What are topics you would like to A) Move the Overton window on and B) How would you like to shift.
Crypto regulation, trade school, getting money out of politics
a) dead the idea that if you aren't x by age y then nobody will talk to you b) be open to talking to people who are age x & haven't reached y yet
The notion that "free speech" is anti-woke & therefor is a superior position when in reality there are always bound to be limits (e.g. hate speech, inciting violence) and a human is always going to decide where to place those limits, so the debate is not about free speech it's about who decides what limits
a) The idea that the modern American economy can usefully be described as ‘capitalist’. b) Nuclear power
The American political climate currently has two Overton windows, at either end of the spectrum. Back to a single centered window.
A) Life extension B) We should be investing so a lot more into life extension and regulations must allow for drugs to be tested, developed, and put on market swiftly. The idea that death is somehow necessary is just plain wrong.
a) the topic of AI safety. b) towards it being something people actually talk about.
Ageism in the workplace (especially as it shows up in the tech sector) - going both ways
Sex Vs violence in media. I’d like to flip their relative acceptance
The usage of space heaters in offices in Los Angeles
1. Physician-assisted suicide (shift: grant right to die) 2. Gene modification (shift: right to modify for disease prevention) 3. Immigration increase (shift: triple skilled worker H1B and extend to 6 months rather than 2 for unemployment periods after being employed for more than a year)
Ok but more seriously, work life balance It’s good to work hard and contribute to society
A) Young people not raising kids B) Hard data about how that affects economy an progress
mental health: rn 'we support you, you are valid' until someone hits kanye level at which point that becomes 'you need to take responsibility for your illness / bipolar didn't make you anti-semitic' frames the conversation deboer nails it https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/how-convenient-that-kanye-wests-behavior
I‘d like more people to actively critical think and question stuff