#172 – Ryan Schiller: Librex and the Free Exchange of Ideas on College Campuses
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(07:06) – Librex<br />
(08:59) – Deep Fakes<br />
(13:06) – Silencing of ideas<br />
(24:01) – Building Librex<br />
(33:47) – How Librex took over Dartmouth<br />
(42:13) – Anonymity<br />
(45:04) – Private vs public life<br />
(54:32) – Building a sense of community<br />
(59:14) – Refusing to sell user data<br />
(1:06:05) – Moderation<br />
(1:12:54) – Freedom of speech<br />
(1:23:45) – Scaling<br />
(1:28:02) – Yik Yak<br />
(1:35:22) – AWS and Parler<br />
(1:40:25) – Safe spaces<br />
(1:43:22) – Jeffrey Epstein<br />
(1:52:50) – Chess and poker<br />
(2:03:29) – Advice for young people<br />
(2:14:21) – Book recommendations<br />
(2:20:16) – Mortality</p>