169 - Why We’re Dumb: How to Think in the 21st Century with Tim Urban

<p>Society is off track. We all feel it. What’s wrong? How do we fix it without throwing out all the good parts? We brought on Tim Urban to help us answer these questions. </p> <p>Tim Urban is a blogger, writer, and illustrator, who is best known for his blog "Wait But Why.” Started in 2013, “Wait But Why” covers various topics, from science and technology to social issues and human behavior. Tim recently wrote a book titled: “What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies,” which Ryan and David think offers a roadmap for the tribal crypto communities battling in the Web3 landscape.</p> <p>------<br /> ✨ DEBRIEF | Unpacking the episode: <br /> <a href= "https://www.bankless.com/debrief-tim-urban">https://www.bankless.com/debrief-tim-urban</a> <br />  <br /> ------<br /> ✨ COLLECTIBLES | Collect this episode: <br /> <a href= "https://collectibles.bankless.com/mint">https://collectibles.bankless.com/mint</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 Airdrop Alpha is waiting for you on Bankless.com <br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Alpha">https://bankless.cc/Alpha</a>  </p> <p>------<br /> In today’s episode, Tim covers many questions, but the overarching ones are: <br /> 1) Power Games vs Liberal Games<br /> 2) The Importance of Liberalism to Crypto protocols<br /> 3) How to find out whether your crypto tribe is a low-rung echo chamber, or high-mind idea lab <br /> 4) Why we MUST solve this problem in order to survive as a society </p> <p>And of course, we had to ask him if AI is going to come kill us all…? Tim’s answer puts things into perspective. </p> <p>------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: </p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> </p> <p>🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2">https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2</a> </p> <p>🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/uniswap">https://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE<br /> <a href= "https://bank