Adam Brown

people who just got out of prison to uh in one memorable incident well it eventually transpired as we were going along that they were uh they had they were actually just teenagers and i didn't somehow didn't clock that when getting in the car and they they had stolen the family car and were driving west um uh without a plan and that yeah there i gave them a talk talking to and uh bought them dinner and some some life advice so that was uh some fast stuff i got

I did make them call their parents, yes.

You know, heavily encouraged them to call their parents.

None of these people typically realize that, you know, your academic background never really comes up in conversation typically.

I mean, sometimes it does, but typically that's not the nature of the conversations.

I have definitely felt more unsafe picking up hitchhikers than I have hitchhiking.

Maybe I just got lucky.

But picking up hitchhikers, there it tends to be, you know, no one really picks up hitchhikers anymore.

And there's definitely a selection effect on who's hitchhiking.

I have definitely felt more in risk of my life with hitchhikers I picked up than I ever did hitchhiking.

But, you know, it's possible I just got lucky.

You don't see the other branches of the wave function.

Yeah, all sorts of facts.

A lot of people just like to talk.

There's a lot of people out there, and I like to talk too, so it's mutually beneficial.

Yeah, those guys.

Interesting.

Yeah, they're all cheating their logs.

They have certain logs about how long they can travel for.

At least every single one who's ever picked me up, maybe it's correlated with their willingness to pick up hitchhikers, has all been in some way or another gaming the system of their logs about how long they're allowed to drive for.