1000 Year Plan to Crush Thought - Michael Vassar, DemystifySci #366

Michael Vassar is a futurist philosopher who believes that our
civilization has lost the ability to think clearly, as the result
of a silent project to destroy education that has been running in
the background for generations. At the core of his argument is
that the modern world has been shaped by elites interested in
taking over the world. Interestingly, he seems to think that this
multi-generational plan has backfired, and produced a society
where there is a vanishingly small number of people even capable
of formulating such grand ambitions, let alone possess the
cognitive abilities to execute on their plans. We talk through
his argument, and start to unpack some lore about the
Rationalists, an online community that openly pursues the ideals
of the enlightenment but can’t stop spawning cults for some
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Go!00:07:30 Intentionality in Modern Social Structures00:10:00
Media and Perception of Disasters00:12:00 The Roller Coaster
Metaphor for Society00:15:00 Erosion of Critical Thinking
Abilities00:21:00 Historical Perspectives on Independent
Thought00:24:43 Understanding Literature and Its
Interpretation00:27:02 Institutional Influence on Thought00:28:35
Market Influence on Power Dynamics00:30:40 Rise of Constitutional
Monarchy00:32:17 Comparison of French and English Systems00:37:34
Education and Governance in Germany00:40:11 Historical Context of
Education Systems00:42:12 Power Dynamics in Thought and
Organization00:46:04 Democracy and Its Challenges00:50:55
Displacement of Romanticism and Specialness00:55:36 Modernism and
Institutional Hierarchies01:00:06 The Erosion of Common Law
Principles01:05:50 Discretion in the American Legal
System01:10:03 Pragmatism's Influence on Legal Thought01:13:10
Bureaucracy versus Common Law01:16:01 The Mythos of American
Governance01:17:12 Discussion on Interpretation and Unintended
Consequences01:21:25 Cultural Narratives and Their
Influence01:29:51 Education and Its Role in Society01:37:03
Historical Context of Educational Systems01:40:54 The Role of
Institutional Thinking01:42:30 Economic Control and Marketing
Narratives01:44:06 The Rationalist Movement01:52:17 Mistake
Theory vs. Conflict Theory01:59:04 Conspiracy Theories and
Truth02:07:54 Whistleblowing vs. Conspiracy Theory02:12:03 The
Nature of Evidence and Conspiracy Theories02:18:34 Cultural
Dynamics of Belief and Inquiry02:23:43 Justice, Honor, and Social
Dynamics02:30:58 Rationalism and the Quest for Truth02:33:37
Rationality and Accountability in the Community02:36:40 Justice
and Honor in Rational Discourse02:46:10 Power Dynamics and
Rationality02:54:00 The Nature of Power and the Human
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