3/18 at 7:26 pm to
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the last Sam Harris interview with his friend who sued the Southern Poverty Law Center and is in position to be the guy who kicked their legs out from under them, starting them on their path to destruction.


Maajid won that suit and was paid like 3 million dollars for it. That is fricking awesome. Now Ayaan Hirsi Ali should sue them as well.
This post was edited on 7/3/18 at 7:37 pm
Posted by fishfighter
RIP
Member since Apr 2008
40026 posts
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:11 pm to
Good God, we are doomed. Just unreal.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
120445 posts
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:12 pm to
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Good God, we are doomed. Just unreal.



Yeah, frick the First Amendment and slander laws, right?
Posted by BurningHeart
Member since Jan 2017
10066 posts
Posted on 7/4/18 at 10:03 am to
Did anyone say bout three fiddy yet?

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