About this episode

The episode discusses America's 250th birthday and the political divisions affecting the nation.

On this, our 332nd Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss America’s 250th birthday. In 1776, both Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence provided self-evident truths that prompted the formation of a new nation. Built on optimism and an entrepreneurial spirit, the United States of America is fracturing along political lines, each side incapable of seeing the humanity of people who believe different things from themselves. In those 250 year old documents we see implicit recognition ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Bret Weinstein, Heather Heying

Topics covered

• American history
• political division
• optimism
• entrepreneurial spirit
• self-evident truths

Keywords

• American Experiment
• 250th birthday
• political lines
• humanity
• self-evident truths

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Common Sense, the Declaration of Independence

Places: United States of America

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