Parasitic Ideas & Suicidal Empathy Are Killing the West - Northwood University (The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad_783)

The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad

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🗓️ 13 January 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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This Northwood University alumni webinar took place on January 9, 2025. The original link can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVxdwG54org&t=9s _______________________________________ If you appreciate my work and would like to support it: https://subscribestar.com/the-saad-truth https://patreon.com/GadSaad https://paypal.me/GadSaad To subscribe to my exclusive content on Twitter, please visit my bio at https://twitter.com/GadSaad _______________________________________ This clip was posted on January 12, 2025 on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1799: https://youtu.be/pGQlKG7bGJo _______________________________________ Please visit my website gadsaad.com, and sign up for alerts. If you appreciate my content, click on the "Support My Work" button. I count on my fans to support my efforts. You can donate via Patreon, PayPal, and/or SubscribeStar. _______________________________________ Dr. Gad Saad is a professor, evolutionary behavioral scientist, and author who pioneered the use of evolutionary psychology in marketing and consumer behavior. In addition to his scientific work, Dr. Saad is a leading public intellectual who often writes and speaks about idea pathogens that are destroying logic, science, reason, and common sense. _______________________________________

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Northwood University monthly webinar series hosted by the Northwood University
0:10.1	Alumni Department. My name is Julia Damchek, and I will be your host today. We hope everyone
0:15.7	had a wonderful holiday and season, and you're enjoying the new year. Today we are very excited to host our very
0:23.9	special guest, Dr. Gad Sad, bestselling author and visiting professor at Northwood University.
0:31.5	Today, he will present for 25 minutes, which will allow for around 15 minutes of Q&A. We encourage you to use the Q&A chat
0:41.3	box on the bottom of your screen. We'll get to as many questions as we can today. Today's
0:48.1	webinar is also being recorded, and we will email out the recording to all participants this
0:53.7	afternoon, along with a short survey.
0:57.2	So we encourage you to check that out as well.
1:00.2	Without any further ado, I'd like to introduce our moderator for today, Academic Vice President and Provost of Northwood University.
1:08.5	Dr. Kristen Stahauer, Dr. Stahauer will introduce Gadd and
1:13.9	moderate the Q&A today. Go ahead, Dr. Stahauer. Well, thank you, Julie. And welcome to all of you
1:21.0	who've joined us for this very dynamic webinar this morning. Dr. Gadsad is a best-selling author, an influential
1:31.3	public intellectual, known for applying evolutionary psychology to consumer behavior. He was born in
1:38.2	Beirut, Lebanon, and is a survivor of the Lebanese Civil War, and he's become a prominent advocate for free speech and critical thinking.
1:47.0	In August 2024, Northwood University appointed him as visiting professor and global ambassador for the Northwood idea.
1:55.0	His 2020 book, The Parasitic Mind, which is here, which is also our OmniQuest for this year,
2:03.7	critiques contemporary academic trends and champions intellectual freedom. Sad has gained
2:10.6	widespread recognition through media appearances including the Joe Rogan experience multiple
2:15.6	times and has over one million followers on X.
2:19.3	A vocal critic of what he sees as ideological conformity in higher education,
2:24.3	Sade emphasizes the importance of free speech, scientific method, and individual dignity.
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