The Cass Sunstein Effect
Free The Rabbits
Joel Thomas
4.9 • 857 Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2024
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
1: The Cass Sunstein Effect - In the inaugural episode of Free The Rabbits, host Joel Thomas opens up with a look at his new podcast and the idea that people structure their entire lives around some conspiracy theories. He then breaks down Cass Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule’s thesis, “Symposium on Conspiracy Theories - Conspiracy Theories: Causes and Cures,” and how it has been integral in not only shaping conspiracy theories but in being the foundation of the modern “truther” movement.
Joel goes further into the thesis by exploring Cognitive Infiltration, which Sunstein and Vermeule suggest as the solution to conspiracy theories. Joel combats this bleak outlook by showcasing the positive view we should all have with the power of love and compassion when we implement that into the world around us.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Joe Wiley. And I'm Soie Ball. And we're here to tell you about a brand new podcast, Digit. |
| 0:06.3 | Digit is all about the things that Joe and I love. From the kids to the parents and all the stuff in between. |
| 0:13.5 | There's a lot going on when you get to this age. Listen wherever you get your podcasts and watch every episode on Spotify. Digit. Every week. Every week. |
| 0:23.6 | For the rest of time. Yes. Okay. Good. Hi, I'm Joe Wiley. And I'm Soie Ball. And we're here to tell you about a brand new podcast, Digit. Digit is all about the things that Joe and I love. |
| 0:39.6 | From the kids to the parents and all the stuff in between. |
| 0:42.8 | There's a lot going on when you get to this age. |
| 0:45.0 | Listen wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:47.5 | And watch every episode on Spotify. |
| 0:50.7 | Digit. |
| 0:51.2 | Every week. |
| 0:52.5 | Every week. |
| 0:53.0 | For the rest of time. |
| 0:54.2 | Yes. |
| 0:54.6 | Okay, good. |
| 0:59.3 | Merkel. |
| 1:02.5 | Media. It's kind of simple, but it's not We try a million paths we're lost |
| 1:29.5 | Accolades without the cost |
| 1:31.9 | Fighting just a fight I'm exhausted |
| 1:34.9 | Looking for everything in the shadow |
| 1:37.3 | Start looking at people like they don't matter |
| 1:39.7 | I'm waking up to the fact |
| 1:42.6 | More than a little bit shallow I'm waking up to the fact More than a little bit shallow |
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