78 - Greg Lukianoff - Defending Free Speech

Greg’s book, Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate (2012): http://www.unlearningliberty.com/ His booklet, Freedom from Speech (2014): https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/freedom-from-speech/ Greg’s blog, The Eternally Radical Idea Archives: https://www.thefire.org/category/newsdesk/eternally-radical-idea/ For more on FIRE: https://www.thefire.org/ Follow Greg on Twitter @glukianoff; follow FIRE on Twitter @TheFIREorg Further References Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure (2018) Greg and Jon’s previous appearance on Two for Tea: https://soundcloud.com/twoforteapodcast/06-jonathan-haidt-and-greg-lukianoff The Mighty Ira (2020): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13027292/ Jonathan Rauch, Kindly Inquisitors (1993) Star Trek - "The Charming Negress" - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BBOWsWODX4 A ‘Global First Amendment’ - FIRE: https://www.thefire.org/a-global-first-amendment/ NOTE: The section on profanity in Unlearning Liberty had indeed been cut from my version of the audiobook. Timestamps 4:02 Since 2012, the shift from primarily administration-led to student-led censorship 08:41 Censorship gravity; free speech isn’t an intuitive value; free speech culture 12:38 The power of higher education as an institution 15:56 Is censorship a leftist thing? 18:08 Understanding the world as it is, the insufficiency of the marketplace of ideas metaphor 25:16 Group polarisation 29:33 The ideological uncertainty principle 31:10 Disinformation and conspiracy theorising 38:28 Hate speech, calling people names 44:32 Overbreadth and vagueness 45:57 Profanity 54:47 Harassment, hurt and the Davis standard 59:33 Missed opportunities and censorship after George Floyd’s death 01:01:48 The need for a global First Amendment 01:06:27 Social media 01:17:25 Disinvitations