Hello you savages. Get access to every episode 10 hours before RU-vid by subscribing for free on Spotify - spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - apple.co/2MNqIgw Here's the timestamps: 00:00 The New App for Young, Hot People 08:13 Evolution of Internet Mimetic Warfare 18:21 The Culture War Shiny Object Cycle 26:30 What Mike Learned From Jack Dorsey 33:50 The Future of Media Companies 37:00 Are American Colleges a Lost Cause? 41:22 The Top 10 Taboo Topics 45:21 Why Conspiracies Are So Seductive 53:09 Will TikTok Get Banned? 59:32 The Existential Risks of AI 1:02:04 Will Biden & Trump Debate? 1:14:55 Where to Find Mike
37:40 - this is a bit of nonsense. I live in Florida. Tuition at community college is $5300 a year. For state university it's $6000. I went to public university in New Jersey. I finished my undergrad having borrowed $18k. Going to a public university has never been expensive. Borrowing money to live on a resort, far from home, has always been expensive.
The “shiny object cycle” is brilliant! My husband and I have been calling it an outrage loop, but this description is much more thorough. I’ll be paying more attention now. 🤯
I happened to run across this. Podcasts aimed at the young population isn't usually my thing but I was super happy to hear the depth of the issues being discussed rationally. If people really listen, all sides have at least a fragment that can be agreeable. How we've gotten to a point in time where nobody can tolerate even listening to something outside of what one's perceives as reality or truth, I don't even know. You hear so many irrational conversations today and I have zero patience for reactive/emotional people insisting there's only one way. I've lately been really worried about future generations being able to enjoy the freedoms that I've enjoyed throughout my life and listening to this conversation made me say, "They've got this!" Great job! ❤
Regarding ‘the Chinese copy our stuff, they don’t develop things on their own’. From this week’s Economist cover story newsletter and expanded in the magazine itself: “In 2003 America produced 20 times more high-impact scientific papers than China did. By 2022 China had overtaken both America and the European Union. When the Nature Index of contributions to articles in prestigious journals was launched in 2014, China’s score was less than a third of America’s. By 2023 it was top.”
I'm a retired reporter who watched the destruction of the U.S. industrial base which began during the Carter Administration. Union bosses literally forced up the cost of labor so high local manufacturers scrambled to keep their companies afloat and competitive. Some companies merged but most shopped other countries to construct manufacturing plants. Mexico, India and eventually China became the big manufacturing location. Meanwhile, federal government bureaucrats set about regulating energy companies out of business. From coal mines to big petroleum refineries, to stay in business they've had to contract leaving behind entire communities unemployed and in despair. See: "Hillbilly Elegy" by Sen. J.D. Vance or watch the movies by the same name. Another book to read is Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals". Alinsky advised Marxist community organizers to organize the organized, i.e., labor unions. Now keep in mind the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) allows no labor unions while constructing huge manufacturing plants. That should get you started.
Academia is fucked. A bunch of "research" cannot be replicated even by the dudes that did it the first time. I think I read something about 70% of all research cannot be replicated. Knowing China...yeah - all bullshit probably.
Chinese corpos rip each other off. In a twist of fate, when nobody has strong IP or copyright protection, the consumers are benefiting by the research and development stolen from international competition
There's something up with this guy and I can't put my finger on it. Something to do with how he tries to ... tie certain topics together. He doesn't seem trustworthy, somethings off.
@@TheMeeelting That could be your cognitive bias, trying--but failing--to find fault in what he's saying while seeking to bolster your previously held beliefs. But I could be wrong. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I bet you enjoyed writing that. Anyway been thinking about this - There are some things you can see this guy do over and over - X leads to y leads to z - but he's doing it without substantiated evidence. He's trying to link it, but he just skips over the evidence and loops back. It's a way to convince people about stuff. It's hot air but do it enough and just keep going, and some people's brain just accepts it. So prevalent in American media so it always feels weird to watch it in action.
It's similar here in the UK, people have lost touch of what they really want and the indecisiveness is a huge issue which then results in the wrong people making poor decisions or even the same mistakes. For example reshuffles in organisations, it doesn't fix an existing problem. It's a general bad pattern on repeat and it's becoming the normal unfortunately. Who are we supposed to trust to make better decisions? How do we as a society now decide what we want in a mass state of confusion, trust issues, conflict and damage? It sounds like a revolution is needed.
This is an easy one. I've been saying it since the late 70's. We've gotten used to institutions handling things for us. It's convient and leaves us to deal with "important" daily life issues. Except it hasn't. Being more independent from institutions is much more work on a daily basis but so much better for everyone. Making your own decisions, having your own ideas, whether they ultimately work or fail, gives you insight into so many things. Moving away from institutions is the answer. And I mean ALL if them.
@@Katherine-L789 Yes in the 1970s we filled out forms with a biro. They said computers would make everything easier. It's actually made everything more complicated.
@@grannyannie2948haha imagine your kids having to do a simple bank transfer if they owed a friend some money, back in the day, they would have to drive to the bank, WALK from car to the bank, find a park! remember your number! Write out a cheque or withdrawal, line up in a LINE, with people ! cash your cheque, walk back to your car, drive to where you needed to take the CASH park the car and then walk into the persons home, hand over the money you were taking to them, look the person in the eye and tell them the TRUTH, yes you did remember you owed them money but, you over spent last weeks wages and sorry I let you down, you had to own your stuff! and have a proper conversation where you could read the body language, look them In the eyes and hear their tone and not take things out of context! Oh the good old days. The amount of times I’ve wanted to throw my computer across the room is many, the amount of swear words and frustration after accidentally not turning on auto save ! Then to have written a two page email only for it to disappear when the charge runs out in your computer because your charger broke! Lol
@@KiwikimNZ I lived through that ERA. I was even a wife and mother. Back then at the end of the week you got paid in cash. So you didn't have to go anywhere to get it. When you did your shopping you deposited some of that cash into your cheque account to cover bills. My personal motto is never a lender or borrower be. It was ussually a matter of hospitality, mutually shared. If your friend gave cocktails and you could only afford wine, you understood each other's circumstances, and a different day it might be reversed. And we did speak on the telephone. Our government wants to ban cash by 2028. We have had several internet outages. If you don't have cash you are in trouble. If you are a business dependant on EFTPOS you are in trouble. And many banks are pre empting the government and refusing to deal with cash. As for our young people they are outraged. (Can't buy party drugs without cash for one) They line up at cash machines and refuse to use anything but cash. It's a rebellion for all age groups, LoL.
Coincidentally, omitting the truth to make others feel comfortable will never work nor be authentic and because whatever comes after is built upon inauthenticity, it will come crashing down.
What are you, preschool group or what? Omitting the truth to make others feel comfortable works perfectly 'cause everyone buys it. Including you. So if you buy it all the way, hook, line and sinker, why would anyone stop using it, right? It never comes crashing down. By the time anything crashes people like you forget what you were even talking about.
Wokeness is FAR from dead & gone. It still permeates the entire educational system. It's in government policy, & all throughout the corporate world. It's still especially strong in media. The majority of movies & TV have "the message" infused in them. And the gaming industry literally has woke DEI "consulting" companies extorting developers to push it into games. No matter how much they financially & culturally fail they keep pushing their ideology.
@@polysaturated I wish I could say I agree. Corporate giants like Disney & other massive shady parent companies are almost monopolies. They're all in lockstep fully backing DEI & other woke initiatives. They have more money & influence than entire nations, & I've seen no change in direction away from wokeness from them.
@@thatnobodyguy1535 that happens to me a lot as well. Even more annoyingly the crypto spam doesn't get deleted, it's like the spam filter is running in reverse.
At $82,000 a year a 20 year old person would be way better served if they took that 330,000 dollars and invest it into a good S &P 500 index fund and in 20 years when they turned 40 they would be worth over $5,000,000 and in a way better position in life than any liberal arts English degree could ever possibly provide.
What a bore. Never heard of this guy but after five minutes of his commentary, I could have predicted his opinions about everything else in the interview. Anyone who says he “battles online” is irrelevant.
19 min in you are talking about the problem being talked about. The problem i find is that if it is not called out it just gets worse. beloved IP's have been violated to the core. The hardest question to answer here is, how do you prevent the destruction of things culturally important to you for personal reasons with out calling it out when you see it, and talking about it? The destruction of Star Wars has been heartbreaking to me because I remember my father taking me to see it as a kid in the 70s. The corruption of the franchise has diminished a beautiful memory of my father due to the endless debasement. They are meant as personal attacks.
I loved watching The Naked Gun movies with my dad when I was young, we didn’t have much in common but both found them hilarious. No one can take those movies away. If you don’t like the new stuff treat it as trashy fan fiction and disregard them. Don’t let them taint your fond memories.
Okay, how does this guy not understand why parents keep sending their kids to college? Almost all of the best-paying jobs still overwhelmingly require degrees in order to get. Most don't give a damn where it's from, but they still care that you at least have a bachelor's, even better with a master's. It doesn't have anything to do with college being too expensive, colleges being too woke, or censorship, or Americans thinking they are 'owed' college. It has to do with the simple fact that degrees are still very much the currency of the job economy realm. How does this guy not see that??
I confess I'm not American, but my sense is that you don't earn $480,000, plus interest, more than a skilled tradesman for example. In my country tradesmen earn more than most university graduates. I think it is more a matter of social status. In my country left winged governments want young people to go to university and right winged governments want them to learn a trade. So the act of going is at least in part political.
@@peripheralparadox4218 Of course, but those kind of people are not doing the hiring at 99% of companies. Who wants to gamble on no degree with those odds?
@@grannyannie2948 I'm jealous of your country then. Over here, a degree is treated like a required pass to get in the $100K club. It's not 100%, but probably close to 90%. U.S. Higher Education is a business in and of itself: the more degrees they push out, the more money they have coming in. As long as most businesses collude with that mindset, it won't change.
Being explicit about something that people are hiding or sweeping under the rug is an escalation that leads to normalization, which leads to an increase in the undesired activity. That’s why people don’t like it. It’s not complicated.
It shouldn't be. Rights are about what you can do, not what you can compel others to do. Interestingly enough, elites from other countries go to America for the best doctors. Why do that, when you have a "right" to healthcare where you are? That "failing country" is still the greatest country in history and the pinnacle of western culture.
He means payed through taxation - it should be private and personal like car insurance. You don't "have a right" on a hamburger either but you can have one - if you have money. Do you "have a right" for food in your country or you have to pay for it yourself?
@@ms-jl6dl Interesting, wonder why inmates get fed then, by your logic they should simply starve. Or take voting, counting the ballots is labour, no right for elections then i guess. Or police, no right to call 9/11 or the fire department then. Takes about 2 minutes to think about it and disregard it.
@@ms-jl6dl How can you say such a stupid thing? Are we letting inmates in jail starve to death? Even your god damn elections requires counting the ballots which is, Ding Ding Ding, physical labour. Just think about it for a minute.
"Everyone knows, but it's not mentioned out of politeness" isn't new. And if it's done to ignore something that's truly accepted by "everyone" in the relevant sub-culture, it's fine. But the 21st century also demonstrates one of the ways it can be used to change that consensus: intrusive, noisy, deceitful, low-key violent people can hijack the mechanism to _force_ something new and self-serving to be accepted and hidden. The same result inevitably occurs "organically" of course, as a natural effect of free-speech. OFC change isn't necessarily bad. But it's important to look at "who" and "why". The question "Is 304-dash a net social good, or does it do longer-term harm to the product?" is worth considering.
As soon as I realized we are in debt to China, I couldn’t understand who let this happen?? Why are we borrowing money from anyone? Why would our government or business men or anyone make a deal where we make less than them with our goods being sent over there and they make more with their goods being sent here?? And just because corporate is so freaking greedy “oh it’s cheaper for us to manufacture our do dads in other countries, so let’s do that 👍🏼”
I could only make it through a few minutes of this because the upspeak is so bad with this guy. Every statement sounds like a question from a kid asking to go potty. 🤦🏻♂️
Race and iq. So we can see differences in height, health, looks, muscle, extraversion/introversion, yet, this has no bearing on the human psychology. ...
Got to say, I’m not a fan of a purely market driven university system. We can all have a good laugh at the easy ones - banks won’t fund gender studies - and probably they won’t. But there’s a bunch of worthwhile disciplines with similarly low earnings potential which actually are worthwhile and I don’t want to be purely the preserve of those rich enough to self fund. Philosophy, literature, music, history, theology etc etc etc
Conveniently ignoring that law requires a licensed medical professional “believes it appropriate in all circumstances” and has consulted a secondary medical professional. So, no, you cannot just abort your late term fetus because you feel like it. It’s for medical emergencies or circumstances when the fetus is stillborn. You conservatives love ignoring reality to morally grandstand
His career began before leftism took hold of culture He never confronts leftist ideology. He also has PR staff to help him say what he needs to say to be most effective. Hes not like Zane from in praise of shadows were they dont have a team to cultivate the best messaging
Right wing much! You can tell without him saying, the way he’s talking about Biden. He may need a “handler”, but Trump is an international embarrassment.
I appreciate how Mike said there is nothing productive about talking on simulation theory. It's interesting and fun, sure, but otherwise it doesn't get you anywhere that matters.
On a total random note I started to enjoy the bingo game of who I assume is his significant other randomly darting past in the background, sometimes with a massive smile on her face.
Please post in another platform, can’t watch the video, RU-vid keeps buffering. Does it with some creators. I found Chris Williamson on Odyssey but the channel doesn’t seem to be updated.
Chris, what about that signal boost from Hannity about a corrupt jury member in Cptn Bonespurs trial, and then realizing later that their source was an internet troll, how does that fit in your 6 step model 😂
How can anything be "orthodoxy" if it's primarily only espoused by a tiny minority of loud (but ultimately irrelevant by the numbers) people in one country speaking one language? You guys give this stuff more power than it ever had, probably because you're too close to it, you're inundated with it. You "predicting" the rise of "independent media" is like my Dad predicting the rise of more than 3 TV channels TODAY, it's like already happened. Ask anyone under 25 when's the last time they watched Late Night with Seth Meyers? Or when's the last time they watched NBC? Like these media outlets are not the monoliths you make them out to be, I'm not sure they really ever were, they were just all people had or knew about. Nowadays people listen to podcasts, they watch RU-vid, they scroll on TikTok. I'm not sure any of these dinosaur outlets can ever really compete in those arenas, they're just too limited. I think what people are reveling in is that fact that in every other instance of corruption and lies, it seems like there's an impenetrable wall. But, when it comes to trust in an era where media is completely democratized, why wouldn't these failing institutions die out? It seems inevitable now, like "Duh. The moment you put this power in the hands of ordinary people they're gonna just demolish these liars and grifters, obviously, that's a no-brainer." I think people have wanted that for a long time, they just never thought it was possible and never saw it coming so soon.
Glad Mike touched on the issue of right-wing purity culture. If the main thing that aligned the interests of the right with the interests of the libertarians, the "old school" or classical liberals, the RFK JR supporters, the Ron Paul supporters, the Bernie bros, etc. was an opposition to cultural marxism and censorship, whenever that all becomes irrelevant, the right has this tendency to be like "Okay, now that WE'VE won the fight, you now have to adopt all our policies and perspectives wholesale without question or contention." And it's like naw fam, first off you had help you're clearly ignoring, second off no thanks. The hard-right can 100% be just as hypocritical as they make the rest of the world out to be. And they REVEL in a fight needlessly while their own elected officials screw them behind their backs.
Because the true political spectrum isn't really left vs right. It's authoritarianism vs individualism and both sides seek to consolidate power and dictate how they want the masses to behave.
Im surprised by the weird aversion and obsession with bashing going to college, given that: - the sticker price they’re quoting doesn’t account for massive amounts of financial aid or going to a state school for free/massive discount like in Georgia - majority of degrees are STEM and have been for several years. People have been doing less humanities studies for many years - there’s still a sizeable wage premium for going (but it is shrinking) - it’s a pretty key place to learn how to socialize and make connections with peers - most colleges don’t “indoctrinate” you especially with the decline of 2020 speech culture Also the doomerism about cities feels so melodramatic. Things have been getting better in general and it feels weird to not talk about problems in this context
Schools are practice factories. Sit down Shut up Do exactly what the teacher tells you too. That's why leftists hate anyone that leans out of line. They believe if they stay in line they will be rewarded.
It’s simply a strategy of anti-intellectualism to decrease the authority of institutions that keep power in check. Funny thing is that both fascists and communists use this tactic to consolidate power. One of my red flags as to the motivation of the interviewee.
Mindblowing as a european how someone could say that. You guys have literally people dying for not being able to afford treatment. Europe sucks balls right now ngl aswell, but at least i can go to the hospital.
He said it is not a right and he's correct. A right is something you can do, or a protection you are given by God. Compelling someone else to give you resources or labor by force is outside of the scope of individual rights. The hospitals still treated people, they would never let them die. The Obamacare push was just a big corporate handout in the US though and it made everything more expensive.
@@cashearnest5618 How can you say such a stupid thing? Your god damn elections requires counting the ballots which is, Ding Ding Ding, physical labour. Just think about it for a minute.
Wokeness is an Anglosphere or Anglosaxon moral issue. I think some of this stuff stems from puritan protestant Christianity, or John Calvin moral thought process not that it's religious but now secular
It's a brave new world Chris, as the baby boomers are exiting and the carryover from the second world war fade, I think the human race is on a trajectory it can not know or see. Thanks
It is ending. This society and social media toxicity has ruined humans... i dread ageing. I'll miss the older generations who were more simple and not tainted by the social media age.
"The internet is a world of based Greek statues fighting sort of gender queer they/them anime fairies they both COME with their own philosophies." They fight by seeing who can splooge the most covering the other up and preventing them from being seen, is what I thought when I heard this.
"Life begins at inception" is such a funny opinion. As I see it, there can only be two reasons one would believe that a "life" exists in the womb, immediately after inception: Biology, or religion. Religion ... Well, I'm not gonna downplay whatever magical book you believe in, I guess you believe that a soul appears, just after inception. Ok, fine. But whatever your beliefs are, should they really be allowed to influence politics and law? Is the U.S. a Theocracy, who like Iran, Saudi Arabia, and other such under-developed countries where religion dictates the life of the masses? It seems more and more like, that's what the majority of U.S. citizens want, and it's simply amazing to me. Biology ... Inception creates a two-celled organism. Is it "alive" - sure it is, it's alive, just like the bacteria in a drop of water is alive, or the cells in the milk we drink, or the mold on my cheese. We eat all of those, without thinking twice about it. So why is the combined egg and sperm cell such a big deal - do we believe it's sentient? Science argues that sentience could occur around week 18, at the earliest - although some scientists have observed electrical signals in the brain stem at week 10. So let's say week 10 is the earliest point at which there can be activity in the brain ... That proves, that there's no sentience at inception. Which brings me back to my earlier question: What's the big deal about two combined cells?
Idk it’s really easy to tell it’s a human life. I’m not going to say some cells that could turn into a human is at the same value as an actual living baby but it still a human life. I’m pro choice btw just hopefully people don’t go to crazy with abortions and understand that is a human life but I do think women should have the right to do that I guess because otherwise men can just abuse sex to control women
I also think the pro life movement is hypocritical because they only seem to care about unborn lives not lives of the mothers, fathers etc. more people would have babies if the economy was better and policies that gave people money or reasons to actually have kids were in place
I think it’s normal as human being or even society to have beliefs that are non logical. There are lot of things I feel about society that are not purely based on science and that’s sucks in some places and is good for some things that’s just life I guess so I’m not surprised people don’t look at some numbers or a logic chart for their beliefs.
To answer your specific question of what is the big deal about two combined cells: The big deal is that it is human life. It is not bacteria or mold. Now whether you think human life is more precious than all other forms of life is a moral question for each individual.
great convo, i'm just getting into it. i think the events in Israel/Gaza have something to do with a fracturing of the anti-woke narrative too, cuz the anti-woke crowd for once don't all fall on the same side with this one.
The President is senile and hasn’t appeared in public for more than thirty minutes in months? 😂 I think this is user error and not a malfunction with the product. 😂 Mike, mate. Your information bubble is entirely too small 😅
39:18 How do you address systemic racial gatekeeping under the privatization of the higher educational system? Just look at prisons, that were privatized. You are suggesting we return to a system where it’s no longer equal access, imo, by connecting access to education with privatized banking.
Opposed to the current systemic racl gatekeeping of the higher educational system. One that overwhelmingly favors racl minorities in higher socioeconomic status than lower. (Or anybody by that means.). Comparing to the privatization of prisons isn't helpful. The privatization of prisons is bolstered by immunity doctrines which in my opinion are unconstitutional & anti american. Sovereign immunity was derived from British common law doctrine based on the idea that the King could do no wrong. because he was blessed by God. Private prisons, immunity, & how judges & prosecutors get appointed are integrally interconnected. Where the prisons can lobby the judges and prosecutors & nobody can be held accountable for violating people's rights.
@@grannyannie2948 Something went over your head. My point was the doctrine of qualified immunity for police, judges, prosecutors, & many in govt is derived from it.
@@blindprophet182 Quite probably. But you refer to what is called the Divine Right of Kings, which was a Stewart phenomenon which began in 1603 and ended in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Other wise Kings and Queens are subject to law and the rule of parliament. It seems weird that the US would base it's judiciary on a brief period of English law.
@@grannyannie2948 the "US" didn't base anything, like many things the judiciary just sort of gave that power to themselves. Like the standing doctrine, or the right to sterilize people in the name of eugenics.
39:55 Education is one of the BEST ways of lifting nations out of poverty. By your logic, we should deny people all levels of education because it wasn’t in the constitution. Downstream consequences be damned!
