Dr. James Lindsay

So this shit posting problem, so that's part of the enabling of the psychopaths by the free social media platforms, right? By the costless social media platforms. Do you have any sense? So we're working out ways to identify people.

So this shit posting problem, so that's part of the enabling of the psychopaths by the free social media platforms, right? By the costless social media platforms. Do you have any sense? So we're working out ways to identify people.

So this shit posting problem, so that's part of the enabling of the psychopaths by the free social media platforms, right? By the costless social media platforms. Do you have any sense? So we're working out ways to identify people.

Another marker.

Another marker.

Another marker.

It's like a biblical plague of locusts.

It's like a biblical plague of locusts.

It's like a biblical plague of locusts.

So... The proliferation of this kind of pathology seems to be linked to... Another characteristic is the attempt to get people to distance themselves from you.

So... The proliferation of this kind of pathology seems to be linked to... Another characteristic is the attempt to get people to distance themselves from you.

So... The proliferation of this kind of pathology seems to be linked to... Another characteristic is the attempt to get people to distance themselves from you.

Yeah, well, that's disgust terminology again, right? You're the carrier of something pathological. That's right. Yeah. So the social media platforms, so Musk's perspective, and Rogan's to some degree too, mine for that matter, is that the best antiseptic is sunlight. But there might be a flaw in that reasoning, and maybe you can help me think it through.

Yeah, well, that's disgust terminology again, right? You're the carrier of something pathological. That's right. Yeah. So the social media platforms, so Musk's perspective, and Rogan's to some degree too, mine for that matter, is that the best antiseptic is sunlight. But there might be a flaw in that reasoning, and maybe you can help me think it through.

Yeah, well, that's disgust terminology again, right? You're the carrier of something pathological. That's right. Yeah. So the social media platforms, so Musk's perspective, and Rogan's to some degree too, mine for that matter, is that the best antiseptic is sunlight. But there might be a flaw in that reasoning, and maybe you can help me think it through.

When I'm sitting across from you, I bear the weight of my words, right? It's going to have an impact on the net, but it's also going to impact the relationship I have with you. And so I'm constrained or regulated. I'm regulated in my utterances by consequences. And so there's never been a time, really, where free speech existed without reputational weight.

When I'm sitting across from you, I bear the weight of my words, right? It's going to have an impact on the net, but it's also going to impact the relationship I have with you. And so I'm constrained or regulated. I'm regulated in my utterances by consequences. And so there's never been a time, really, where free speech existed without reputational weight.

When I'm sitting across from you, I bear the weight of my words, right? It's going to have an impact on the net, but it's also going to impact the relationship I have with you. And so I'm constrained or regulated. I'm regulated in my utterances by consequences. And so there's never been a time, really, where free speech existed without reputational weight.

Now, maybe pamphleteering and that sort of thing, but that's trivial compared to what we have now. I mean, how many people can you get your pamphlet to? And what sort of effect is that going to have? That was back in the time of writing, but now... your pathology can multiply virtually without end. And then I'm thinking, well, maybe it's necessary.

Now, maybe pamphleteering and that sort of thing, but that's trivial compared to what we have now. I mean, how many people can you get your pamphlet to? And what sort of effect is that going to have? That was back in the time of writing, but now... your pathology can multiply virtually without end. And then I'm thinking, well, maybe it's necessary.