#733 - Rikki Schlott - Is Cancel Culture Actually Getting Worse?

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 18 January 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Rikki Schlott is a journalist, columnist, free speech activist, and author. Saying "you can't say anything any more" is the internet's tagline. Cancel culture has been the hot topic over the last few years. But why has it taken over the discourse so much and just how much truth is there that it's getting worse than ever before? Expect to learn what Rikki uncovered from a mass analysis of Twitter bans, whether the rates of people being cancelled are increasing, if the cancellers actually enjoy the cancelling of people, what drove the increase in cancellations, if free speech is really dead in America, whether apologising works and much more.... Sponsors: Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://www.shopify.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 5.0 at https://manscaped.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: http://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: http://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: http://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome back to the show. My yesterday is Ricky Schlott. She's a journalist, columnist, free speech activist, and an author.
0:08.0	Saying, you can't say anything anymore is the internet's tagline.
0:12.0	Council culture has been the hot topic over the last few years,
0:16.0	but why has it taken over the discourse so much
0:18.6	and just how much truth is there that it's getting worse than ever before.
0:22.5	Expect to learn what Ricky uncovered from a mass analysis of Twitter bands,
0:26.3	whether the rates of people being cancelled are increasing,
0:29.5	if cancelers actually enjoy the cancellation of others, what drove the increase in
0:34.4	cancellations if free speech is really dead in America, whether apologizing
0:38.3	works, and much more. There was a very formative book a couple of years ago called
0:43.7	the coddling of the American mind by Jonathan Hight and Greg Lucianov and
0:47.3	Ricky and Greg have worked on this which is the canceling of the American mind which is
0:52.1	their new book,
0:53.0	and it's interesting to see kind of how the two are related and how a victim-hood culture
1:00.2	and an over-degree of coddling for children results in a society and a culture which is
1:09.2	hyper-concerned about dangerous speech, dangerous actions and it's very interesting,
1:14.8	especially when they've dug into the data
1:16.8	and actually looked at this from a statistical standpoint too.
1:20.0	Don't forget, if you are listening,
1:21.4	you should have also got a copy of the Modern Wisdom Reading
1:23.6	list which is 100 books that you should read before you die.
1:26.6	They're the 100 most interesting and impactful books that I've ever read and that list is completely
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