Things To Admire About Joe Rogan
Nov. 17th, 2022 09:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloThere may be things not to admire about Joe Rogan but I'm not concerned with those.
The things to admire are many
The first thing to admire is he listens.
A second thing is he is well informed.
A third thing is he actually reads books- up to date books. He engages with intelligent people intelligently.
A fourth thing is he is intellectually curious. He wants to learn.
A fifth thing is he lets conversations unroll organically. He doesn't hustle his guests. He gives them time and space. If a conversation engages him it can go on for over three hours.
A sixth thing is he is willing to platform speakers who may find it hard to get a platform elsewhere- because they are too unfashionable, way out and radical for the mainstream.
Some of these things may be the same thing expressed in slightly different words. Nevermind.
I just finished watching the JRE 1897- with Randall Carlson and Graham Hancock. They talk about alternative archaeology, new technology, psychedelics, geology, Atlantis, catastrophism, politics. They were riding a big, big wave- carrying us, their listeners with them, and the wave is gathering height and force and any moment it will break and scour the beach. I think posterity will look back on JRE 1897 and say, "This was an event of historical importance".
The things to admire are many
The first thing to admire is he listens.
A second thing is he is well informed.
A third thing is he actually reads books- up to date books. He engages with intelligent people intelligently.
A fourth thing is he is intellectually curious. He wants to learn.
A fifth thing is he lets conversations unroll organically. He doesn't hustle his guests. He gives them time and space. If a conversation engages him it can go on for over three hours.
A sixth thing is he is willing to platform speakers who may find it hard to get a platform elsewhere- because they are too unfashionable, way out and radical for the mainstream.
Some of these things may be the same thing expressed in slightly different words. Nevermind.
I just finished watching the JRE 1897- with Randall Carlson and Graham Hancock. They talk about alternative archaeology, new technology, psychedelics, geology, Atlantis, catastrophism, politics. They were riding a big, big wave- carrying us, their listeners with them, and the wave is gathering height and force and any moment it will break and scour the beach. I think posterity will look back on JRE 1897 and say, "This was an event of historical importance".
