Lex Fridman Podcast: #285 – Glenn Loury: Race, Racism, Identity Politics, and Cancel Culture

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Glenn Loury is a professor of economics and social sciences at Brown University, and a prominent podcaster and social critic who speaks and writes about race, inequality, and social policy. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(07:12) – Martin Luther King Jr.

(16:00) – History of slavery

(30:39) – Equality of outcome

(47:02) – Math and economics

(1:03:17) – Racial groups

(1:16:33) – Black patriotism

(1:26:26) – MLK and Malcolm X

(1:40:07) – Joe Rogan controversy

(1:59:23) – Accusation of racism

(2:07:08) – Elon Musk and Twitter

(2:12:41) – Universities

(2:21:19) – Cognitive inequality

(2:33:45) – Politics

(2:53:10) – Ketanji Brown Jackson

(2:59:14) – Thomas Sowell

(3:04:28) – Barack Obama

(3:23:06) – Mortality

(3:35:20) – Meaning of life