Today's episode features David Beckemeyer discussing tribal identity and the outrage it brings.  David is a bridge-builder and host of the "Outrage Overload" podcast.  David and I consider topics as far afield as social media detox, street epistemology, and libraries lousy with drag queens.REFERENCES:“Outrage Overload” website:  https://outrageoverload.net/Follow Outrage Overload on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/OutrageOverloadFollow Outrage Overload on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/outrageoverload/Follow Outrage Overload on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@OutrageOverload?sub_confirmation=1Follow David on Mastodon:  https://toad.social/@DavidBeckemeyerFollow Outrage Overload on Bluesky:  https://bsky.app/profile/outrageoverload.bsky.socialFollow David on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbeckemeyer/Arnold Toynbee:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_J._Toynbee(00:00) - Opening credits

(00:37) - Show opening

(01:30) - Introducing David Beckemeyer

(02:38) - How Facebook fights inspired a podcast

(08:26) - We love to be outraged, but we don't want to admit it

(12:13) - Blind spots to our side's behavior

(17:46) - A hot-button issue example with Ami!

(22:09) - Street epistemology of vegetables

(27:02) - Needing to change minds

(31:00) - Fear of social death

(36:27) - Enforcing social norms as the origin of outrage

(39:47) - When outrage becomes recreation or profession

(45:16) - And even when you're wrong, it doesn't matter

(47:27) - Ending reliance on outrage with a larger cultural identity

(54:49) - Building your own private echo chamber

(01:04:02) - How to find David Beckemeyer on the internet

(01:06:32) - Show closing

(01:07:18) - Closing credits


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