Former ACLU President Nadine Strossen and FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression) President Greg Lukianoff join Adaam to discuss their upcoming book <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/War-Words-Arguments-Against-Speech_And/dp/1949846822">War on Words: 10 Arguments Against Free Speech—And Why They Fail</a>. The three dig into what makes liberalism in general and free speech in particular so powerful, so radical, and so rare. Is too much information a danger for free speech? Why are some institutions resilient to ideological capture while others cave? Do generational tensions pose a threat to liberal values? What does it really mean to defend free speech? On the agenda: -Free speech is eternally radical (00:30)-The Skokie Affair made Adaam fall in love (10:47)-Generational tensions at the ACLU, or: maintaining institutional integrity (26:13)-Real liberalism is (and always was) hard (51:12)-Marketplace of Ideas vs. Pure Information Theory, or: the importance of knowing falsities (1:01:06)-AI and the problem of Too Much Information (1:10:02)-Blindspots (1:23:55)Show notes:-Greg’s Substack: <a target="_blank" href="https://eternallyradicalidea.com/">The Eternally Radical Idea</a>-Upcoming rerelease of Aryeh Neier’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Defending-My-Enemy-Skokie-America/dp/1620979918/ref=pd_lpo_d_sccl_1/141-6961907-6354309?pd_rd_w=mrn6U&#38;content-id=amzn1.sym.4c8c52db-06f8-4e42-8e56-912796f2ea6c&#38;pf_rd_p=4c8c52db-06f8-4e42-8e56-912796f2ea6c&#38;pf_rd_r=KM977RRQPZSYQAGHJCQN&#38;pd_rd_wg=WDsWO&#38;pd_rd_r=ceceb42b-2b1b-4c83-abc5-62c8403615ea&#38;pd_rd_i=1620979918&#38;psc=1">Defending My Enemy</a> with additional material by NadineArt by Niv TishbiUncertain Things is hosted and produced by Adaam James Levin-Areddy and Vanessa M. Quirk. For more doomsday thoughts, subscribe to: uncertain.substack.com. Get full access to Uncertain Things at <a href="https://uncertain.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">uncertain.substack.com/subscribe</a>

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