The internet doesn't need your opinion on everything with Rebecca Solnit

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🗓️ 4 June 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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American writer Rebecca Solnit thinks deeply and writes evocatively about our world. Her must-read essays and award-winning books span hope, history, art, leadership, and sustainability. Adam and Rebecca reflect on what we lose when public discourse is diluted to fit into social media, debate how to bring back good conversations online, and share why being able to recalibrate our opinions is crucial in our increasingly digital world.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective. Stay updated on Everything Business on Ted Business, a podcast hosted by
0:14.3	Columbia Business School Professor Modupe Akenola. Every week she'll introduce
0:18.9	you to leaders with unique insights on work, answering questions like,
0:23.2	how do four day work week's work?
0:25.2	Do will a machine ever take my job?
0:27.6	Get some surprising answers on Ted Business
0:30.0	wherever you listen to podcasts. I think we know ourselves through our conversations
0:36.0	our deepest selves exist in relationship in some ways
0:40.0	and not through you know our 240 character opinions tossed out to be snapped up or spit out by strangers.
0:48.0	Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant. Welcome back to Rethinking, my podcast on the
0:55.4	science of what makes us tick with the TED Audio Collective. I'm an
0:59.0	organizational psychologist and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking.
1:09.0	My guest today is writer and activist Rebecca Solnit.
1:12.0	Rebecca's a writer's writer, a true master. writer and activist Rebecca Solnit.
1:12.5	Rebecca's a writer's writer, a true master of turning thoughts
1:15.9	into wise words and ideas into evocative essays.
1:19.7	I joke that I don't think in catchphrases I think in paragraphs. This is a very short
1:25.8	sentence colon I like complexity. She's published 25 books on power, change,
1:31.8	feminism, and history,
1:33.8	including Hope in the Dark, a field guide to getting lost,
1:37.4	and Men explain things to me, which is self-explanatory.
1:43.0	Her LIT-HUB columns are must reads.
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