The Joe Rogan Experience #2465 · March 9, 2026 · 3h 3m

Michael Shellenberger

Journalist — government censorship, Twitter Files, homelessness policy, institutional failure. 3-hour deep dive on where institutions fail and why: the incentive structures reward failure.

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False information spreads faster than truth

Shellenberger's Twitter Files work confirms: false narratives spread faster than corrections. Applies to institutional media as much as social media.

Claude ChatGPT Gemini

Highlights

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Institutional failure is incentive failure

Institutions don't fail randomly — incentive structures reward the problem continuing. Homeless industrial complex gets more funding as homelessness grows.

Claude ChatGPT Gemini

References

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San Fransicko — Michael Shellenberger

Misc

✧Involved in Twitter Files reporting

✧Former environmentalist turned pro-nuclear