Book · 2012 · Philosophy
The Open Society and Its Enemies
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I'm a big pro free speech idea and tolerance, is Carl Poppers "Open Society.
Michael Shermer · The Rubin Report · May 2020 Listen at 35:38 What they say about it
- Post war and society dichotomy“dichotomy between the open society”2
- Written in 1945“wrote a book in 1945”2
The best things said about it
I actually love Karl Popper. You know, the notion is we should be cognitively conservative when it comes to our schemas, or our theories.
Jordan Peterson The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · May 2024 At the end of the second world war you have writers like Karl Popper writing about the open society and they create this dichotomy between the open society and the closed society.
Winston Marshall The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Apr 2025 Karl Popper wrote a book in 1945 called The Open Society and Its Enemies. And so the Open Society is what we've been taking for granted, basically in the post-World War II era, and that's what we want.
James Lindsay The Joe Rogan Experience · Mar 2024 If I look at the areas i know best that he wrote on poverty of historicism, Open Society and Its Enemies, I find I agree with a very high percentage of his conclusions.
Tyler Cowen Conversations with Tyler · Jun 2021 So I mean I think you know the open society and its and its enemies you know I think there is a sense in which you can use the tools to destroy the foundation.
Nicholas Christakis The Rubin Report · Apr 2019 Where and when it comes up
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The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper is a renowned philosophical defense of liberal democracy and critical rationalism against totalitarian ideologies. On The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, Jordan Peterson expressed his admiration for Popper while discussing the importance of being cognitively conservative with schemas and theories, and Naval Ravikant recommended the book on The Tim Ferriss Show as introductory reading for epistemology. Winston Marshall frequently discussed Popper's work across appearances on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast and Timcast IRL, noting the famous paradox of tolerance buried in the footnotes and examining the post-WWII dichotomy between open and closed societies. Richard Cockett on Freakonomics Radio highlighted the book's role as part of the theoretical defense of the West during the Cold War. Additionally, James Lindsay discussed the volume on The Joe Rogan Experience, connecting Popper's post-WWII framework and his mentorship of George Soros to the foundations of the modern open society.
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Jordan Peterson You know, the notion that we're not going to make a change every second based on one disconfirming thing—I… 1
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“You know, the notion that we're not going to make a change every second based on one disconfirming thing—I mean, I actually love Karl Popper. You know, the notion is we should be cognitively conservative when it comes to our schemas, or our theories.”
Naval Ravikant The Open Society and Its Enemies, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, etc. etc. 1
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“The Open Society and Its Enemies, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, etc. etc.”
Winston Marshall at the end of the second world war you have writers like KL poer writing about the open society and they cr… 3
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“at the end of the second world war you have writers like KL poer writing about the open society and they create this dichotomy between the open society and the closed Society”
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“the irony of of of that is that uh it's it's the the famous um tolerance Paradox which is which is actually buried in a footnote in in that book where he writes we should consider it criminal”
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“At the war KL Pa wrote his book the open societies and its enemies and George Soros was one of his students at the London school of economics and uh the what Pa did was he separated the world created this dichotomy one which I believe is a false dichotomy is open societies”
James Lindsay Carl popper wrote a book in 1945 called the open society and its enemies and so the open Society is what we… 2
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“Carl popper wrote a book in 1945 called the open society and its enemies and so the open Society is what we've been taking for granted basically in the post World War II era”
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“well, that's all based off of; a lot of people don't know Soros's mentor was the famous Karl Popper, and Karl Popper wrote a book in 1945 called The Open Society and Its Enemies. And so the Open Society is what we've been taking for granted, basically in the post-World War II era, and that's what we want; that's where”
Michael Shermer I'm a big pro free speech idea and tolerance, is Carl Poppers "Open Society." 2
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“I'm a big pro free speech idea and tolerance, is Carl Poppers "Open Society."”
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“I think an explanation might come from Karl Popper's, the great philosopher of science, Karl Popper's book, "The Open Society."”
Robert Evans So, okay, I I read this and I was like, okay, so let's go let's go let's go read uh Carl Poppers book, whic… 2
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“And I want to read a passage of this about like how he figured out how to sort of beat the market. Um he's talking about uh this guy named Carl Pauper who's like a philosopher of science who also wrote this book called the open society that we'll talk about next episode more.”
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“So, okay, I I read this and I was like, okay, so let's go let's go let's go read uh Carl Poppers book, which is called The Open Society of His Enemies. And so, I I assumed, right? That's interesting.”
David Deutsch my starting point was the open sight in its enemies vol 2 which is about marx which is probably the aspect… 1
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“my starting point was the open sight in its enemies vol 2 which is about marx which is probably the aspect of his f his philosophy that i was least into it was and am least interested in”
Nicholas Christakis so I mean I think you know the open society and its and its enemies you know I think there is a sense in wh… 1
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“so I mean I think you know the open society and its and its enemies you know I think there is a sense in which you can use the tools to destroy the foundation”
Richard Cockett several important books above all Cal Poppa the open society and its enemies 1
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“several important books above all Cal Poppa the open society and its enemies”
Sohrab Ahmari he wrote a book called the uh the open society and its enemies and i i i've always wanted to write a book c… 1
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“he wrote a book called the uh the open society and its enemies and i i i've always wanted to write a book called the closed society”
Tyler Cowen say when i read popper if i look at the areas i know best that he wrote on poverty of historicism open soci… 1
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“say when i read popper if i look at the areas i know best that he wrote on poverty of historicism open society and its enemies i find i agree with a very high percentage of his conclusions”
