wokeness

5 statements across 4 episodes · 0 bullish · 4 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Aug 11, 2021 by Balaji Sr i n i v a s a n · across every show →

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Aug 11, 2021 negative

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Balaji: Wokeness is the redistribution of status via social media mobs

“It's a, it's capitalism compatible, you know, radical left, actually, in the sense that, you know, with communism communism was the redistribution of wealth and wokeness is the redistribution of stats. You know, communism had, you know, the union strike and wo…”

Balaji Sr i n i v a s a n Aug 11, 2021 ▶ 27:29 Balaji Srinivasan: Bitcoin, China, the "Woke" Mob, and the Future of the Internet · Joe Lonsdale

Aug 11, 2021 bearish

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Srinivasan: 'Woke' movement will prove self-destructive due to inflation

“Well, I think it's going to be self-destructive because of inflation, but not necessarily because of its internal.”

Balaji Sr i n i v a s a n Aug 11, 2021 ▶ 29:52 Balaji Srinivasan: Bitcoin, China, the "Woke" Mob, and the Future of the Internet · Joe Lonsdale

Feb 16, 2022 neutral

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Cowen: Wokeness stems from 17th-century Protestantism and Puritan moralizing

“I see some of that, but I also see wokeness is stemming from 17th century Protestantism. And a certain kind of moralizing and part of the Puritans as well, basically.”

Tyler Cowen Feb 16, 2022 ▶ 32:11 Reviving a Culture of Innovation with Tyler Cowen · Joe Lonsdale

Mar 15, 2023 negative

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Patel: Wokeness functions as a replacement for religion in secular society

“There's always going to be the same amount of religion in a society, and if it's not going to be a historic world faith, it's going to be a political ideology, right? Or it's going to be, like kind of a cultural phenomenon. Like, I think that that, I think tha…”

Eboo Patel Mar 15, 2023 ▶ 24:10 Why This Social Justice Activist Became an Entrepreneur Instead · Joe Lonsdale

May 16, 2024 negative

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Hughes: Wokeness and DEI peaked in 2021-2022 and have since declined

“Whether you want to call it wokeness, DEI, or intersectionality, it peaked in 2021 and 2022, kind of in the shadow of George Floyd and BLM protests and riots, and it has declined since then. I think there's no doubt about that.”

Coleman Hughes May 16, 2024 ▶ 20:29 Why Reparations Won't Work & Why Standardized Tests Help Minorities -- Coleman Hughes · Joe Lonsdale

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