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Podcast: Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill
Episode: 447: Censorship in America and around the world
Description: The boys drink and review one of Pigweed's homebrews then discuss censorship (starting about 4:25).
There seems to be an increase in censorship around the world.
We seem to have lost our understanding of why free speech is important. P&C review.
- In the sciences, if people can't bring up new ideas, you get stuck. You need a free marketplace of ideas.
- Free speech acts as a restraint on government power.
The governor of California recently signed a bill outlawing "deep fake" videos that "misinform." Since when do we trust the government to decide what is true and...