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Show summary
On this podcast episode we explore what’s causing the sensitivity epidemic: political correctness run amok, micro aggressions, helicopter parenting, trigger warnings, Scent Free Around Me, censorship at universities, safe spaces, etc. We live in a society where we have to constantly walk on egg shells or risk being labelled a social pariah. Let’s dive deep into the root causes and get to the bottom of it (or at least try to grasp the “what” and the “why”).
Show notes
0:25 – Jordan Peterson, Joe Rogan and Simon Sinek
1:10 – The generation line-up
2:40 – Millennials… Are we entitled?
3:50 – The root issue and parenting methods
5:25 – Jordan Peterson’s theory about helicopter parenting (YouTube link)
8:40 – Shrinking families
9:50 – The helicopter parenting epidemic and safe spaces
11:00 – Safe spaces, micro aggressions and trigger warnings
12:10 – Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (Joe Rogan Experience #1081 – Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying)
13:00 – The university culture in Europe (Austria and Germany)
16:45 – “Who’s for capital punishment, who’s against capital punishment? Let’s see a show of hands.”
19:00 – The millennial “cocoon”
20:20 – A culture of rewarding everything
23:40 – “People are very direct in Germany; I think that’s a great thing”
25:40 – The Scent Free Around Me movement (Journal article)
28:18 – Rick Mercer said everyone has become a little too sensitive (News article)
29:04 – Allergy policies in Canada vs. Germany
32:40 – Bouncy castle caution
35:20 – A father in British Columbia gets in trouble for letting his kids use public transit alone (News article)
38:15 – What’s the right age to allow your kid to have a cell phone?
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GenYChron Ep. 0009 – The most livable cities, #CitiesForPeople and thoughts about happiness
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On today’s show we talk about two cities that make the top-five list on both Mercer’s and Monocle’s “the most livable cities” rankings: Munich and Vienna. Having lived in both cities, we compare our own anecdotal evidence with these two livability rankings. We also chat about how some cities in North America are starting to plan their cities for people instead of cars. To finish, we discuss how happiness is not a goal, but rather a side effect.
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GenYChron Ep. 0012 – The Impossible Burger, dangers of soy and food evolution
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On this week’s episode we sink our teeth into a trending food topic: the meatless burger that bleeds, AKA “The Impossible Burger”. We also review research about the relatively unknown dangers of eating unfermented soy. To finish, we discuss how the ever-increasing global demand for meat may eventually force us to invent a substitute for meat that is equally nutritious and delicious.
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GenYChron Ep. 0004 – Free Yale courses, free Internet and practising French with a chatbot
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In this week’s podcast episode we dive into a treasure trove of free knowledge. Did you know you can take free courses at Yale on YouTube? Did you know you can access the Internet for free? The Internet is a paradise of human knowledge, where we can learn French by speaking with chatbots and debunk rumours about Chinese spyware in mobile phones. All this and more, for free, in this week’s episode from the Gen Y Chronicles.
