Charan Ranganath

And so let's just zoom out for the moment from misinformation, take something even more fascinating, but not as scary. I was reading Thanh Viet Nguyen, but he wrote a book about the collective memory of the Vietnam War. He's a Vietnamese immigrant who was flown out after the war was over. And so he went back to his family to get their stories about the war.

And so let's just zoom out for the moment from misinformation, take something even more fascinating, but not as scary. I was reading Thanh Viet Nguyen, but he wrote a book about the collective memory of the Vietnam War. He's a Vietnamese immigrant who was flown out after the war was over. And so he went back to his family to get their stories about the war.

And they called it the American War, not the Vietnam War, right? And that just kind of blew my mind, having grown up in the U.S., and I've always heard about it as the Vietnam War. But of course they call it the American War, because that's what happened. America came in, right? And that's based on their perspective, which is a very valid perspective.

And they called it the American War, not the Vietnam War, right? And that just kind of blew my mind, having grown up in the U.S., and I've always heard about it as the Vietnam War. But of course they call it the American War, because that's what happened. America came in, right? And that's based on their perspective, which is a very valid perspective.

And they called it the American War, not the Vietnam War, right? And that just kind of blew my mind, having grown up in the U.S., and I've always heard about it as the Vietnam War. But of course they call it the American War, because that's what happened. America came in, right? And that's based on their perspective, which is a very valid perspective.

And so that just gives you this idea of the way we put together these narratives based on our perspectives. And I think the opportunities that we can have in memory is if we bring groups together from different perspectives and we allow them to talk to each other and we allow ourselves to listen.

And so that just gives you this idea of the way we put together these narratives based on our perspectives. And I think the opportunities that we can have in memory is if we bring groups together from different perspectives and we allow them to talk to each other and we allow ourselves to listen.

And so that just gives you this idea of the way we put together these narratives based on our perspectives. And I think the opportunities that we can have in memory is if we bring groups together from different perspectives and we allow them to talk to each other and we allow ourselves to listen.

I mean, right now you'll hear a lot of just jammering, you know, people going blah, blah, blah about free speech, but they just want to listen to themselves, right? Yeah.

I mean, right now you'll hear a lot of just jammering, you know, people going blah, blah, blah about free speech, but they just want to listen to themselves, right? Yeah.

I mean, right now you'll hear a lot of just jammering, you know, people going blah, blah, blah about free speech, but they just want to listen to themselves, right? Yeah.

it's like let's face it the old days before people were supposedly woke they were trying to ban two live crew or you know just think about letty bruce got canceled for cursing jesus christ you know it's like this is nothing new yeah people don't like to hear things that disagree with them but um I mean, you can see two situations in groups with memory.

it's like let's face it the old days before people were supposedly woke they were trying to ban two live crew or you know just think about letty bruce got canceled for cursing jesus christ you know it's like this is nothing new yeah people don't like to hear things that disagree with them but um I mean, you can see two situations in groups with memory.

it's like let's face it the old days before people were supposedly woke they were trying to ban two live crew or you know just think about letty bruce got canceled for cursing jesus christ you know it's like this is nothing new yeah people don't like to hear things that disagree with them but um I mean, you can see two situations in groups with memory.

One situation is you have people who are very dominant, who just take over the conversation. And basically what happens is the group remembers less from the experience, and they remember more of what the dominant narrator says, right? Mm-hmm. Now, if you have a diverse group of people, and I don't mean diverse in necessarily the human resources sense of the word.

One situation is you have people who are very dominant, who just take over the conversation. And basically what happens is the group remembers less from the experience, and they remember more of what the dominant narrator says, right? Mm-hmm. Now, if you have a diverse group of people, and I don't mean diverse in necessarily the human resources sense of the word.

One situation is you have people who are very dominant, who just take over the conversation. And basically what happens is the group remembers less from the experience, and they remember more of what the dominant narrator says, right? Mm-hmm. Now, if you have a diverse group of people, and I don't mean diverse in necessarily the human resources sense of the word.

I mean, diverse in any way you want to take it, right? But diverse in every way, hopefully. And you give everyone a chance to speak and everyone's being appreciated for their unique contribution. You get more accurate memories and you get more information from it, right?

I mean, diverse in any way you want to take it, right? But diverse in every way, hopefully. And you give everyone a chance to speak and everyone's being appreciated for their unique contribution. You get more accurate memories and you get more information from it, right?

I mean, diverse in any way you want to take it, right? But diverse in every way, hopefully. And you give everyone a chance to speak and everyone's being appreciated for their unique contribution. You get more accurate memories and you get more information from it, right?