34. 10 questions to help you think about online drama (the Chris Rock & Will Smith debacle)

Season #1 Episode #34 April 11, 2022

There is no shortage of drama online, for sure. And there's no shortage of people who have opinions about that drama and would love nothing more than to tell you what they want you to think or feel about it.

Here are 10 questions to help you think about it for yourself!

When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!

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Episode Transcript

Hey what’s up guys! Welcome back!

Going to do an episode on how to think b/c something happened recently that gave us a great opportunity to learn how to think & to practice your thinking skills!

And by the way, I’m using the Chris Rock/Will Smith debacle for this example b/c it happened recently, but you can apply this to any situation or drama that you’re faced with.

What happened… ski-biking/Noble told me/within 1st hour, list.

Read list of things people were saying in 1st hour

We have to learn to
1. 1. suspend judgment,
2. 2. recognize that we don’t know all the facts,
3. 3. resist the seemingly irresistible urge to form an opinion or
4. 4. Hold off on taking a side on something,
5. 5. question the people who are making judgments, no matter how loud they are, and
6. 6. WAIT to see if you have all the facts! Which, in today’s world, is sometimes treated as an unforgivable offense. People WANT you to have an emotional reaction & jump to a certain predetermined “right” conclusion, but that’s dangerous, you guys. Don’t fall prey to that pressure.

These are the questions we talked about & asked ourselves.

Questions to ask yourself: Read list

Is this an exhaustive list of questions? No.

Up next: Tomorrow’s episode we’ll be back to studying the fallacies with the part-to-whole fallacy, so I’ll see you then!

Remember: When you learn HOW to think, you will no longer fall prey to those who are trying to tell you what THEY want you to think and it all starts with asking one simple question: “Is that really true?”

34. 10 questions to help you think about online drama (the Chris Rock & Will Smith debacle)

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