Philosopher Slavoj Žižek draws a parallel between religion and environmentalism, by observing that a lot of people who feel environmentally conscious perform certain actions to alleviate their guilt and to indulge in their sense of altruism, rather than objectively assessing the actual impact of their actions, and spending time to understand the environmental science.
Rights advocate Rushan Abbas discusses the reality of how Chinese government employs mass surveillance to incarcerate and torture the Uyghur ethnic group solely for their lineage.
Jonathan Haidt talks about the rise of fragility, anxiety and concern for safety among younger generations, and summarizes the possible causes for these.
Noam Chomsky discusses why Karl Marx was writing more about capitalism than socialism, why Marxism is not directly applicable today, and why Marxism is more of a religion than a science.
Edward Snowden asserts that the US intelligence had all the information necessary to prevent the 9/11 attack, but it was not capable of analyzing the plethora of information it had. He proceeds to conclude that introducing mass surveillance would not supply the intelligence agencies with additional information that they need to prevent such attacks, because they had sufficient information in the first place - begging the question of whether the costs and risks of mass surveillance are ever worth it.